Ep. 348 | Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson is a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, a future Hall of Famer, and one hell of an overall race car driver. So, we’re going to dig into some of what that takes from behind the wheel. Larson starts off by explaining the immediate debrief after a race on pit road and how that leads into the week of meetings and breakdowns; what makes a driver say when and why someone else had the best car on a given race weekend; the reason he wants so much information from crew chief Cliff Daniels about other things happening in a race, and the dynamic of how that came to be; the dynamic of Daniels the cheerleader and Larson being able to criticize himself; having a changing understanding of a race unfolds from the start of his career; being able to retain all the information given to him and what’s seeing himself; what he is seeing or looking for with other competitors during a race; being able to drive the race car but not know the ins and outs of it, and if that’s ever felt like a hinderance; the good and bad of looking at data; how a car’s capability plays to how a driver drives it; adjusting to the car versus making the car adjust to the driver; where the feel for the car comes from in Next Gen, and compared to dirt; realizing he had the ability to be versatile in racing, and whether that can be taught or has to come natural; not being very good at helping Owen in his racing; the perspective on racing that he gets from seeing his kids go through their own journey; a preview of Kansas Speedway.  Original music created by Tony Monge. Follow me here: https://linktr.ee/kellycrandall