Kyle Larson, who finished fourth in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, has pinpointed his restarts as an area which cost him during the race on Sunday.
While speaking to the media after the race, the Hendrick Motorsports driver revealed his frustrations with his performance:
“[Michael] McDowell just did a really good job of timing the restarts. He left pretty much when I did, and he had a push behind him. He got clear to the lead and I just lost control of the race there. It was a bummer to do that. If I could have kept the lead, we would have been hard to beat in clean air like that.
“Just a little frustrated with myself, but all-in-all, it was a good points day for us today. The No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet team did a great job today. The car was good. We’ll just study it and try to do a better job next time.”
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This came after Larson stood in for Connor Zilisch for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series race on Saturday, which he won. Zilisch missed the race weekend in Texas after sustaining a back injury during a wreck with Jesse Love in Talladega. Larson commented after his Xfinity Series race victory:
“Yeah, there was a lot of survival throughout that race. Just dodging some wrecks, and the balance — we had to work on (it) quite a bit. It was fun. I felt like my car — if I could ever get to the lead, I could stretch out.
“But I just couldn’t get by Justin [Allgaier]. He was doing a good job of just running where I needed to be. But thanks to JRM for letting me come run this thing here today. Obviously, wish Connor was in the car but it means a lot that they thought of me to call up and run this thing.”
NASCAR Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway: Race results
- Joey Logano – Running
- Ross Chastain – Running
- Ryan Blaney – Running
- Kyle Larson – Running
- Erik Jones – Running
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Running
- Austin Dillon – Running
- John H Nemechek – Running
- Christopher Bell – Running
- Daniel Suarez – Running
- Todd Gilliland – Running
- Ty Dillon – Running
- William Byron – Running
- Riley Herbst – Running
- Justin Haley – Running
- Chase Elliott – Running
- Zane Smith – Running
- Chris Buescher – Running
- Cole Custer – Running
- Kyle Busch – Running
- Tyler Reddick – Running
- Shane van Gisbergen – Running
- Ty Gibbs – Running
- Carson Hocevar – Running
- Austin Cindric – Running
- Michael McDowell – Out
- Chase Briscoe – Out
- Brad Keselowski – Out
- Ryan Preece – Out
- Cody Ware – Out
- Jesse Love – Out
- Josh Berry – Running
- Bubba Wallace – Out
- Noah Gragson – Out
- Alex Bowman – Out
- A.J. Allmendinger – Out
- Chad Finchum – Out
- Denny Hamlin – Out
