CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson mentioned “finishing 1,100 miles is final aim for working each the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on Could 25.
Larson and Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon visited the NASCAR Productions Facility on Wednesday and unveiled the paint schemes for the automobiles Larson will drive when attempting to finish The Double on Memorial Day weekend.
Larson tried to run each races for the primary time final 12 months, with Hendrick Motorsports fielding his Cup Sequence automobile, whereas Arrow McLaren provided the Indy automobile in a partnership with Hendrick Motorsports.
Nonetheless, when rain delayed the Indianapolis 500, which he accomplished all 500 miles at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he was unable to make the beginning of the 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Larson, who earned rookie-of-the-year honors within the Indianapolis 500, arrived in Charlotte throughout a rain delay simply previous the midway level within the race and by no means acquired within the automobile that was began by Justin Allgaier.
“Finishing 1,100 miles is the final word aim, or not less than the primary aim in thoughts,” Larson mentioned Wednesday. “Clearly, I wish to run effectively in each of them. I really feel there’s a legit shot to win the Cup race that weekend. We’re all the time good on mile-and-a-halfs. Our automobile was extraordinarily good final 12 months, in order that was a bummer. On the IndyCar facet of it, the Indy 500, I felt like final 12 months I may have completed fourth to eighth if I didn’t velocity on pit street, so someplace in that window — clearly I’d like to win the Indy 500, however I understand how tough that’s.”
Larson believes he discovered quite a bit from two weeks of observe, qualifying and the race at Indianapolis final 12 months.
“I really feel just like the expertise I had final 12 months, residing via it, I will probably be higher ready for this 12 months,” he mentioned. “I felt just like the race was fairly easy. I didn’t suppose it was too totally different from a Cup race, particularly at Indy. I believe there was quite a bit I discovered via the couple of weeks there final 12 months, stability smart that I will probably be seeking to be higher within the race this 12 months. There’s positively alternative to do higher than final 12 months, and I believed final 12 months went nice.”
The paint schemes of the 2 automobiles are constant for what the group, which companions with Arrow McLaren for the five hundred, is billing because the #Hendrick1100 introduced by Prime Video.
