By David Morgan, Associate Editor
FORT WORTH, Texas – Kyle Larson has been all about going fast this week.
Fresh off a rain-shortened day of NTT IndyCar Series testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday for his attempt at the Indianapolis 500, Larson is back to his regularly scheduled duties of driving the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.
Larson was no worse for wear once he arrived in the Lone Star State, setting the fast time in qualifying on Saturday to score his third straight Cup Series pole.
Prior to shifting back into NASCAR mode, Larson reflected on his time in Indianapolis in the unofficial kick-off for the run-up to the Month of May.
With the help from a tow around the 2.5-mile oval, Larson was able to put up the second fastest time of the day, but the 31-year-old is not getting ahead of himself in his quest to be the latest driver to attempt the Memorial Day Double.
“I don’t think that I could take the green flag tomorrow and feel like I’m ready after running 40ish laps the other day,” Larson said. “I still feel like there’s a ton left to learn and although I learned some the other day, like I said, I don’t know how it’s gonna represent itself to racing conditions.
“I’m not taking too much from the day, but for me, it was good to get out there and let me just see what an Indy car looked like from behind it and see what an Indy car coming in my mirror looked like. Feeling a little bit of dirty air, coming on pit lane with cars on pit lane and people on pit lane, like stuff like that was [better] than just like driving the car, I guess.
“It’s all the other little details that I just need to get the hang of before I think I’m really comfortable and I don’t know if I’ll ever feel like I’m really comfortable before you get to the race.”
Though he was able to make laps at speed at the track in his Rookie Orientation Program last Fall, Larson explained that the feeling of speed in those cars, especially after not doing in over the last handful of months, took some time to get acclimated to again, but once he shook off the rust, it was business as usual.
“The very first run I made, which was just by myself, I was like, man, this is f******* fast,” Larson said. “It’s crazy. My brain was just like a millisecond behind, I think. Man, this is wild. But once you get that time to like come to a stop and…
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