Ep. 348 | Kyle Larson

About this episode

Kyle Larson discusses his experiences and insights as a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion.

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…

People in this episode

Guest: Kyle Larson

Topics covered

• NASCAR
• race car driving
• driver dynamics
• data analysis
• race strategy
• versatility in racing

Keywords

• NASCAR
• Kyle Larson
• race car
• crew chief
• data
• racing strategy
• Next Gen
• versatility

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