Kyle Larson is preparing to become the first driver since 2014 to race in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, which take place on the same day.
quest — to be the first driver since Kurt Busch in 2014 to do the Memorial Day weekend double of the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race in Charlotte on the same day — began Thursday, when he got his first laps in an IndyCar.
Considered one of the world's top racing talents, Larson said he thinks he might have gone just as fast once in a stock car right after Michigan International Speedway was repaved."This track is so smooth, it doesn't feel like you're going 220 — it doesn't feel any different than going 195 at Daytona or something," Larson said in a news conference following the test. I did look at the wall one time thinking like, ‘Man, that would really hurt if I hit it.
"When you get around cars and you get passing — these IndyCars makes such big runs because the tow is so big and I think when people are blowing by so fast on a straightaway or you're doing the same with the tow that you get, I think that's when the sensation ," Larson said."When you go into qualifying trim, that's when it's going to be crazy," Larson said.
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