Kyle Larson: ‘A solid day’ after Las Vegas win
NASCAR.com's Alex Weaver catches up with race winner Kyle Larson in Victory Lane at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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00:00 Well, we've already talked to his crew chief, Cliff Daniels, but Victory Lane at Las Vegas
00:04 for Kyle Larson.
00:05 We're going to change your address here to this place.
00:07 This is your last win in 2023.
00:09 And now you dominated this race again.
00:11 Walk me through your day here at Las Vegas.
00:13 Yeah, I mean, it was a solid day for sure.
00:15 You know, we really had to fight hard, though.
00:18 You know, that first stage, the second stage, I think it was a late run to the finish, kind
00:23 of had to fight Redick off again.
00:24 And then obviously there at the end, you know, he was pushing really hard to get by, and
00:29 he was better than me, I think, you know, or the draft was just helping him out a lot
00:34 down the straightaways with the wind, I think, too.
00:37 But yeah, made some good blocks on him there late and was able to just kind of kill his
00:42 momentum.
00:43 Then it would take him a lap or two to get going and made that one final block in three
00:47 and four, which really killed his run to the white flag and let me kind of relax for that
00:52 final lap.
00:53 So wasn't as stressful of a final lap as it was with Bell, but I felt like the laps leading
00:57 up to it were just as tough.
00:59 So, um, solid race, solid execution by our hindercars dot com team.
01:03 And, um, yeah, just good.
01:05 Hopefully we can do it some more.
01:07 I talked to Cliff about Hendrick Motorsports at this place and the success in the large
01:11 notebook here.
01:12 But you have three wins at this racetrack.
01:13 Now it's tied for your most of any track.
01:16 What is it about this place that you found success besides, oh, and giving you bunny
01:20 ears?
01:21 Yeah.
01:22 Um, yeah, no, I mean, Hendrick Motorsports obviously has a great package here.
01:26 I think they've won the spring race here every race since twenty twenty one.
01:30 We've won the fall race as well.
01:33 So they just have a good package for this joint.
01:36 You know, it's it's rough through one and two, but I feel like we get through there
01:38 smoother than others.
01:39 So it allows us to kind of build momentum throughout the whole lap.
01:42 And then, um, you too.
01:44 I feel like we get better each time you come back.
01:46 You know, my car felt more underneath me today than it did in the fall of last year.
01:51 And even in the spring, it is keep getting better and better.
01:53 So as does everybody else, too, I mean, because it's not easy for me to win.
01:56 You know, I had to hold off Redick every stage.
01:58 So but, you know, it's it's fun.
02:01 I look forward to coming here because I know that our car is going to be good.
02:04 You know, the rules aren't changing.
02:06 They haven't really changed on my house as they came out the next in car.
02:09 So it's hard to, you know, get way worse than you've been.
02:13 So yeah, no, it's fun to come here.
02:16 But we look forward to Phoenix now to try and figure out that new rules package for
02:21 that with the arrow, try and build a notebook for hopefully when we're battling for a championship
02:26 in November.
02:27 Well, welcome to the playoffs.
02:28 It's official.
02:29 Congratulations.