Kyle Larson Appreciation Thread

Larson wins at Homestead-Miami!
www.espn.com

Larson takes Homestead, gets 30th career win

Kyle Larson passed Alex Bowman with six laps remaining in NASCAR's Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, giving the Hendrick Motorsports driver the 30th win of his career at one of his best tracks.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

1742782721697.jpeg
 
Drive at the end reminded of Indy race last year. Larson is just one of those all-time drivers who you hate to see in your mirror.
 
StandOnIt said:
Were you not entertained? A bonus point was meaningless to the fans who enjoyed it and I bet that was a whole bunch. ;)
Click to expand...
I don’t doubt the fans were entertained. I only dispute the statement that Larson and the team got back out there and ran wide open 'just to entertain the fans'. The goal was getting the point; any entertainment provided was a side effect. I'm not criticizing Larson in any way; I'm criticizing poor writing that falsely portrays what happened.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I don’t doubt the fans were entertained. I only dispute the statement that Larson and the team got back out there and ran wide open 'just to entertain the fans'. The goal was getting the point; any entertainment provided was a side effect. I'm not criticizing Larson in any way; I'm criticizing poor writing that falsely portrays what happened.
Click to expand...
So you are saying he was lying to Larson fans about putting on a show for the fans? Looked like a show to me.
 
StandOnIt said:
So you are saying he was lying to Larson fans about putting on a show for the fans? Looked like a show to me.
Click to expand...
No, I'm saying he was mistaken (NOT lying) about why Larson was out there. Go back and look at the quotes in the race discussion. Someone quoted the team radio traffic saying they were going back out to get the 'fastest lap' bonus point. Nobody on the team said 'Hey, let's bust ass fixing this car and go run qualifying laps halfway around the track from the leaders to show what we can do.' The fans got a good look but that was never why he went out there.

We went for a picnic yesterday. A truck loaded with building supplies pulled up across the street, deployed its forklift, unloaded material for about ten minutes, secured the lift, and rolled on. We were entertained although I'm sure that wasn't any part of the driver's considerations.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
No, I'm saying he was mistaken (NOT lying) about why Larson was out there. Go back and look at the quotes in the race discussion. Someone quoted the team radio traffic saying they were going back out to get the 'fastest lap' bonus point. Nobody on the team said 'Hey, let's bust ass fixing this car and go run qualifying laps halfway around the track from the leaders to show what we can do.' The fans got a good look but that was never why he went out there.

We went for a picnic yesterday. A truck loaded with building supplies pulled up across the street, deployed its forklift, unloaded material for about ten minutes, secured the lift, and rolled on. We were entertained although I'm sure that wasn't any part of the driver's considerations.
Click to expand...
They got the car back on the track and were able to complete 58/100 laps. Although getting one point out of the two they earned for fast lap, I disagree that this was their sole aim. It was available, they weren't dumb, the booth monkeys picked up on it and covered part of a lap kinda, so being fastest in the race alerted Larson fans and it was impressive to come out of the pits with a car that was damaged, fixed, and the fastest car in the race coming out of the pits...was a SHOW for Larson fans anyway. You? not so much lol. :idunno:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom