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JOLIET, Ill. — Kyle Larson has one busy week ahead of him.
The driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 42 Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series will be attempting to run a particularly interesting schedule this weekend. He will run in the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 this evening in the Nationwide Series and then make his way to western Ohio for the Camping World Truck Series’ second-annual Mudsummer Classic at the Eldora Speedway on Wednesday. From there, Larson will make his way up to Indianapolis for the Nationwide Series’ Lilly Diabetes 250 on Saturday and the Sprint Cup Series’ Crown Royal 400 on Sunday.
That is four National Series races in eight days at three different race tracks.
The challenge of racing that complex of a schedule is quite the daunting one – especially for a 21-year-old. Larson was asked during his pre-practice press conference as to if he was fazed by such a challenge.
“No, not at all,” Larson said. “A couple of years ago, I ran 28 races in 30 days or something. I’ve been really busy before, but yeah, this is a cool stretch. We get to come here to Chicago, a fun race track. Next week is the truck race at Eldora and that leads into the Nationwide and Cup race at Indy. Shortly after that is the Knoxville Nationals that we go to watch.”
Rather than being intimidated by a schedule like this, Larson looks to it as a fun experience and is looking forward to putting in great performances at each race.
“This is a fun time of the season for me, you get to do a lot of racing in the next week-and-a-half,” Larson continued. “I’m excited about that and I’m really hoping for some good finishes.”
Read more at... http://thefourthturn.com/2014/07/kyle-larson-four-races-in-eight-days-at-three-tracks-no-problem/
I can think of a few high profile Cup drivers that aren't doing very well that could take a lesson from this kid. Generally speaking, the more you do something the better chance of improving on what you do.
I think the difference is some drivers do it for the money and some drivers do it for the love of racing.
It's pretty clear where Kyle falls in that equation.
The driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 42 Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series will be attempting to run a particularly interesting schedule this weekend. He will run in the EnjoyIllinois.com 300 this evening in the Nationwide Series and then make his way to western Ohio for the Camping World Truck Series’ second-annual Mudsummer Classic at the Eldora Speedway on Wednesday. From there, Larson will make his way up to Indianapolis for the Nationwide Series’ Lilly Diabetes 250 on Saturday and the Sprint Cup Series’ Crown Royal 400 on Sunday.
That is four National Series races in eight days at three different race tracks.
The challenge of racing that complex of a schedule is quite the daunting one – especially for a 21-year-old. Larson was asked during his pre-practice press conference as to if he was fazed by such a challenge.
“No, not at all,” Larson said. “A couple of years ago, I ran 28 races in 30 days or something. I’ve been really busy before, but yeah, this is a cool stretch. We get to come here to Chicago, a fun race track. Next week is the truck race at Eldora and that leads into the Nationwide and Cup race at Indy. Shortly after that is the Knoxville Nationals that we go to watch.”
Rather than being intimidated by a schedule like this, Larson looks to it as a fun experience and is looking forward to putting in great performances at each race.
“This is a fun time of the season for me, you get to do a lot of racing in the next week-and-a-half,” Larson continued. “I’m excited about that and I’m really hoping for some good finishes.”
Read more at... http://thefourthturn.com/2014/07/kyle-larson-four-races-in-eight-days-at-three-tracks-no-problem/
I can think of a few high profile Cup drivers that aren't doing very well that could take a lesson from this kid. Generally speaking, the more you do something the better chance of improving on what you do.
I think the difference is some drivers do it for the money and some drivers do it for the love of racing.
It's pretty clear where Kyle falls in that equation.
