Larson’s Plan That Backfired (May 3)
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Kyle Larson wanted to intercept Kyle Busch, but his plan went wrong
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Kyle Larson was in the lead for 132 of the 267 laps of the Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas Speedway. With ten laps to go, however, he lost the top position in the course of a series of late caution phases to Kyle Busch. Larson tackled the last restart in the second row of the flank behind Ryan Blaney. Blaney had Kyle Busch next to her in the front row. And Larson had a plan for how he was going to get past both of them.
“My plan was to meet him [Blaney] To push as hard as it could, so that he would then duel the two on the back straight and I could somehow still take the lead inside or outside, “said Larson, whose plan backfired.
When pushing Blaney, he exaggerated Larson, almost completely turned the neon yellow Penske-Ford over and hit the wall himself. In the end, Larson finished P19, Blaney P21, while Busch won. “Obviously I overdid it with the push. I should probably have lifted it briefly when we went into the curve and then tried to regain momentum. I’m sorry that I messed up and deprived us of a good result have “, Larson takes responsibility.
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