NASCAR star Kyle is doing all that he can to prepare to run in next month's Indianapolis 500. He has tested at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and did a private test in Phoenix to get used to the Indy car. He plans to be the fifth driver in history to attempt “The Double.
FILE - Kyle Larson sits on the car that he will drive in the IndyCar Indianapolis 500 after is was unveiled at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. Larson next month will become the fifth driver in history to attempt to complete “The Double” and run 1,100 miles in one day at both the Indianapolis 500 in an Indy car and the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest race of the year.
At orientation, it was about the “”little stuff, what the steering wheel felt like, visually, what all that felt like.” At a test in Phoenix, he wanted “to feel the car and it slipping and moving and work on ins and outs of pit stalls and things like that.” Tony Stewart is the only driver to complete both races, which he did in 2001 in his second attempt. Stewart came from an open-wheel background and won the IndyCar championship in its inaugural 1997 season.
The Hendrick preparation and attention to detail has Larson almost nonchalant about his upcoming effort. Hendrick had his people on the ground at last year’s Indy 500 to understand the scheduling and driver requirements, begin working on logistics and get a feel for the flow of the two-week event.
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