Kyle Larson is on a HEATER + Hocevar Wreck, Chase Update & Vegas Preview

i used to think i'd have to start charging you for the ink and paper i was using all right guys uh kansas big race weekend and we are here once again talking about kyle larson that team putting together a really incredible race um it just seemed like the kyle larson of old didn't it on sunday

we've been waiting all year we have been waiting all year for the this exact moment that we saw in kansas and Really, I think we thought we'd see it at Bristol, and we thought we might see it at a couple other places before that.

Now, they've done a great job in battling and keeping themselves.

Even at Bristol, they kept themselves in contention to have a chance to win the race, got a good finish out of it.

But they've been grinding.

And I heard Cliff Daniels say this after the race.

He talked about...

the part of not running well of the season, not running well, but being able to grind it out and keep themselves in it.

And not only from their standpoint on the team, but from Kyle's standpoint, which I thought was a really interesting comment because we've talked on this show before about, you know, when things aren't going good, Kyle stepping over the edge and crashing the car.

Hasn't happened as much this year as it has in the past years.

in my opinion.

And I think a lot of that is just maturity and experience and being able to analyze yourself and critique yourself.

And I think that they have that type of relationship, Cliff and Kyle, from the outside looking in to be able to be open with each other.

And they've been working to get to this point.

And I just, you know, I can't believe it's taken this long into the season, but now here we are two out of the first races, four races into the chase and they've won two of them leading the points.

I made a joke yesterday that Kyle Larson of 2021 is engaged now.

I mean, that is what we used to see them doing all the time, but everybody did their job from driver.

The pit crew was strong road crew.

I think about Jesse Saunders, his car chief that's been with him forever.

Like this is what they used to do on a regular basis.

And now it's like, we finally have seen them turn that corner.

Yeah, I think it's safe to say they're having fun again.

Yeah.

It's definitely more fun when you've been, the signs have been there.

Kevin just talked about, we thought maybe at one track, we thought maybe at Bristol and they were kind of getting closer and you're like, are they back or are they not? I think they're back and the races that are lined up for them to be back starting now.