CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson mentioned “finishing 1,100 miles is final purpose for working each the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on Might 25.
Larson and Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon visited the NASCAR Productions Facility on Wednesday and unveiled the paint schemes for the vehicles Larson will drive when attempting to finish The Double on Memorial Day weekend.
Larson tried to run each races for the primary time final 12 months, with Hendrick Motorsports fielding his Cup Collection automobile, whereas Arrow McLaren provided the Indy automobile in a partnership with Hendrick Motorsports.
Nevertheless, when rain delayed the Indianapolis 500, which he accomplished all 500 miles at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, he was unable to make the beginning of the 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Larson, who earned rookie-of-the-year honors within the Indianapolis 500, arrived in Charlotte throughout a rain delay simply previous the midway level within the race and by no means obtained within the automobile that was began by Justin Allgaier.
“Finishing 1,100 miles is the final word purpose, or no less than the primary purpose in thoughts,” Larson mentioned Wednesday. “Clearly, I wish to run effectively in each of them. I really feel there’s a professional shot to win the Cup race that weekend. We’re at all times good on mile-and-a-halfs. Our automobile was extraordinarily good final 12 months, in order that was a bummer. On the IndyCar facet of it, the Indy 500, I felt like final 12 months I may have completed fourth to eighth if I didn’t pace on pit street, so someplace in that window — clearly I’d like to win the Indy 500, however I understand how tough that’s.”
Larson believes he discovered so much from two weeks of follow, qualifying and the race at Indianapolis final 12 months.
“I really feel just like the expertise I had final 12 months, dwelling by it, I might be higher ready for this 12 months,” he mentioned. “I felt just like the race was fairly simple. I didn’t assume it was too completely different from a Cup race, particularly at Indy. I feel there was so much I discovered by the couple of weeks there final 12 months, steadiness sensible that I might be trying to be higher within the race this 12 months. There’s positively alternative to do higher than final 12 months, and I assumed final 12 months went nice.”
The paint schemes of the 2 vehicles are constant for what the group, which companions with Arrow McLaren for the five hundred, is billing because the #Hendrick1100 introduced by Prime Video.
