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“I Seem to Always Just Crash” – Kyle Larson Honestly Admits NASCAR Superspeedway Struggles Ahead of Talladega Race

Published 04/24/2022, 11:55 AM EDT

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We already know Kyle Larson as a quick driver, paving his way through the grid in every race. In fact, Larson already has a win in the 2022 season under his belt, at the Auto Club Speedway at Fontana, and, sitting comfortably in the playoffs.

Although Kyle Larson has the 2021 Cup Series Champion in his name, he has not a single win at any Superspeedway.

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Kyle Larson is still winless At Superspeedways

Kyle Larson has won 5 races in tracks that were 1.333 miles and larger in 2021, intermediate, and even short tracks in 2021. Unfortunately, not a single one of those wins was captured at a Superspeedway.

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Even though Kyle Larson has run 16 races at Daytona and 14 at Talladega, he has only got 6th place as his highest finish. In fact, Larson admits that Superspeedway races have not been the best for him, “Yeah, they’re not,” Larson said Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. “For whatever reason, I don’t know. We talked about that this week in our team meeting. I come here with different game plans every time and I seem to always just crash myself or be right in the middle of a crash.” 

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He has been caught up in a few crashes at Superspeedways. However, we have seen him improve, even though it would be very difficult for Larson as he said, “It does get frustrating because when you put the effort in, you want to see results,” Larson said. “And maybe I have gotten better at these places but just circumstance of getting lucky and missing wrecks and stuff I haven’t done a good enough job [of]. But it’s just a totally different style of racing and one I guess I’m not comfortable with.”

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In the end, all we can do is hope that Talladega is good to Larson; he is starting 6th on Sunday, and hopefully, he will finally add a Superspeedway win to his name.

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Hetul Katyal

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Hetul Katyal is an F1-NASCAR web stories creator at EssentiallySports. Currently pursuing his degree in Journalism from the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, he is an avid supporter of Carlos Sainz and Scuderia Ferrari. Hetul always looks forward to the paddock going to Baku, but the part of F1 that excites him the most, is seeing the drivers tackle the 'Raidillon' at Spa.
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Pritam Priyedarshi