Kyle Larson and Joey Logano are among the most popular names in the Cup Series arena. While the former stunned everyone with his 2021 championship feat, the latter has done it twice in his career. Besides the fact that both are Cup series champions, they have something else in common. It seems that both love statistics!

One can argue that statistics do not always justify the true story. However, those numbers are the ones that play a key role in motivating these drivers. Reaching a certain landmark in the record books does bring the best out of many. Kyle Larson recently had his say in what he thinks about that.

Kyle Larson has his take on statistics

Kyle Larson recently appeared in the”Stacking Pennies with Corey LaJoie” podcast. The host described how Joey Logano was obsessed with statistics, especially with the all-time list. When asked if statistics matter to him, Larson said, “Umm yeah, I would say, I do… I know that I’m probably never going to get to the top. So I guess that’s why I don’t look at that. Obviously, I want to get as high up as I can.

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“I think what I more look at is like the year-to-year stats like wins. Not only wins but top fives top tens and laps led and stuff like that. Yeah, I look at everybody’s stats to compare myself to them whether in that season or if they had a good year. What was their good year? What that looked like, stuff like that. So yeah I look at that.”

It is interesting how modern-day drivers are wary of the statistics. As long as it instigates healthy competition, let the statistical data flow.

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With all this discussion about statistics going on, how does it help build up for the blockbuster race on Sunday? The Daytona 500 has seen six first-time winners in the last ten years. It is arguably the most prestigious race in NASCAR but winning it hasn’t been everyone’s cup of tea.

Kyle Larson is yet to win in Florida while Joey Logano once got the taste of it in 2015. However, the superspeedway race saw two underdogs win in the last two years. With all due respect to Austin Cindric and Michael McDowell, not many expected them to triumph in the Great American Race.

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Kyle Larson was in pole position at the Daytona 500 last year, one of the weirdest accomplishments of his career. Statistically, he became the fifth driver to do so after winning the championship the previous year.  Unfortunately, the Hendrick Motorsports driver finished the race in fifth position. It is that unpredictable, which makes it super exciting from the fans’ perspective. Will Kyle Larson manage to make it big at this prestigious race this year? We’ll know better by Sunday.