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Kyle Larson is taking a way more laid-back method to prepping for the Indy 500
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Kyle Larson is taking a way more laid-back method to prepping for the Indy 500

By Miles Cooper January 14, 2025
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Don’t count on Kyle Larson to pound limitless laps testing an Indy automotive forward of this yr’s 109th Operating of the Indianapolis 500 on Could 25. 

A yr in the past, the California native spared no expense in preparation for his maiden try at “The Double” – working the Indy 500 and the 600-mile NASCAR Cup Collection race at Charlotte on the identical Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend (a joint effort with Arrow McLaren and Hendrick Motorsports). He participated within the Indy 500 rookie take a look at in October 2023 earlier than pushing by roughly 172 laps of working at Phoenix Raceway in February of 2024. Then there was the annual Indy Open Take a look at final April, which allowed Larson to get a really feel for the weather in opposition to the remainder of the Indy 500 entrants a month earlier than the race. 

Larson’s pursuit of turning into the fifth driver to compete in each races fell brief, with rain delaying the 2024 Indy 500 – the place he began fifth and completed 18th – and the Cup race being referred to as early after 249 of 400 laps, leaving him unable to show a lap regardless of arriving late in Charlotte. 

Whereas the 2021 NASCAR Cup Collection champion goals to finish “The Double” this time round, his buildup to Indy will not be almost as intensive.

 “After going by it as soon as, you recognize what to anticipate,” Larson advised Motorsport. “Final yr, I didn’t know what to anticipate on something. So, I really feel like I over prepped in a whole lot of methods — which continues to be good, however as soon as I am going to do it, it wasn’t actually any totally different than what I’m used to.”

Kyle Larson is taking a way more laid-back method to prepping for the Indy 500

Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

Picture by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Photos

No preparation… but

It’s very doubtless that Larson’s first – and probably solely – time driving the No. 17 Arrow McLaren-Hendrick Chevrolet previous to the Indy 500 will come on the Open Take a look at, set for April 23-24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“I haven’t performed any prep, and I feel I most likely received’t do something till the Open Take a look at in April — after which shortly after that leads into the five hundred, with a few weeks there,” Larson stated. “I haven’t had the possibility to speak to anyone from McLaren. I don’t know what my staff seems like. I don’t know something about it.”

One individual that Larson received’t be capable to depend on when he returns to Indy shall be Brian Campe, an Indy 500-winning engineer who helped Larson’s transition to Indy vehicles. Campe, who was with Hendrick Motorsports on the time, joined Arrow McLaren after 2024’s 500 earlier than leaving to hitch Legacy Motor Membership as its technical director again in October. 

Kyle Larson (far right) on track in his Arrow McLaren at the 2024 Indy 500

Kyle Larson (far proper) on observe in his Arrow McLaren on the 2024 Indy 500

Picture by: Phillip Abbott / Motorsport Photos

Whereas Larson waits to see how his IndyCar staff will take form, he’s fixated on this week’s Chili Bowl Nationals, after which the upcoming NASCAR season.

“I’ve simply been centered on the dust racing right here within the offseason and getting our NASCAR season began,” stated Larson, contemporary off a prelim Chili Bowl win on Monday night time. “I feel quickly we’ll get an thought of what every little thing seems like for Indy. However so far as prep and all that, I haven’t performed something — and I don’t suppose there’s an extravagance or something further particular it’s important to do to prepare for that race.”

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