William Byron Left in Awe of Teammate Kyle Larson After He Brings Gaming Skills to Life
Few drivers in the world of motorsports are as versatile as Kyle Larson. The 32-year-old racing driver has been busy during the off-season and recently raced for eight consecutive days across two continents and hemispheres. āYung Moneyā took part in the High Limit International finale in Perth, Australia, before flying off to Oklahoma to compete in all four adult divisions of the Tulsa Shootout. The Hendrick Motorsports driver showed his racing prowess on the dirt track, impressing teammate William Byron.
Byron, who started his motorsports journey through iRacing, couldnāt help but express his awe at Larsonās textbook racing style. Could the California native continue his red-hot form at the upcoming Chili Bowl Midget Nationals as well?
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Kyle Larsonās ability to push the car to the limit is quite well-known. Demonstrating remarkable versatility, the driver seamlessly moved between motorsports events, culminating remarkably in the Indy 500 run and a bold attempt at the āDoubleā during the high-stakes 2024 season. Itās not often that a racer can excel across different formats and track types, but the Hendrick Motorsports driver seems to have a natural talent while behind the wheel of a race car. Being true to his reputation, Larson showed his racing prowess at the Non-Winged micro-sprint at the Tulsa Shootout as well, which left William Byron impressed.
In a video uploaded on X, Kyle Larson was seen competing in the Tulsa Shootout finale at somewhat of a point-of-view angle of the racing driver. The 32-year-old zipped across the dirt track at a lightning-fast pace, running to the side of the wall. Impressed by how well he was doing, his teammate William Byron couldnāt help but write, āThe old iRacing cushion line..heās actually making it work. What a beast.ā The 27-year-old was seemingly impressed by Larsonās textbook driving style to maximize the output of his vehicle.
Itās not surprising that William Byron chose to make an iRacing reference. The North Carolina native started his motorsports journey on the racing simulator and learned tricks of the trade behind while staring at a computer screen. To see some of the lessons that the 27-year-old learned on the simulator being implemented in real-time by Kyle Larson was somewhat of a treat for Byron, who was quick to acknowledge his teammatesā impressive skills.
As for Larson, the racer won his second Golden Driller at the Tulsa Shootout after going from 12th to first in the EVO Fuel Injection A-Class competition. The Hendrick Motorsports driver was taking part in the competition for the first time in 15 years and finished ahead of Parker Perry in Oklahoma, while fellow NASCAR rival Christopher Bell beat āYung Moneyā at the non-wing outlaw feature on January 4th.
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Larson shares his thoughts on maintaining the ālineāTrendingIt might be off-season, but Kyle Larson isnāt taking a break anytime soon. The California native competed in the sprint car racing series across all four adult categories and narrowly missed out on a Non-Wing Outlaw win. Despite the result, the former dirt racing champion gained plenty of plaudits because of his performance, with Bubba Wallaceās spotter Freddie Kraft saying, āThe in car of this fool riding the wall is even more ridiculous than the replay lol.ā
Sharing his thoughts about running the cushion line, Larson said, āI donāt know. It wasnāt really a thought of being able to make that line work. After the race, my teammate said he was going to ramp up the cushion and make that work a little bit, so I was like, alright, Iāll keep that in mind. But it probably wonāt work with a non-winged car.ā The Hendrick Motorsports driver went on to say, āI started running the line, got comfortable with it, and made it work. It was really hard to run, but I was able to make it work enough to get myself close enough to Bell.ā
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Former NASCAR driver Mark Martin also hailed Kyle Larson as āa once-in-a-generation talent [that] we have the privilege to witnessā, despite the 32-year-old being defeated by Christopher Bell. The 32-year-old will now shift his attention to the Chili Bowl Nationals, where he will be competing against Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch, and many others at the SageNet Center until January 18th. Will he continue to impress in the dirt racing event? Time will tell.
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