NASCAR MEDIA CONFERENCE

April 12, 2026

Kyle Larson

Pit Lane Interview

Q. What more did you need in the end to be able to contend for the win here?

KYLE LARSON: Yeah, I mean, Blaney had by far the best car. His pit crew just kept putting him behind all day, which really allowed us to lead a lot of laps, get those stage wins. Yeah, so that was good.

Happy about all of that.

Just knew it was going to be difficult to hold him off. Seemed like every restart he could just plow right through the field and get to second. Was just really fast.

Yeah, then Ty got strong there the last run, too. That was probably my worst run, I think. We were making some adjustments at that point. I just got a little bit out of the track. Yeah, they were just better than me.

Then the strategy got kind of crazy there at the end. We took the third-place car and finished third. Happy with the points earned today. Look forward to next week.