NASCAR CUP SERIES: HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400

September 27, 2026

Kyle Larson

Frontstretch Quotes

An Interview with:

Q. Max points here at Kansas. Delivering the stage wins. Delivering the race wins. As Cliff Daniels said, my brother, you nailed that at the end of the race.

Cliff Daniels told me a few weeks ago our championship, honestly, comes down to Kansas, Las Vegas, and Charlotte. Kyle Larson and the 5 team delivered in front of the Kansas fans.

Kyle, how in the world did you find that extra pace on the long run where you guys had really kind of somewhat struggled all day on long to get back past the 19?

KYLE LARSON: I don't know. I really thought when Chase got by, he was just going to stretch out, but I got some lines going where I could settle in and try to take care of my tires. I don't know. I think it's just easier to be the hunter rather than the hunted.

I think a lot of the same, like, with me out front, I'm just defending and trying to guess on what lines are fast. When he got in front of me, I could see he started getting really loose.

Yeah, that was fun. That was such a good day. Max points. I was going to be happy with second with how the race went, but get the lead, that's a big deal for the points.

Proud of my team. Happy 50th anniversary, too, to Hendrick Automotive Group, Hendrickcars.com. Rick and Linda, what you guys have built is so amazing. All of us are just blessed to get to work with such amazing people.

Yeah, here's to 50 more amazing years for Hendrick Automotive Group. Thanks to Hendrickcars.com, Valvoline, Chevrolet, everybody. My whole team, they were on it all day. Proud of them. Thank all you fans for coming out. Glad we could put on a good show at the end.

Q. If you look at the year as a whole, Kyle, would you have bet that it would be a mile and a half where you would deliver your most dominant performance of the year?

KYLE LARSON: Well, yeah, just because I feel like if we can just click it, we're the most comfortable on these, but obviously the Toyotas are always really good here.

I was happy to see the 11 in my mirror all day because he's normally really good out here and good at controlling the lead. All those restarts, although it was early in the race, was important to get in front of him.

Yeah, Briscoe surprised me. He was really good. Austin Cindric, too, he was flying. A few more laps, I think he would have maybe got by us.

Man, what a day. I thought we'd have a good shot. I didn't think that we would have a max points type of day, so I'm just thrilled.