Kyle Larson Reacts To ‘Ironic’ Kansas NASCAR Cup Pole

Kyle Larson secured pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver clinched the pole award with a lap reaching 183.730 mph. Larson was the last driver to qualify.

Reacting to the pole award, the 32 year old said:

“I mean, it’s definitely ironic and really cool. I think it adds to the storyline of what happened last year. You’ll probably build some anticipation for the race tomorrow. But yeah, I won’t be thinking about it, I guess, when we’re rolling around under caution. But yeah, it’s just ironic, funny and cool all at the same time.”

While speaking to the media ahead of the race weekend, Larson explained:

“Yeah, I enjoy Kansas a lot. It’s probably my third favourite track behind Homestead and Bristol. I just think what makes any track good is progressive banking, and this place has that.

“You look at Homestead, it has it. Bristol fans hate it, but it’s got progressive banking. I feel like when you have progressive banking, it just allows more options, I think.

“So yeah, I think that’s why it helps the racing here because you can catch somebody and move to a different lane; get inside of them, work them over and pass them.

“Where you go to other tracks and do all this work to get to them, and they’re still running the same line that you have to run, and you can’t pass. So yeah, I think the progressive banking helps out a lot of these tracks.”