Kyle Larson crashes from both Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600: “A sin of one day”

Indianapolis – Kyle LarsonThe search for 1,100 miles in one day ended after 91 laps of the Indianapolis 500 When he destroyed halfway through the race.

Larson arrived 27th in the Indy 500 and left immediately after the accident for Charlotte Motor Speedway to compete in Nascar Cup series Coca-Cola 600, where things did not go too much better while destroyed halfway.

In Charlotte, he led 34 rpm until he turns to Giro 43, returning to the lap of advantage with the free passage when the caution came out on Giro 200 and then was collected in an accident on Giro 246, ending his race. Ended the 37th.

“A one -day bummer all around,” Larson said to Charlotte.

They were echoes of Indianapolis.

“I’m just upset,” said Larson. “I’m just very disappointed.”

Handrick Motorsports’ driver is the fifth to start both races on the same day, but only a pilot – Tony Stewart – Completed all 1,100 miles when he did it in 2001.

“The best therapy is to return to the steering wheel,” Larson said on Sunday after his second Indycar race. “Luckily, I only have a few hours until I go back to the steering wheel. Once we make the engines upset up there, I will forget about it.”

Larson’s wreck happened when he was following Takuma Sato And he tried to drop to the left and ended up turning. The wreck also eliminated Kyffin Simpson AND Sting Ray Robb.

“We were just grouped on the restart and I was very close to Takuma in front of me and I made a kind of aerodynamic behind him and while I peeked left, the nose grabbed [toward the surface] And I turned around, “said Larson.

“I hate the fact that I caused that crash and I hate the fact that the others were collected in it. I hate it for … all those who did a lot to make this effort possible.”

The day had not gone very well for Larson, who had blocked the car previously on Pit Road, who had put him in the middle of the pack.

Before the start of the race, things were also not going on his way. Drizzle delayed the 48 -minute green flag and there were a good chance that Larson should have retired from the race before he ended up.

The rules of the Nascar require that a driver starts each race to be suitable for the playoffs. If they are missing a race, they must obtain a renunciation of the rule. Last year, after more than a week of resolution, since Larson never competed in the Charlotte race following an Indy 500 devastated by the rain, the Nascar granted the renunciation.

Larson, the leader of the Cup series, said he did not know if he should have retired soon on Sunday.

“I don’t know, he wasn’t too concentrated on this,” said Larson, who was driving a car of Arrow McLaren in Indy. “When I was sitting there for 45 minutes [before the race]It was in my mind. But once we ran, I was not really worried about this. “

Bummed Larson indicated that he is not sure he wants to try double again.

“I don’t know,” said Larson. “It is a great investment and not to go well for two years in a row, I don’t think it is really worth it at this point.”

Bob Pockrass covers Nascar and Indycar for Fox Sports. He spent decades to cover motor sports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with Espn periods, Sporting News, Nascar Scene Magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow it on Twitter @Bobpockrass.

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