NASCAR Media Conference

Pit Lane Interview

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Kyle Larson


Q. Kyle Larson, runner-up. Looked like you got the restart you wanted at the end. Once you got the lead, what were you thinking at that point?

KYLE LARSON: When it all worked out like that, I was like, oh, great, clean air. I went through three and four and I was plowing. Yeah, I was nervous. Then I could tell he had a huge run on me behind. Thought maybe if I could get to the banking, it would like load and cut, but it didn't.

Yeah, he was really good right there. I was just hoping to be better. I was happy to get to the lead, the restart worked out great. Anyways, we got lucky with the caution, too.

Yeah, good day. I think first stage first and a second in the race. Yeah, we're getting closer. Really close there. We'll keep trying.

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