Cliff Daniels is proud of what he noticed from Kyle Larson after making an attempt the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 double final month. Whereas showing on Kevin Harvick’s Completely happy Hour, the Hendrick Motorsports crew chief defined why Larson’s double try was an enormous win regardless of not finishing it.
“Sure the consequence wasn’t what all of us wished, however for my part, I nonetheless suppose it was a win and right here’s why,” Daniels mentioned. “Globally it was a win. It was an incredible day for motorsports, introduced numerous consideration to IndyCar, introduced numerous consideration to NASCAR, it actually showcased what anyone like Kyle Larson may do and is an enormous a part of our sport as we all know. But it surely additionally showcased how he had by no means run a aggressive lap in an IndyCar till the inexperienced flag of the Indy 500 and was actually one little breaking mistake and pit highway entry away from a top-five end. That’s unimaginable. That’s a win.
“Then on the similar time, how are you going to think about it a win that he didn’t get to race the 5 name and all these items could be cheap for anyone to ask me? Properly, the rationale it’s a win is the 5 group was ready, now we have an incredible relationship with Justin Allgaier. He confirmed numerous braveness to point out as much as get in our automobile. I advised Justin earlier than the race, we’re going to go a lap down. I’m not nervous about it, so that you don’t have to be both.”
Cliff Daniels says Kyle Larson’s exhibiting was a ‘win for motorsports’
Daniels went on to say that when Allgaier acquired comfy with the automobile, they had been going to be aggressive. “The win for us is we put Justin within the automobile like we form of predicted work by way of that, he unlapped himself underneath the inexperienced, drives away from the leaders, that’s unimaginable.”
Allgaier was in thirteenth earlier than NASCAR referred to as the Coca-Cola 600. Had the race continued, Larson would have taken over and he would have had a robust likelihood to win. “What a win for motorsports, for the chance, for thus many individuals concerned in that,” Daniels added. “I actually wished Kyle to know that message the Monday after when he was second-guessing every little thing that he had finished alongside the way in which, which I don’t suppose was correct. He did so many issues proper alongside the way in which, typically in life issues simply don’t work out.”
