KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Larson enters this weekend at Kansas Speedway with a chance to finish a winless streak at certainly one of his most profitable tracks.
It has been 343 days and 32 races since Larson’s final victory within the NASCAR Cup Collection, however Kansas has persistently been one of many venues the place he runs at his greatest. In 22 profession begins on the monitor, Larson has recorded three wins and a mean end of 12.1.
A deeper take a look at these numbers exhibits a transparent pattern — one which favors Larson heading into Sunday.
Traditionally, his ends in the autumn race have been extra inconsistent, notably within the Subsequent Gen period. Since 2022, his greatest fall end at Kansas is fourth, which got here in 2023, and he holds a mean end of 11.0 in these occasions.
The spring race, nevertheless, has advised a really completely different story.
For the reason that introduction of the Subsequent Gen automotive in 2022, Larson has not completed worse than second within the spring occasion at Kansas. He completed second in each 2022 and 2023 earlier than breaking via with back-to-back victories in 2024 and 2025. Throughout these 4 races, Larson has two wins and a mean end of 1.5 — among the many greatest stretches by any driver at a single monitor in recent times.
When combining each spring and fall occasions within the Subsequent Gen period, Larson holds a mean end of 6.8 at Kansas, additional reinforcing his consistency on the 1.5-mile oval.
All of it factors to Kansas as a chief alternative.
Together with his historical past on the monitor and his latest efficiency within the spring race, Larson enters the weekend as a legit contender. And if he can capitalize, it might mark not solely a return to Victory Lane — however a becoming one on the identical monitor the place his present winless stretch started.
