After the whirlwind finish to the Ally 400, which featured a five overtimes before Joey Logano took the checkered flag, Kyle Larson is making his opinion known.
NASCAR was determined to finish the race in convincing fashion, but the overtime debacle certainly put drivers, fans and media members alike through the wringer. Afterwards, Larson was asked whether NASCAR should limit the amount of overtimes to three, instead of doing everything to finish the last couple of laps.
“I don’t know. I really don’t have a good answer for that,” Larson told Frontstretch, regarding the journey to finishing the event. “Obviously, I would’ve liked another one, but it’s just NASCAR racing, with bodies that are tough, and cars with low fuel. So yeah, it was wild at the end, but hopefully it didn’t look too amateur on TV.”
It certainly was a wild finish, and one that Larson himself played a major role in. The No. 5 wheelman himself went from racing for the win to being involved in a litany of accidents, including taking out Ross Chastain and Kyle Busch on separate occasions.
On the third overtime restart, it looked like Busch was finally primed for a top five finish, and a chance at a win. That’s when Larson ran out of gas ahead of him, and caused the No. 8 to succumb to another DNF on the season.
Afterwards, Larson felt terrible about the whole ordeal, recognizing the tough luck Busch has dealt with in 2024. The Hendrick Motorsports star took some time to explain what exactly happened after the race was all set and done.
“I just got really out of shape, through the gears, and thankfully didn’t cause a crash on the front-stretch. Then the next one we ran out of fuel, and caused that wreck. So yeah, hate that for Kyle,” Larson told FOX’s Bob Pockrass following the race, regarding his contact with Busch. “I had no warning. Well, obviously we knew we were really close on fuel, it was going to be a stretch to make it, but I had no low fuel pressure alarm or anything on my dash, so it was a bit surprising to me. When I went to the throttle, it just never went. So, I couldn’t really get out of the way either, because we were still to the wall. Like, I hadn’t gotten to the dog-leg yet, to get out of the way.
“So yeah, I’m really, really bummed for him and all that, because he needs the points. Thankfully, we were able to work through the last couple of restarts and get a top ten, but you know, bummed with how it all kind of ended up.”
Perhaps NASCAR will take a look at their overtime rules following Nashville, but one thing is for sure, it was certainly an entertaining finish. Kyle Larson still managed to secure a top ten, even though he wrecked twice during the attempts to finish the race. Go figure.
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