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The 2024 season of racing will see former NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson not only behind the wheel of Hendrick Motorsports' #5 entry in the Cup Series but also the 31-year-old driver's debut in the famed Indy 500.
Kyle Larson is set to undertake 'double duty' this season as he prepares to compete in both NASCAR and the NTT IndyCar Series races on Memorial Day. With a recent open test session seeing him adapt well to the open-wheeled nature of the IndyCars, Marcus Ericsson, current IndyCar driver for Andretti Global, spoke favorably of the full-time NASCAR driver.
Ericsson elaborated on what he saw in Larson's technique behind the wheel as a former winner of the famed iconic 500-mile-long race at The Brickyard. He said in an interview with NewsNation's YouTube channel:
"The thing with Kyle is he is one of the most talented drivers in the world. I expect him to get used to it very quickly. We had a test here a couple of weeks ago and he was already second fastest. He will be right in the mix. I expect him to be hard to beat but it’s great for our sport, in general. He comes over and puts even more spotlight on the Indy 500." [2:52]
It remains to be seen how Kyle Larson will adapt to a totally different genre of motorsports come Sunday, May 26.
What are Kyle Larson's odds of winning the upcoming NASCAR Cup race at Dover Motor Speedway?
The eleventh race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season is set to go live at Dover Motor Speedway this Sunday. The Wurth 400 at 'The Monster Mile' is set to witness the Hendrick Motorsports driver have the highest odds of winning for any driver.
According to CBS Sports, Larson sits on top of the driver's odds table with 9-2 chances of winning at the 1-mile-long track followed by Joe Gibbs Racing's Martin Treux Jr. and HMS teammate William Byron with 6-1 and 15-2 odds, respectively.
The 2024 Wurth 400 will go live this Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET.
