NASCAR’s Kyle Larson talks defending title before race at Texas Motor Speedway
2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson is attempting to defend his crown and currently sits ninth in this year’s standings ahead of the WÜRTH 400, taking place on Sunday, May 3 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Larson gave his thoughts on his performance and where he’s looking to improve as the season continues.
“I think outside of a couple mistakes on my part, we’ve been pretty solid, and [we] easily could be second in points, probably. Our speed is decent, our execution has been pretty good. Just, you want to get all that stuff a little bit better, because it’s just really hard to win in our sport. And seems it’s getting harder and harder. So you got to be buttoned up and, you know, both behind the wheel and with car performance and all that. So we’re getting better. Just got some room to improve,” said Larson.
Larson didn’t feel winning the title last season has made this season’s chase any more difficult.
“I feel like our sport has got such short memory that at least in the competitor side of it, where, at least for me, like I didn’t really think about who had won the championship the year before, and I don’t feel that either. So we’re just all out there, every one of us, trying to do the best job we can,” said Larson.
The WÜRTH 400 will not be the only race Larson competes in that weekend. He’ll also compete in the Interstate Batteries High Limits Racing Series Stockyard Stampede and the Andy’s Frozen Custard 340, which he won last year.
Larson explained what was behind giving himself such an action-packed weekend.
“Last year I had a lot of fun with it, so that’s why I kind of wanted to do it again this year. We got the high limit racing stuff on Thursday,” said Larson. “I’ll run the [O’Reilly Auto Parts Series] race Saturday afternoon, and then the cup race Sunday. It’s just fun.”
The first race Larson will compete in, the High Limits Racing Series, he co-founded with Brad Sweets in 2022, and he talked about the series’ growth over his first couple of seasons.
“it’s been fun. It’s grown really fast since 2022, it started out as just like a 12 race, I think, midweek series, and quickly transformed into a national tour the next year,” said Larson. “It’s gone really, really good to this point, and you just hope that you can keep continuing to grow it.”
Larson said that he believes the quick programming — on average, about three hours per Larson — has helped the series’ popularity grow.
Fans looking to see Larson and the other drivers race during the weekend can buy tickets on the Texas Motor Speedway website starting at $230.57 for the entire weekend for adults and $16.24 for kids 12 and younger.
Tickets for Sunday only start at $85.50 for those just looking for the NASCAR Cup Series race.
