The Sunday of Memorial Day weekend is Christmas Day for racing fans around the world, with a tripleheader of prestigious events capped off by the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The night cap precedes Formula 1’s race in Monaco, with the IndyCar Series’ Indianapolis 500 sandwiched in the middle.
Monster Energy Series points leader Kyle Larson has plenty of stock car experience and a reputation of being willing to drive any car, any time at any location, and he may expand his racing role on this day in the future — at least that’s what he told FOX’s Kenny Wallace during a Sunday pre-race interview.
Wallace playfully pressed Larson on running the Indy 500 in the future, to which Larson replied: “I will someday. I just have to get the courage up. For sure, I want to.”
Larson has an “in” already with team owner Chip Ganassi, who also owns an open-wheel team.
The list of NASCAR drivers to attempt the famous “double” — that is, running the Indy 500 and then flying to Charlotte for another 600 miles in the Coca-Cola 600 — is a short one.
John Andretti was the first to do it in 1994, with Tony Stewart (twice), Robby Gordon and Kurt Busch following suit. Sounds like Larson will one day add his name to that list.