Kyle Larson says he wants to “embarrass” Xfinity drivers and NASCAR as a regulator by dominating its second-t♔ier na꧒tional series.

Hendrick Motorsports star Lar🦩son had a busy schedule over the Bristol weekend, competing in both Trucks and Xfinity series in addition to his primary commitments in the Cup Series.

This was the second time this season that he had competed in all three championships in one weekend, having also 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:attempted a🍬 triple 🔥at Homestead Miami last month.

The 32-year-old came close to completing a tripleheader 🎃sweep at Bristol Mo✱tor Speedway, dominating the track in both Xfinity and Cup Series, but he missed out on victory in the Trucks category by less than one second to Chandler Smith.

However, Larson revealed that a desire to become only the second driver after Kyle Busch t💙o score a triple win is not the main reason he races in Xfinity and Truck series on an occasional basis.

Instead, he wants to show Xfinity Series drivers the kind of competitio෴n they will face in the top echelon of stock car 📖racing in the future, while simultaneously “embarrassing” NASCAR for not allowing Cup drivers to regularly race in smaller championships.

“In my head when I pick the race꧅s the triple is not really the reason why I do it,” he said in .

“In Xfinity, I 💟do get motivated - and this is going💙 to come across as very cocky - I want to embarrass them honestly.

“I want to embarrass NAꦗSCAR a little bit because they just don'♏t let Cup guys run anymore.

“The kids are probably thinking they are in a good 💖spot and they don't know where the bar is really at. So I like to go and r༒un those Xfinity races and get 10-second leads to let them realise they have got a lot of room to improve and it's only better for our sport too.

“When those young guys ൲can compete with Cup guys, they are better suited for the Cup Series when they get there. I want to smash the field when I run Xfinity. That's motivating me for sure.”

Speaking later on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, the 2021 Cup Series champion elaborated on his comments, explaining how racing against Cup drivers in what was then known as the Nationwide Series in the early 2010s helped him prepare for the bi💞g stage.

“When I was a full-time Xfinity guy, when Cup guys would run - and they got to run every single week - it really pushed me to become a better race car driver, because I could compare myself to th🦹emꦛ,” Larson said. 

“I could race behind them, learn from guys like Kyle Busch 🧔and Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth and whoever else. I even raced against Jimmie Johnson in an ꦯXfinity race.

“So I felt like because of that, once Xfinity guys, or even back before me, whatever Busch series or whatever, when they came ജto Cup, they we💜re ready for Cup because they were competing with Cup guys every Saturday and beating them or getting beat. But regardless they were learning.”

Larson u♚sed Ty Gibbs as an example to illustrate the problem in NASCAR’s junior ൩rungs.

While Gibbs won the Xfinity title in his rookie season in 2022 at the age of just 19, he has foun♈d the going tough on his step up the Cup Series.

“So Xfinity g⛄uys, I don’t feel like [they] are as good as they once were,” he said. “And definitely not as prepared for Cup as they once were.

“That’s why you see a guy like Ty Gibbs. I really like Ty Gibbs. He’s an Xfinity Series champion, but he’s yet to win a race [in the Cup Series]. I think a lot of that comes from just the limꦦits that NASCAR’s put on.”