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 exactl.
