{"id":251040,"date":"2025-10-30T22:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251040\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T22:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:44:08","slug":"kyle-larson-opens-up-about-summer-slump-turning-performance-around-in-nascar-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251040\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Larson opens up about summer slump, turning performance around in NASCAR playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Larson is one of the best race car drivers in the world. But even the best of the best can go through an extended slump. <\/p>\n<p>While it doesn\u2019t happen often to Larson, there\u2019s no denying that the summer portion of the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/category\/nascar\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series season was a challenging time for him and the No. 5 team. From May 25 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to Aug. 10 at Watkins Glen International \u2014 a span of 12 races \u2014 Larson tallied just five top 10 finishes. Larson had as many finishes of 28th or worse. <\/p>\n<p>Larson, just days before he races for his second championship, talked about that slump. He admitted that at times, it was hard to get past it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think when you get into a slump, it\u2019s sometimes hard to find your way out of it. Thankfully for me, I haven\u2019t found myself in too many slumps,\u201d Larson said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UdukrF7J7vk&amp;t=27s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the Race<\/a>. \u201cLike I felt like, \u2018Oh, you know, it\u2019s going to turn around next week. We\u2019ll get back to normal. I\u2019m not worried about it.\u2019 And then you continue to have average finishes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just got to stick with it, stick with the grind and understand that it is a long season. I think we, as a team, prove that it\u2019s long enough to still get your stuff better and overcome an average car at times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Larson set to race for championship at Phoenix<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, Larson hasn\u2019t won a race since May 11 at Kansas Speedway. However, he\u2019s managed to lead 1,106 laps, second-most among drivers. After a Round of 16 that saw him fail to score a top 10 finish, Larson has finished inside the top 10 in five of the last six races, including runner-up finishes at the Charlotte ROVAL and at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. <\/p>\n<p>Larson did enough to clinch a spot in the Championship 4 alongside Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, and William Byron. He was dominant in his 2021 championship-winning campaign, winning 10 races. This time around, he might be flying under the radar. <\/p>\n<p>But nobody would be surprised to see Larson put together a championship-like performance this Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Win No. 4 on the season would give him championship No. 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Larson is one of the best race car drivers in the world. But even the best of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-251040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}