Nascar Cup Series Champion Kyle Larson Tau Txais Indianapolis 500 Caij Nrog Arrow McLaren Hauv 2024

Kyle Larson, 2021 Nascar Cup Series Champion, yuav ua rau nws Indianapolis 500 debut hauv 2024 ntawm Indianapolis Motor Speedway nrog Arrow McLaren.

Qhov kev pom zoo tau tshaj tawm thaum 1 teev tsaus ntuj hnub Thursday, Lub Ib Hlis 12.

Larson's Chevrolet yuav koom ua ke los ntawm NASCAR Hall of Famer Rick Hendrick thiab nqa cov npe koom tes los ntawm HendrickCars.com. Rick yog tus thawj coj thiab CEO ntawm Hendrick Automotive Group thiab tus tswv ntawm 14-lub sij hawm NASCAR Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports, uas Larson tau tsav tsheb txij li xyoo 2021.

Cov ntsiab lus ntxiv, suav nrog tus lej tsheb thiab lub cev rau HendrickCars.com Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, yuav tshaj tawm tom qab.

Hauv kev koom tes nrog McLaren Racing, 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 yuav cim thawj qhov kev tshwm sim raws li NTT IndyCar Series tus tswv pab pawg rau Rick Hendrick, uas nws cov pab pawg hauv tsheb tau yeej cov ntaub ntawv 291 cov qhab nia them nqi sib tw Cup Series. Nws kuj tseem yog Nascar tus tswv yeej zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Indianapolis Motor Speedway nrog 10 khob yeej ntawm cov dab neeg 2.5-mais oval.

"Muaj lub sijhawm los txhawb Kyle, koom tes nrog pab pawg neeg tseem ceeb xws li Arrow McLaren thiab txhawb nqa HendrickCars.com hauv ib qho ntawm lub ntiaj teb kev sib tw tsheb loj yog qhov tshwj xeeb," Hendrick hais. “Peb txhua tus yog cov neeg sib tw. Muab Kyle tso rau hauv cov cuab yeej saum toj kawg nkaus thiab tso sijhawm txaus rau nws los npaj rau qhov kev sib tw nyuaj no yog qhov tseem ceeb. Nws yuav yog heev, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau thaj tsam Chevrolet hauv Indy 500 ua tus tswv tsheb. Kev sib koom tes zoo li qhov no yog qhov peb xav tau los ua kom nws tshwm sim, thiab hmoov zoo cov hnub qub sib haum. Peb tau cog lus 100 feem pua ​​​​kom ua qhov yog thiab tos ntsoov ua haujlwm nrog Zak thiab nws lub koom haum. "

Lub hnub nyoog 30 xyoo Larson tau ua pov thawj kev vam meej ntawm cov neeg tseem ceeb Nascar Cup Series uas nws yeej 2021 series title, 19 cov ntsiab lus them nqi sib tw, 2019 thiab 2021 Nascar All-Star Race, thiab 2014 SunocoHNUB
Rookie of the Year Award. Hauv nws qhov kev sib tw ncaws pob xyoo 2021, Elk Grove, California, haiv neeg yeej 10 cov qhab nia sib tw thiab coj ntau dua laps hauv ib lub caij (2,581) dua li ib tus neeg tsav tsheb txij li xyoo 1995.

"Kuv zoo siab heev," Larson hais. "Kev sib tw ntawm Indianapolis 500 yog kev npau suav ntawm kuv thiab ib yam dab tsi uas kuv xav ua ntev heev - txij li thaum kuv tseem yog menyuam yaus ua ntej kuv tau pib sib tw hauv tsheb sib tw. Yuav ua li cas nrog Arrow McLaren thiab Mr. Hendrick tshwj xeeb yog kev npau suav ua tiav. Kuv ua tsaug rau lub cib fim thiab kuv tos ntsoov rau nws txawm tias nws tseem nyob ib xyoos thiab ib nrab. Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej kom sib tw hauv Indianapolis 500 thiab Coca-Cola 600 thiab tej zaum txawm tau yeej lossis ob hnub ntawd. "

Nkag mus rau nws lub caij 12th hauv Nascar Cup Series thiab thib peb nrog Hendrick Motorsports hauv No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Kyle tau hais tsis tu ncua txaus siab rau kev sib tw Indy 500 nrog Pab Pawg Chevy. Arrow McLaren, nrog rau kev qhib hauv nws cov 2024 lineup, nrhiav kom nws nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm daim phiaj.

"Ntxiv Kyle Larson nrog HendrickCars.com koom tes rau Indy 500 lineup hauv 2024 yog qhov zoo siab rau peb pab pawg Arrow McLaren thiab rau cov kiv cua haiv neeg," said McLaren CEO Zak Brown. "Nws yog tus tsav tsheb tiav, paub txog kev sib tw txhua yam ntawm lub log, yog li kuv tab tom tos ntsoov yuav pom tias Kyle tuaj yeem ua li cas hauv NTT IndyCar Series tsheb. Nws tau ua haujlwm zoo nrog Rick Hendrick thiab (Hendrick Motorsports tus lwm thawj coj) Jeff Gordon los rub qhov no ua ke, yog li ua tsaug ntau rau lawv rau dab tsi yuav los hauv lub Tsib Hlis 2024. "

Tsis tos ntxiv 2023 kev nkag, Kyle yuav dhau los ua tus tsav tsheb thib tsib los khiav "The Double" ntawm Memorial Day weekend los ntawm kev sib tw hauv Indy 500 thiab NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 nyob rau tib hnub. Nws ob npaug yuav yog thawj zaug txij li Kurt Busch sib tw hauv ob qho xwm txheej hauv 2014.

Raws li kev txawj ntse thoob ntiaj teb, Larson muaj cov lus qhia dav dav ntawm kev sib tw pib ua tiav nrog ntau dua 400 txoj haujlwm yeej hauv ntau yam kev qhuab qhia thiab hom tsheb ntawm av thiab pavement. Nws qhov kev ua tau zoo thiab kev paub dhau los ntxiv rau McLaren Racing kev nqis peev, lub tswv yim, thiab kev sib tw hauv kev sib tw sib tw. Kyle koom nrog cov npe ntawm lwm cov npe tseem ceeb los khiav rau Arrow McLaren hauv Indy 500, suav nrog kev sib tw ob zaug Juan Pablo Montoya, ob zaug Formula 1 tus yeej Fernando Alonso thiab 2013 tus yeej Tony Kanaan, uas koom nrog pab pawg ntawm Pato O 'Ward, Felix Rosenqvist thiab Alexander Rossi (2016 tus yeej) rau Indy 500 rau 2023 lub caij.

"Kyle lub peev xwm thiab lub siab xav los sib tw thoob plaws ntau yam kev qhuab qhia ntawm kev sib tw lub cev muaj zog yog qhov tsis tshua muaj hnub no raws li nws tau ua tshiab," said Gavin Ward, Racing Director, McLaren. “Nws yog ib tus neeg taug kev taug kev zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Nws yog tus yeej NASCAR Cup. Nws yeej Rolex 24 ntawm Daytona. Nws yog ib tug neeg tsav tsheb uas muaj peev xwm tsis txaus ntseeg thiab tau qhia nws lub peev xwm los yeej txawm tias nws sib tw. Kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog qhov zoo siab ntxiv rau Arrow McLaren's 2024 Indy 500 lineup. Peb yog txhua tus neeg sib tw ntawm pab pawg no, thiab peb yuav muab txhua yam kom paub tseeb tias qhov kev sim no ua tiav raws li qhov ua tau. "