Kyle Larson on last lap: ‘I didn’t think I could get next to him’

After a thrilling spectacle at Kansas Speedway, Kyle Larson details the electric final lap of the closest finish in Cup Series history.

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00:00 Yeah, I mean even with the run that I had off a two, I didn't think that I could get next to him.

00:06 But, you know, trying to put myself in his position, you're on two tires, you just, I mean, we just ran a long time on our lefts,

00:17 probably didn't have, you know, didn't know what to expect out of his car, you know, if he drove into three hard.

00:22 He was, I'm guessing he was guarding his entry to not, you know, pile it into the corner, you know, low and then get tight, you know,

00:30 late off a two and me have this big run to get by him.

00:34 But, you know, he didn't enter quite fast enough.

00:36 I had that clean air and I ran, you know, really, really far and got to his right side.

00:42 And then, yeah, honestly, I thought I was going to be at the disadvantage off a four.

00:47 I thought with just the way that these cars work, you know, with Arrow, you know,

00:51 I thought with him getting packed to my left side, I was just going to get plowing tight and just smoke the wall.

00:57 But for whatever reason, it gripped up really good.

01:00 And then, you know, I knew the side draft game was going to be huge and just was trying to stall any bit of run I could.