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Kyle Larson wins USAC Midget feature race at Placerville Speedway

JHby:Jonathan Howard•11/18/23•

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Returning to California for some USAC Midget racing, Kyle Larson was the one who came away victorious on Friday night. Larson got back to his home state and reminded everyone who he was again. The NASCAR champion was wheeling it out there.

Kyle Larson loves dirt racing. He was out in his new 1k Midget car, flinging dirt and making passes. When you hear about Larson’s talents, it’s hard to see that in a stock car. In these dirt races, Larson shows his full set of skills, flying around the track.

In just 30 laps, six minutes and fourteen seconds, Larson claimed his checkered flag. Toyota Racing’s new development driver, Jade Avedisian, was also in this race. She went from 12th to 4th overall in this event.

Watch the highlights below.

Kyle Larson now has 26 wins in USAC National Midget competition. That makes him 17th overall in the history of the sport. Larson is getting his offseason off to a great start, winning the first night feature, and hoping to take home the big win this weekend.

“It was a lot of fun and it’s cool to get back into victory lane in a midget,” Larson said, via TJslideways.com. “Not that I race them a lot, but it’s been a couple years since I’ve won a midget race. I’ve run 10 or 12 midget races over the last couple of years and that’s probably the longest I’ve gone without winning a midget race.”

Always racing, always wheeling a car of some kind, Larson got another win.

Kyle Larson had fun during USAC Midget race

Heading into the 2024 NASCAR season, Kyle Larson has big plans. He’s not wanting to leave Phoenix next season without the Bill France Cup. He could have been a two-time champion if one or two things go differently at the NASCAR Championship race.

Even during the season, it is hard to keep Larson off a race track during the week. Now that he is free on the weekends, Larson is going to be racing wherever he wants. This California race was a good time for him.

“It was fun to go 30 laps non-stop,” Larson said. “That was pretty intense from my seat. Traffic was crazy and I was watching the board and trying to peek back when I could. I felt like I was putting together good laps. You just don’t know for sure when you get stuck like that.”

Always working on his race craft, keeping himself competitive and under racing conditions – that’s all made Kyle Larson the driver he is today. Don’t expect him to stop any time soon.