“Even though there’s a mathematical shot, as these races go by and as Larson’s having such good success, we’re losing a lot of guys,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said recently. He can already see the championship narrative taking shape around Kyle Larson, with one strong result after another leaving fewer genuine challengers standing in his way. The Hendrick Motorsports star has every reason to embrace the attention after four straight top-five finishes. But while the media is increasingly treating him like the driver to beat, Larson himself is refusing to get caught up in the hype.
“They just look at past results, and they’re like, Ah, you know, they just give...
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