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NASCAR’s Kyle Larson set for Indy 500 in drive for ‘Double’

AP photo by Darron Cummings / Kyle Larson puts on his helmet during a practice session Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for Sunday's Indy 500.
AP photo by Darron Cummings / Kyle Larson puts on his helmet during a practice session Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for Sunday's Indy 500. AP photo by Darron Cummings / Kyle Larson puts on his helmet during a practice session Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in preparation for Sunday's Indy 500.

By JENNA FRYER / The Associated Press 5 min read

INDIANAPOLIS — Audrey Larson, all of 6 years old, is rooting for Alexander Rossi to win the Indianapolis 500.

And if her dad doesn’t flip his car — she is pretty convinced he will — then maybe he can finish second.

That’s some kind of cheering section that Kyle Larson is taking into “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Yes, the same daughter he recently whisked to Paris to see Taylor Swift as a birthday gift has chosen a rival over her father in his Indianapolis 500 debut on Sunday.

The 31-year-old Larson, a father of three, is trying to become the modern-day version of Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Stewart by showing once again that he is capable of winning in any kind of car. And the latest challenge for the sprint car superstar turned NASCAR champion is to become just the fifth driver in history to compete in both IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 — more than 500 miles away, as the crow flies, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina — on the same day.

Stewart in 2001 is the only driver to complete all 1,100 miles, doing so on his second attempt two years after his first. Kurt Busch in 2014 was the most recent to even try.