Kyle Larson informed Nascar. Should rules change on the Cup drivers in development series?

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Kyle Larson A little mixed things by saying he wanted to embarrass the driver of the Xfinity series When racing against them.

And this is not because it gladly collapses. Really wants to show the difference between Cup Racing and Xfinity series. And he wants to prove to young, upcoming drivers how much they are behind them with where they want to go.

Larson has a point. And that is a choir that Kevin Harvick She has been singing for years.

Kyle Larson makes a statement after the Cup & Xfinity win in Bristol: “I want to embarrass Nascar!”

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Drivers enter the Cup races without sufficient experience of racing Cup drivers. Therefore, they do not know how cut they should be and how to race to win against more competition.

“Children, they probably think they are in a good place and do not know where at least it is,” Larson said. “So, I like to start those XFINITITY races and get 10-sex guides to allow them to understand that they have a lot of room for improvement, and I think it’s just better for our sport.”

Ty Gibbs is the latest to learn. He won 21 percent of his Xfinity races before the year of the 2023 Rookie Cup. And still seeks his first win in the Cup.

Cup drivers with more than three years of full -time experience are limited to five races a year in the XFINITY series IU truck series. I cannot race in the last eight races in the year-finale of the regular part of the season and the playoffs.

Nascar has limited participation in the Cup so that XFINITITA drivers have a better chance of winning. This helps to enhance their profiles in the eyes of the owners of the cups and the eyes of the sponsor manager – both those in the series and potential in the Cup.

So what is the answer?

First, it’s the same thing that many advocated for the Cup. It’s called practice.

Additional practice in Xfinity and trucks would allow young drivers to be more comfortable in the course that weekend. This gives them more circles, and there is no substitute for this when it comes to growth and learning. Younger drivers would get out of practice more and make more gains each weekend and during the year.

Nascar could also only get rid of restrictions on five races and just keep the last rule in eight races. It makes sense to have a cup driver in the XFINITY and Truck playoffs. How many drivers would actually run more than five races anyway? Only a few most likely.

Can Nascar create a way to give a potential to the Kupa driver more races if he is paired in a full -time car with a driver who is not (or two drivers) by attracting a sponsorship dollar? Would the sponsor pay for the additional races of the Cup driver and then add enough for the new driver to fill many remaining races?

It would probably be difficult to manage and implement, but there might be some way to encourage teams into field young drivers by pairing with multiple races for the Cup driver.

The biggest question is whether the drivers of the cups will dominate.

Let’s get back to 20 to 30 years when a series of Cup drivers ran in the series. Often their engines are adjusted for a little more horsepower and risk more than the engine blowing because they did not run for points. That would be harder now given the motor rules and firmer parameters.

This conversation about the drivers of the cups in the second series is not new. This is a topic in sports for 20 years or more. Nascar also achieved their goal to give XFINITY and truck drivers more notorious people because they are able to win more races, as Cup drivers have limited access to these series.

But Nascar would not be bad to evaluate politics and see if it should make some adjustments to your policy restriction on the Cup driver in a development competition. The fact that the series needs a new sponsor of rights for 2026. It also makes the perfect time to visit it again. In this way, any changes can be made at the same time when a new sponsor enters.

If Nascar changes it, Larson must run more races. Because of his comments, every time he runs in the series, he will have a target. Drivers will want to avoid shame, but they will also try to embarrass it – if they can.

Bob Pockras covers Nascar and Indycar for Fox Sports. For decades, he spent covers motorcycle sports, including more than 30 Dayton 500s, with strikes in ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scenes Magazine and News-Journal (Dayton Beach). Follow it on Twitter @Bobpockrass.

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