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15 Things You Never Knew About Kyle Larson, The 21-Year-Old Who's About To Take Over Nascarhttps://www.businessinsider.in/15-things-you-never-knew-about-kyle-larson-the-21-year-old-whos-about-to-take-over-nascar/larsons-mother-is-japanese-american-and-her-parents-spent-time-in-an-internment-camp-during-world-war-ii-/slidelist/32683174.cms2021-07-26T12:46:07+05:30

15 Things You Never Knew About Kyle Larson, The 21-Year-Old Who's About To Take Over Nascar

Jul 26, 2021, 12:46 IST

Larson's mother is Japanese-American and her parents spent time in an internment camp during World War II.

Larson entered his first race at the age of seven in a go-kart.

He nearly chose IndyCar's open-wheel racing over a career in NASCAR because the cars are 'really cool' and the better development system.

At 19, he was the Rookie of the Year and champion of NASCAR's K&N Pro Series.

He nearly won his first Nationwide Race last year when Kyle Busch slammed Larson's car into the wall and won by less than half-car-length.

He was involved one of the scarier NASCAR incidents in recent years when his car crashed through the safety fence injuring numerous fans during the Daytona Nationwide race last year.

And at age 20, he was the Rookie of the Year on NASCAR's Nationwide Series.

He is one of the favorites to win the Rookie of the Year in NASCAR.

After winning his first Nationwide Series race he performed his victory burnout without a steering wheel.

He learned the move on lower dirt track series where the move is more common. His sister hates it because her ex-boyfriend was good at it.

NASCAR asked Larson not to take the steering wheel off, but he doesn't care.

In his first Daytona 500 race, he started 16th and was running 14th when he was spun and wrecked.

In just his ninth career Sprint Cup race at the Fontana speedway, he passed seven cars on the final two laps to finish second.

He is dating the sister of fellow driver Brad Sweet.

He has drawn comparisons to 4-time champion Jeff Gordon who has called Larson a future superstar.

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