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NASCAR insider Kevin Harvick has cautioned Cup Series drivers about Kyle Larson's dominance after he raced his way to victory at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday in a car that wasn't the fastest. Describing his run as "dangerous" for the competition, Harvick suggests that Larson's ability to win without the best car is a warning of what he could achieve in the upcoming races.
Larson's car offered him all the required pace he needed to win after the engine on Ryan Blaney's car blew up. He even tackled his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman, who was leading the final stages of the race. Larson chased him closely until Bowman made contact with the outside wall.
Capitalizing on Bowman's error, he swiftly passed him to cross the finish line first. Speaking on his Happy Hour podcast, Harvick described Larson's flawless performance and noted how he unexpectedly won the race with much superiority. He said:
"This is a dangerous win for the rest of the field. I feel like he really balanced not having the best car, being aggressive two inches or on the wall all day, managed traffic, managed a pit road incident, damage to the car. These are the types of days that could really put Kyle Larson in the thought process of being in a position to win on days when he doesn't have the best car.
"This was one of those days where he just grounded out and by the end of the race, had the 12 car [Blaney] — who I thought was the fastest car — out of the race. We had a couple other cars that didn't really perform like we thought — [Tyler] Reddick being one of them — and he wound up in a position to where it was longest run at the end of the race."
Harvick also pointed to Larson's strength against the wall and stressed how he put pressure on Bowman, without having the fastest car. He said:
"His strength was against the wall as we always know, and it put Alex Bowman in a position to where he needed to get up in Larson's line to protect and when you don't run that line all day, you can't just go up there and be that fast right off the bat. Wound up putting pressure on Alex. He got in the fence and made an easy pass for Larson.
"Very dangerous day for the rest of the field to see Kyle Larson starting to manage a car in a situation that's not fast, not tear up his car, not make a mistake and then win the race. That is something we haven't seen Kyle Larson do a lot. I think he thought he'd go to Homestead and probably be in a position to be one of the dominant cars. [That was] never the case all day. To see that performance, that could be dangerous as we go forward."
While Larson's Homestead win was his first of the 2025 season, it remains to be seen if he can navigate through the field in the upcoming races and secure victories in a similar manner.
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