"I'm putting a lot of faith in them": Kyle Larson recounts relying on rowdy kids' advice at Tulsa Shootout

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson won his first Tulsa Shootout Micro Sprint race at the Tulsa Expo Raceway and talked about the kids who helped him after the race.

The annual Tulsa Shootout had over 400 drivers this year. Larson started in 12th place and fought his way to the front to win to take home the Golden Driller trophy at the Outlaw Winged in the micro-sprint event in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In a post-race interview with FloRacing, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion joked about relying on the "toddler rowdies" on turn two to guide him.

"When you're leading, it's difficult, you know. I'm relying on the turn 2, toddler rowdies, or whatever you want to call it. A bunch of eight to twelve-year-olds tell me where to run, and I'm putting a lot of faith in them. So, I think that they help me. They told me when to move down and when to move up," Larson said. (00:22 onwards)

Larson had previously won a Silver Driller at the 25th Tulsa Shootout, and this time, he brought his son Owen, who raced in the Junior Sprints.

The 30-lap race saw Daison Pursley and Clinton Boyles battle hard until they crashed on Lap 12, which let Kyle Larson take the lead. Larson finished 1.484 seconds ahead of Parker Perry, who came in second.

"You hate to go pound it and try to rip fast laps and, you know, wreck or make a mistake and cost yourself the lead. So, I was just being timid, and yeah, then we caught traffic and thought I could move back to the bottom and get by those two guys," he added.

Before coming to Tulsa, Larson won the AUD 100,000 High Limit Racing event in Australia.

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"I've signed a lot of Hendrick stuff" - Kyle Larson on encountering NASCAR fans in Australia

High Limit Racing co-owner Kyle Larson won the highest-paying Australian sprint car race at Perth Motorplex last month. Larson started the spring racing series in 2022 with his brother-in-law Brad Sweet. It has expanded internationally in a short time and has also planned 61 races across 36 locations in the US this year.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver talked about Cup Series fans in Australia with the NASCAR Wire Service.

"I've signed a lot of Hendrick stuff, and I’ve had a lot of people come up to me and say they’ve watched me at Daytona or Vegas. There’s a lot of fans here who have been to the States for some NASCAR racing," Kyle Larson said (via jayski.com).

High Limit Racing announced that it will return to Perth again with a bigger prize.