Kyle Larson announces Double participation in 2025 after Brickyard 400 win - “How about we try to kiss these bricks in an Indy Car”

Earlier in May, Kyle Larson failed to make it back to Charlotte following his debut Indianapolis 500 attempt, and thus, missed the prestigious "Double Duty" during the Memorial Day weekend. However, moments after winning the Brickyard 400 on Sunday (July 21), the Hendrick Motorsports driver announced that he would participate in the Coca-Cola 600 and the Indy 500 in 2025.

In the past, several drivers, including John Andretti, Robby Gordon, Kurt Busch, and Tony Stewart have attempted the feat. To this day, the "Double Duty" which requires running 1,100 miles in one day, has been completed only by Stewart in 2001.

Nonetheless, Kyle Larson will try to complete the unfinished task next year, and possibly "kiss the bricks" again at an IndyCar race. Reflecting on the same, the Elk Grove native said (via NBC Sports):

"I love you, Indiana fans. And I know you guys love me, too. So how about we come back next May and try to kiss these bricks in an Indy car."

"We’re working on it. I hope we can announce something soon and see you guys all next May. I wish we could have got to do both and run the 600 because we had a phenomenal papaya orange car for that race, too," Larson added.

A victory with just four races until the postseason opener at Atlanta Motor Speedway has pushed Kyle Larson to the top of the NASCAR Cup Series standings and 10 points ahead of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Chase Elliott. Larson has 749 points to his name, while Elliott has 739. Both are locked in the playoff rumble this year.

Ryan Blaney blames NASCAR for promoting "third-place" Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson pitted for the last time during a caution on lap 123, as compared to Brad Keselowski, who pitted on lap 102. Therefore, when the 400-mile race was stretched further by the first overtime restart, Keselowski fell short of fuel.

This allowed Larson to frogleap Ryan Blaney, who was running second at the time, and grab the lead. Blaney, who won last week at Pocono, wasn't happy.

"I knew (Keselowski) was probably going to run out (of gas) at some point. I couldn’t believe he stayed out," the reigning Cup Series champion said, as reported by indystar.com. "There was no way he was gonna make it, so I obviously chose the top (lane), and he runs out coming to the green, so he goes to pit road and the No. 5 gets promoted."

When asked what could have been done differently to tackle the situation, Blaney said:

"Just call (the restart) off and re-choose. They promoted the 3rd-place guy before the 2nd, and that’s a problem. That’s not right."

Ryan Blaney currently sits fifth in the Cup Series standings with 676 points to his name. With four races left till the playoffs, NASCAR will now go on a two-week break for the Paris Olympics before returning on August 11 at Richmond Raceway.