Kyle Larson Vents Frustration After Texas NASCAR Cup Race: "Lost Control"

Kyle Larson, who finished fourth in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, has pinpointed his restarts as an area which cost him during the race on Sunday.

While speaking to the media after the race, the Hendrick Motorsports driver revealed his frustrations with his performance:

"[Michael] McDowell just did a really good job of timing the restarts. He left pretty much when I did, and he had a push behind him. He got clear to the lead and I just lost control of the race there. It was a bummer to do that. If I could have kept the lead, we would have been hard to beat in clean air like that.

"Just a little frustrated with myself, but all-in-all, it was a good points day for us today. The No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet team did a great job today. The car was good. We'll just study it and try to do a better job next time."

This came after Larson stood in for Connor Zilisch for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series race on Saturday, which he won. Zilisch missed the race weekend in Texas after sustaining a back injury during a wreck with Jesse Love in Talladega. Larson commented after his Xfinity Series race victory:

"Yeah, there was a lot of survival throughout that race. Just dodging some wrecks, and the balance -- we had to work on (it) quite a bit. It was fun. I felt like my car -- if I could ever get to the lead, I could stretch out.

"But I just couldn't get by Justin [Allgaier]. He was doing a good job of just running where I needed to be. But thanks to JRM for letting me come run this thing here today. Obviously, wish Connor was in the car but it means a lot that they thought of me to call up and run this thing."

NASCAR Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway: Race results

1. Joey Logano – Running
2. Ross Chastain – Running
3. Ryan Blaney – Running
4. Kyle Larson – Running
5. Erik Jones – Running
6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Running
7. Austin Dillon – Running
8. John H Nemechek – Running
9. Christopher Bell – Running
10. Daniel Suarez – Running
11. Todd Gilliland – Running
12. Ty Dillon – Running
13. William Byron – Running
14. Riley Herbst – Running
15. Justin Haley – Running
16. Chase Elliott – Running
17. Zane Smith – Running
18. Chris Buescher – Running
19. Cole Custer – Running
20. Kyle Busch – Running
21. Tyler Reddick – Running
22. Shane van Gisbergen – Running
23. Ty Gibbs – Running
24. Carson Hocevar – Running
25. Austin Cindric – Running
26. Michael McDowell – Out
27. Chase Briscoe – Out
28. Brad Keselowski – Out
29. Ryan Preece – Out
30. Cody Ware – Out
31. Jesse Love – Out
32. Josh Berry – Running
33. Bubba Wallace – Out
34. Noah Gragson – Out
35. Alex Bowman – Out
36. A.J. Allmendinger – Out
37. Chad Finchum – Out
38. Denny Hamlin – Out