Kyle Larson’s Late Push Wins the Brickyard 400, Playoff Predictions, and more!

In Episode 45 of “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour,” NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick and co-hosts Kaitlyn Vincie and Mamba Smith bring you a comprehensive breakdown of the Brickyard 400 and the latest NASCAR updates! Kevin highlights Kyle Larson’s epic double overtime victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, emphasizing how Larson’s skill and strategy secured the win.
The team also reviews the significant crash in Stage 2 that knocked out William Byron and AJ Allmendinger. With just four weeks remaining before the playoffs, they discuss who’s on the playoff bubble and what to expect. Catch all the excitement and analysis in this must-watch episode!
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Kyle Larson’s Late Push Wins the Brickyard 400, Playoff Predictions, and more!
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[@NASCARonFOX]

Kyle Larson is a BEAST!

[@marcusvillarreal]

I predict Christopher Bell will win at Richmond after the Olympic break and the championship in 2024

[@davids5006]

@@marcusvillarrealnah, but he'll be in the running

[@marcusvillarreal]

​@@davids5006 I hope you're right about that

[@goSNAKEMAN9]

Agreed Kyle Larson is a Beast

[@theprettybond159]

Lmao no he constantly wrecks people and is giving the best strategy by his crews chief pretty much every win. There is nothing beast about him

[@bp495]

Kevin Harvick - I think the reason Kyle Larson did not burn it down close to S/F line was due to instruction from Nascar. Drivers were told not to do burnout on the bricks so i assume Kyle did not want to burn it down close to the bricks.

[@chrisrozendal7577]

This was my first trip to Indy, Second time being to a race. Bristol was my first. What a fantastic experience

[@stephenullman4534]

Hocivar did nothing wrong. He's just easy to blame based on past issues. He's a good driver that just needs more experience.

[@braedonshelton2305]

He took them three wide on a one lane track. I’d say it’s his fault. There was no space for him.

[@thomaskunz8029]

@@braedonshelton2305 Yeah he keeps putting the car in places it shouldn't be then wonders why no one likes him lol..

[@bighand1530]

Exactly. I wouldn’t put all the blame on Carson Hocevar.

[@aaronclawson835]

You're exactly right. That accident was Ryan Blaney's fault. They just don't want to talk bad about the champion When he makes a mistake, because all drivers make mistakes.

[@mintoxace5571]

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Oscar Piastri was leading that race by a very long way when his team gave his teammate an undercut which is an unfair advantage twice, that double undercut put his teammate ahead of him and they told Oscar they were only doing that to get Lando away from Hamilton and that they would give Oscar back the position, which he had rightly earned throughout the whole race by being faster and driving away from Lando. In the final stage, Oscar was told to conserve his tyres because they were going to get a swap soon, but ignored team orders and drove away and made a full of himself. He eventually did the right thing and let Oscar back past, but it completely ruined Oscar’s first win and I blame McLaren 100% for that stupid team orders in giving the double undercut to the guy who was second.usually teams give the first pitstop to the guy who is in front.

[@stephenullman4534]

Kyle Bush is really frustrated about having to drive a slow car. He's never really done that before. Those cars are not top tier cars out of RCR. He's handling it much better than I thought he would. I actually feel bad for the guy. He's a tier one driver in a mediocre car.

[@kalamitykimmy8814]

And Kevin harvick thank you for having this podcast

[@StevenP727]

I predict Kyle Larson will win the 2024 NASCAR Championship beating Christopher Bell

[@ronclark9724]

There is nothing wrong with the granddaddy of all racing speedways. If there is a problem with the quality of the racing, it is with the cars themselves. If you want less gas saving strategy racing, make the tires wear out faster than the gas in the tanks. As for when a yellow flag drops, it should be in time to avoid a safety issue, when cars are approaching the scene of an accident. On short tracks, that's almost immediately. After a long time since a restart, that's almost immediately because the cars are strung out all over the track. But after a restart on a huge track, it could be minutes before the pack of cars approach the scene of the accident. As on last Sunday on the next to last lap. What's important, the yellow flag did drop in time for the approaching cars to slow down for safety. How foolish would Nascar look if they had dropped the yellow flag and the wrecked car got underway and reached the pits? Blaney had a choice to start adjacent to Kelowski or behind him before Larsen had his choice at the marker. He chose the outside lane. If he had chose the inside lane behind Kelowski he would have been in the inside lane instead of the outside lane when he ran out of gas, where Larsen probably would have chosen instead of being third in the inside lane. My point is, he could have gambled like Larsen did if he thought Kelowiski would run out of gas, and he had the choice first.

[@StevenP727]

"I'd give you a high five";😂

[@stephenullman4534]

Great show !!!

[@deantait8326]

Any race on the Indy oval is, a Great Race !

[@androidken]

Blaney calling Larson "Golden Boy" is very insulting. Does Blaney not know Larson passed like 200 cars...AT INDY? That's not someone being lucky. That's ALL skill. If I were Larson, I'd be very offended. Blaney was fast for sure but Larson was by far the best car at Indy. Blaney never had a chance once Larson made it to the front row. Blaney was the "Golden Boy" in this race. He was lucky he survived several wrecks if we're being honest.

[@kalamitykimmy8814]

Kyle Larson we miss you here the elk Grove area. Come back home so you can raise the dirt track in California again I know you do maybe once a year or twice a year but we sure do miss you

[@loriwise3177]

I was surprised to not see a full house in the seats. There were a lot of empties.

[@anitagarrison6916]

7:34 I disagree about pulling Xfinity from IMS. I commented somewhere else that doing that would be like giving a baby a few licks of a lollypop then taking it away. Everybody talks about the prestigiousness of racing at the Brickyard. Their driver's are just as honored as the Cup drivers and y'all want to take that away from them ??? Why not say the same thing about Daytona? Everybody knows winning the Daytona 300 or the Daytona 250 for that matter are not as important or exciting as the Daytona 500. C'mon y'all. 🤷🏻‍♀🤦🏻‍♀

[@joevaughn8742]

Go Kyle go, had the best car 😊

[@barrywatts875]

Kyle Larson is a once in a generational, once in a while, fenom!!!! Dale Earnhart had a reputation of being able to beat anyone in their own car. Kyle Larson can beat anyone in his c a r or driving their car.

[@HDTech22]

I think with the news that just came out Rodney has a driver in mind and it wasn’t Corey.

[@jamesplaysgtag]

Gragson is easily the most impressive

[@kristenwhite2701]

Never been a driver like Larson who consistently wins in so many series, at least since I’ve been watching. Would have liked a Blaney win, but think Larson had it no matter how they restarted. He had the tires and could run full out.

[@pearcebrak]

Kyle Bush and the 8 team could win Daytona! Dillion is always fast at Michigan!

[@gregjames4023]

For Hocevar he would be third one in going into the corner. Didn't think three wide was doable at Indy in the corner. He has to think ahead. Either he or someone else was not going to make the corner. So not his fault but he had control to avoid the incident.

[@michaelsullivan1262]

Ahh, I agreed with Skeletor for a change.

[@paulkribbs1701]

I'll bet Mrs. Poindexter knows the "WILD BEAVER"

[@CollinBlack-j1y]

G'day from Newcastle NSW Australia, why doesn't NASCAR have a category called NASCAR elite with 950 horsepower cars driven by veterans of NASCAR with more than five year's experience. Same looking cars and teams just more power. Still keep the Cup category as is. And NASCAR should watch how Indy does their restarts, it's neat and tidy. What happened with Kyle B and Corey L, well that was ugly and messy. Have a great day. Just sharing my opinion. This is a great show with comedy. 🇺🇲🇦🇺👍

[@raplottrpj]

Kaitlyn is a Fine Lookn Woman.

[@brinleynicholson4588]

Kaitlyn is such a fox

[@kristenwhite2701]

Radioactive on here would be appreciated. Please figure it out. Blaney probably radio sweetheart now that Clint & spotter Brett aren’t together

[@chucks6879]

Tell me how does the car that is lined up third gets to move up to the pole when the pole car leaves that position? Never saw this in all the years I have been involved in racing starting in 66? I'll wait for your answer.

[@erickrebs2407]

That's the rule, if a car pulls off, the row moves up. I have never seen it happen on the front row until Sunday though, but this happens nearly every race, it's just not on TV.

[@cliff4695]

It happens all the time. Someone gets the pole but has to make changes for any reason, his line simply moves up. It does not matter if it's before the race or during the race. It's literally been this way for decades, nothing new at all

[@TrevorPhipps-vw6kr]

I don’t see the hype that IRP gets it’s a one lane short track on the top yeah you can make the bottom work for a lap or two but if the leader is on the top you can’t pass in xfinity

[@bartderev4368]

best driver of the planet??? there are a lot of racecar driver in the world! Best in America, then i agree.

[@Hotrodclassic]

‘’BEST ALL AROUND DRIVER’’ ANYWHERE IN LARSON… WE HAVE SEEN F-1 DRIVERS RACE HERE IN CUP RIGHT..? THEY DID NOT REALLY IMPRESS… 🤹‍♂️😮

[@mathewhosier9739]

Indy is one of the few tracks that actually deserves a second date, we should still be on the road course, neither are good races right now but NASCAR is always changing, things could be completely different in just a few years

[@quientaeno]

It would be good for a 4th of July race.

[@braedonshelton2305]

Disagree with Harvicks take on Logan’s crash. Hocevar took them three wide into turn 1. There ain’t room for three wide at Indy. It’s common sense. All on Hocevar.

[@barrywatts875]

Amen, stop the nonsense with the road courses!!!!!!

[@careyloggins7752]

They should have locked the field and not let the inside line move up.

[@erickrebs2407]

I understand why you are saying that, but it happens every single race, just typically not on the front row. The rule/racecraft has always been to move up if a car pulls out of line. No need for that to change.

[@careyloggins7752]

@@erickrebs2407 okay what about fines for teams who run out of fuel in front of the field on the restart and crash half the field. It’s the same thing as if the wheel comes on track it’s a safety issue right. That would have prevented what happened at Nashville and nobody liked that except the 22.

[@ojtoothpaste2240]

Take Kaitlyn off the show. Brings nothing to the table. Just annoying 😑

[@adamxx3]

Oh come on now

[@Roadwarriorex]

F1 is trash

[@jimmyrodrigues8703]

Come on Kevin and Kaitlyn, picking Dummy Hamlin to win the championship. We've been through this year after year and it's never his year. Also, why are you concerned about Toyota's engine problems, you're not driving for them. I hope they continue blowing engines every friggin week for the rest of the season and we have a Toyota less championship 4.

[@marcusvillarreal]

I predict Christopher Bell will win this year's championship in 2024

[@StevenP727]

I predict you'll say the same thing next week 🥱

[@marcusvillarreal]

@@StevenP727 maybe probably not since nascar is off for 2 weeks

[@loriwise3177]

I agree! CBELL to win. 🏁

[@marcusvillarreal]

@@loriwise3177 thank you

[@erickrebs2407]

That would be cool to see, even as a Larson fan.

[@ChuckHickl]

It's not like it's a secret why Kevin is jealous of Mamba's hair. What he has left is leaving the chat at a rapid rate. Better do a Logano sooner rather than later.