Kyle Larson’s Second Nascar Cup Series Championship Puts Him In An Elite Category

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Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after finishing first of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 drivers to win the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on November 02, 2025 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) Getty Images Kyle Larson had one of the busiest years of any American athlete. The Hendrick Motorsports star not only ran the entire 38-race weekend Nascar Cup Series schedule, but he also competed in the Indianapolis 500, along with a plethora of dirt races. But with Larson’s main job – driving the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet – he struggled after an incredibly hot start to the 2025 campaign. He ended the year with a 24-race winless drought, his longest since joining HMS in 2021. Nonetheless, it was Larson who came out on top to capture the 2025 Nascar Cup Series championship in dramatic fashion. “My watch says I took a nap,” an audibly exhausted Larson said on Monday morning after winning his second Cup Series title. “It’s definitely a big deal, and the fashion we were able to become champions in was pretty shocking. The shock just adds even more excitement. It was an unreal turn of events yesterday.” Larson was having a solid, but not spectacular run in Sunday’s Nascar Cup Series Championship Race, ranking third of the Championship 4 drivers for much of the afternoon. He blew a tire with just over 100 laps remaining, and it appeared doom and gloom. But his No. 5 team – in championship fashion – redeemed themselves. Led by crew chief Cliff Daniels, who was handpicked in 2020 to be Jimmie Johnson’s final HMS crew chief, the No. 5 team persevered. With just three laps remaining, teammate and Championship 4 contender William Byron blew a…