Kyle Larson remembers a failed ‘Double’ attempt as he considers trying again

After his attempt to run “The Double” failed due to rain in 2024, Kyle Larson repeated it the following year.

Larson was aiming to become just the second person to complete the Indy 500 at Indianapolis and the Coke 600 at Charlotte on the same day, joining Ton Stewart in 2001, already one of five drivers to even attempt it.

However, Larson crashed on lap 92 of the Indy 500, thus ending the dream (rain delayed the start of the Indy500 by 45 minutes, so he probably wouldn’t make it to Charlotte in time, anyway).

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Because of the accident in Indianapolis, Larson was able to jump on a plane to Charlotte, but crashed in that race as well. It was the first time since 1997 that a driver failed to finish both races.

It’s just a long day. It’s a really long day. It starts early in the morning in Indy, your first meetings are 8:30, 9:00 am or something. If you think from that time until when this Coke 600 is done at the end of the night, it’s about 11:15 pm early in the morning. It’s a really long day of work,” Larson told Fox News Digital.

“So for me, it takes mental toughness more than anything, but it’s still really fun to compete in two of the biggest races in the world, the competition that goes with it and all that.”

Larson’s journey to attempt the double will be featured in the Amazon Prime Video documentary, “Kyle Larson vs. The Double,” which will be released next week.

“It’s a great experience, first, but also I think, to give the fans an inside view of what it takes to prepare for the Indy 500, to learn something new, but also what it takes to try and be ready to compete in 1,100 miles of racing in one day with the Indy 500 and the Coke 600,” Larson said about the documentary.

“And to show people my journey of growing up and my love of racing and all that, but also to show how hard it was, the pressure, the emotions, everything that comes with trying to finish it but I can’t. I think it captured all the things you need in a good film, the drama and the emotions and everything else.”

Granted, Larson didn’t want to deal with all those emotions while watching it, but he’s glad he did.

“It was really cool for me to live and see where my head was in everything. You forgot how stressed I was. So it was good to remember that…” he said.

Kyle Larson hits the wall in turn two during the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on May 25, 2025. (Jamie Gallagher/AP)

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“It was nice to see videos of my family from when I was very young to my children, because they filmed me three years ago,” Larson continued. “So even seeing my kids as younger versions of themselves now, seeing how different their personalities are even today than they were back then is pretty cool. There were some memories that weren’t very pleasant to live at that time, but I didn’t mind going through them again because it was cool.”

“It was very fun and very interesting and part of putting the deal together was a great experience for me and Hendrick (Motorsports) and Kyle and being able to document all of that,” added Jeff Gordon, who is featured in the documentary as Larson’s team owner. “It’s only been done less than a few times. This will show you why because it’s a very difficult thing. You have to have a lot of things really aligned. It’s very easy for them not to do it, as many people will testify with this film. But at the same time, I’m very happy that we were a part of it and we’re a part of Kyle’s journey and that we wrote it down.”

So, is a double on the cards for the future? It’s impossible.

“Just 30 minutes of rain can just mess it up, so that was hard to live with. You never say you can try to do the Indy 500 again one day but as long as I’m a full-time NASCAR driver I can’t (try twice),” he said. “And if I can run the Indy 500 again, I’m ready for that too.”

Kyle Larson awaits the start of practice for the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on May 23, 2025. (Michael Conroy/AP)

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But Larson got paid back after going through hell over the Memorial Day weekend.

“I was taken back by the Brickyard and the championship,” said the NASCAR Cup Series winner.

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