Hendrick Motorsports has joined in on the fun, as well, designing a brand-new scheme for Larson to run during the Coca-Cola 600. Arrow McLaren Ind圜ar Team August 13, 2023 17, with sponsorship branding from both Arrow McLaren and, Larson’s primary sponsor in the NASCAR Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports.
The Chevrolet-backed entry will carry the No. Paul Menard picked up the 4th last-place finish of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career in Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at the Richmond International Raceway when his #27 Dutch Boy / Menards Chevrolet fell out after a crash ended his run 264 of 407 laps into the event.Larson will have a mind-bogglingly busy months ahead of him in May, as he juggles the responsibility of preparing for the 2024 Indianapolis 500 with his usual duties as a full-time competitor in the NASCAR Cup Series.Īnnounced in January 2023, Larson will become the first driver since Kurt Busch in 2014 to attempt “The Double”, piloting a fourth entry for Arrow McLaren Ind圜ar Team in the Indianapolis 500. The finish, which came in Menard’s 353rd series start, was his second of the season and first since Kansas this past spring, 15 races ago.Ĭoming into Richmond, Menard hadn’t failed to finish a race since Kansas, lifting him to 22nd in the point standings. His best run in that stretch came during the grueling 400-miler at Indianapolis, five years since his breakthrough first victory, where he came home 10th.
He also started a season-best 3rd last month at Pocono, but had to settle for a 35th-place finish. Last week at Darlington, he won the pole for the XFINITY Series race. The next day, he looked for another strong run in a throwback paint scheme resembling the Hendrick Motorsports entry Al Unser, Jr. ran in the 1993 Twin 125s at Daytona, but a late wreck with Kurt Busch left him 16th. Menard began the Richmond weekend 25th in the opening practice, 19th in Happy Hour, then slipped to 30th in qualifying with a lap of 122.078mph. 41 cars joined Menard in the effort to make the field with Cole Whitt’s #98 Standard Plumbing Supply Chevrolet sent home, sweeping the DNQs at Richmond for 2016. Starting last would be rookie Jeffrey Earnhardt in the lime green #32 Ford for Go FAS Racing.
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