Kyle Larson 1-on-1: 'It's been a successful year. But the year is not over',hoping to..

Kyle Larson had a heck of a week last week. He opened it Tuesday when he won the championship of the High Limit Sprint Car Series that he co-owns.

Two days later, he was at Indianapolis Motor Speedway taking his first laps in an IndyCar as he passed his Indy 500 rookie orientation program.

Then three days later, he won the Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, clinching a berth in the Championship 4 at Phoenix Raceway. No matter what happens this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway (where he is the defending winner) and Martinsville Speedway, he will compete for the championship on Nov. 5 at Phoenix.

Larson doesn’t have any additional sprint-car races on his calendar after a season in which he has run at least a couple races a week throughout the summer. He also won the 2023 Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals, one of the biggest sprint-car events of the year.

Larson talked to FOX Sports on Saturday at Las Vegas about his season and the Indy 500 test. Here is what he said, including a couple of questions and answers from his FOX Sports interview in victory lane Sunday at Las Vegas.

Where do you think your Vegas win puts you as far as trying to win your second Cup title? Drivers have been able to ride the momentum of a win to open the Round of 8 to the title.

It definitely helps. We were able to win the first Round of 8 race a couple years ago [in 2021 and won the title] and it really just kind of helps you just focus on the next few weeks in front of you, not just the next one. I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. I really want to go have a good run these next two races. But it’s nice to get to go there and race with just winning on your mind and not points racing on your mind. We’ll go to Homestead and try to do what we did [at Vegas] and go to Martinsville and do the same thing, and then hopefully have a lot of momentum going into Phoenix.

Some drivers by this time of year, the grind has gotten to them. But do you feel refreshed despite all the racing you do? Do you feel good into these last few weeks?

I feel good. Obviously, I think when you get close to the end, you look forward to offseason plans and stuff like that. But our focus is still on … to try and do a good job at some good tracks for us. I know my race cars are going to be really good like they’ve been all season long. Just like every weekend, I just try and execute and gain as many points as possible, and hopefully we get a win.