Kyle Larson explains mindset of racing Chase Elliott for...

Right now, Chase Elliott leads Kyle Larson in the regular season championship battle by just three points, and it’s only heating up. Throw in Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin and just 20 points separate the top four NASCAR drivers from each other.

This is going to be one of the most hotly-contested regular seasons in a while. Five races to decide who gets the 15 bonus points for the playoffs. It can keep you afloat for a round or two if things don’t go according to plan.

The fact that Kyle Larson is in a close fight with his teammate, Chase Elliott, is a good thing. At least, if you ask Larson it is.

No I mean I think I’ve been getting that question I feel like a lot the last couple of months and no, I feel like our teams work, still all four teams work really well together,” Larson explained to Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports. “All the teammates, driver-wise still have great communication in meetings in stuff and asking questions back and forth and getting good answers to help each other. So, I think that’s important when you’re trying to continue to grow as an organization and I feel like Hendrick Motorsports, at least in my time being there in the three and a half seasons now, all of that has been really well.

“Competing for a regular season championship with Chase, and William is honestly not too far out of it, as well, I think it’s cool. I think it means our teams doing a good job and then you have Reddick and Denny in there as well. It’s extremely tight at the top and I don’t know when is the last time it’s been this tight between four or five teams. So, yeah, makes you be on your game. We’ve been a little inconsistent here lately just with some DNFs and stuff, which is a bummer, but yeah, hopefully, we can finish out the regular season pretty strong here. It’d be nice to get those 15 bonus points.”