Kyle Larson on running a series and his biggest racing challenge begins in...

Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. Up next: Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson, who is currently seeking his second career NASCAR Cup Series championship. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity, but the full version is available on the 12 Questions podcast.

1. You must pick one chore or obligation to do every day for a year. But if you make it the entire year doing this, you never have to do it again for the rest of your life. What would you like to knock out forever?

Laundry. Not that I do much laundry. I’m pretty fortunate; (wife) Katelyn or our nanny, who comes in and helps quite a bit, they do the most laundry. But the times I have to do laundry on the road or something, I let it build up too much.

2. Can you describe how you are as a passenger in a street car?

I’m not the passenger too often, but with Katelyn, when I’m the passenger, I’m really bad. When I’m with J.P. (manager Josh Peterman), I’m not too bad. With Katelyn it’s like, “You’re clear, get over” or “Pass these cars.” I’m definitely driving from the passenger seat, but she rarely drives.

I keep it pretty organized. But then it’s hard to find what you’re looking for.

I like MyRacePass (dirt racing app featuring live timing and scoring) because you can get the heat race lineups and all the lineups throughout the night. Race Monitor (similar app) is a little simpler to use.

4. What do you do to make yourself feel better when you’re having a crappy day?

Honestly, just alone time. I’m really just kind of quiet. I also like hanging out with the family. I don’t golf much anymore, but that helps get your mind off of whatever might be bugging you.

Why don’t you play as much golf now?

I don’t have as much time and golf takes a lot of time. And it also takes a lot of time if you want to be better — and I want to be better, but I don’t really want to commit the time, so I just haven’t played that much. … I just really don’t have time with all the racing I do and (son) Owen’s racing and we’ve got a baby at home and going to the shop and all that.