Kyle Larson aims to complete historic Indy 500-NASCAR double not achieved since 2001

Kyle Larson will be racing both the Coca-Cola 600 and Indy 500 on the same day this weekend.

"The double" has not been completed since 2001, despite several valiant attempts since then, but Kyle Larson is looking to add his name in the history books.

The Indy 500 is set to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, five hours and 15 minutes before the green flag will come out in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Coca-Cola 600.

The flight between the two tracks is roughly an hour and a half, but Larson wants to brave it out.

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Kyle Larson speaks to media members during the NASCAR Playoffs Media Day at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 4, 2024. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)

"The main why is I love to race. I like to challenge myself, you kind of learn new cars and all that. And I like to compete in the biggest races in the world. So to do two of those in the same day, it’s pretty cool," Larson said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.

"For me, I want to do it while I’m in my prime. I’m only 32, feel like I’m at the top of our sport, I felt like the timing is right for that. I don’t know how long my NASCAR career will last… I think it’ll be really fun to do a road course race, just to experience that sort of feel of cars that have a lot of power and sliding around, no power-steering, the physicality of it. And also, getting to race with guys in their territory and see what they grew up doing, and just seeing the caliber and level they race at, because it would be different than what us NASCAR guys see and feel on a road course."

Kyle Larson celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor