Kyle Larson still searching for elusive triple-header sweep: ’Really tough feat to do’

Kyle Larson knew going into the Homestead-Miami Speedway weekend that he would have a chance to accomplish a great racing feat.

Competing in all three NASCAR national series, Larson had the opportunity to sweep a triple-header weekend of truck, Xfinity and Cup races.

Only one driver has done it, and that’s Kyle Busch, who did it at Bristol in 2010 and then again in 2017.

"I guess you can consider it a bucket list kind of thing," Larson said heading into the weekend. "It is a really tough feat to do it."

Larson found out how tough it is because, ultimately, the racing gods decided this wouldn't be his weekend. But he likely won’t argue too much with how things worked out.

He won the truck race on Friday for Spire Motorsports with an incredible rally, after taking a spin in the final stage. Then, Larson appeared to be cruising to the Xfinity victory on Saturday, when a late caution resulted in an overtime restart. 

Sam Mayer got into the back of Larson on the restart, and Larson wound up a disappointing fourth.

Yet, he still capped the weekend in spectacular fashion, chasing down teammate Alex Bowman for the victory.

"I was pretty disappointed after the [Xfinity] race [but] I woke up this morning feeling for the most part fine. Motivated. But fine [and] kind of over the finish," Larson said about his mindset.

That might have been the case, but Larson also indicated he probably didn’t take the best of attitudes into the Cup race. In fact, he said he felt he entered the race with an immature attitude about racing at a mile-and-a-half track where he has been known to dominate with the ability to run the high line up by the fence.

"I just wanted to take the green flag and kick everybody's ass," Larson said after the win. "I