Former Nascar champion Kyle Larson will be fifth driver to reach rare American racepeep

For the tenth time in the history of American racing, a driver has deposited the monumental performance of participation in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

The Indianapolis 500 is one of the largest glasses in all car races, while the Coca-Cola 600 is the longest race on the NASCAR calendar.

Both races are performed on the last Sunday in May – which, together with the Monaco Grand Prix, provides one of the largest days in Motorsport.

Now Kyle Larson – the Nascar Cup Series Driver’s Champion from 2021 – has become the fifth driver who once draws what they call ‘double duty’.

Earlier in the day, Larson jumped into the cockpit of his No. 17 Arrow McLaren/Hendrick Motorsports machine to race in the Indy 500.

But in round 92 of ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’, Larson turned out and ended his race.

Kyle Larson has officially become the fifth driver who gets ‘double service’ in Racing, American

Larson ran 92 laps in the Indianapolis 500 before crashing and ended his day early

Hours later he appeared in Charlotte, North Carolina to race in the Coca-Cola 600

Although disappointing, the Larson also gave enough time to get to the airport to take the 1 -hour flight, 40 minutes from Indianapolis to Charlotte, North Carolina.

He arrived by helicopter on Charlotte Motor Speedway with enough time to get ready for the Nascar race that evening – for which he qualified in the first row.

When the green flag fell, he officially joined a small list of drivers to have completed the performance.

Last year, He tried the same marathond day of racing, but mother nature had other ideas.

Firstly, the 2024 Indy 500 was delayed a few hours when ruthless thunderstorms rolled through the Hoosier State.

Larson finished the race 18th and then sprinted to the airport to come to North Carolina, which was also struck with rain showers.

Unfortunately for Larson, the 2024 Coca-Cola 600 was canceled because of the rain and Christopher Bell was named the winner before Larson got the chance to jump in his car.

But now, in 2025, Larson can officially add his name to the list of immortal drivers to complete the discouraging task.

Last year Larson tried to achieve the same performance, only to be undone by the weather

He finished 18th in 2024 (above), but could not come to Charlotte on time to get to his Nascar

But based on the demolition at the beginning of 2025 (above) he had enough time to go to North Carolina

He is the fifth driver who completes the performance. Tony Stewart (above) has the best results of everyone who participated in both breeds – when he became 6th in Indy and 3rd in Charlotte in 2001.

It was first reached in 1994 by John Andretti, the cousin of Formula 1 World Driver’s Champion Mario Andretti from 1978.

It has since been reached by Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch and now Larson. Davy Jones tried it in 1995, but did not qualify for the Coca-Cola 600.

Of those who have tried the performance, only Stewart and Gordon completed it several times.

Gordon did this in 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004. His attempts in 2000 and 2004, however, have asteriskens next to them. In 2000, Gordon did not receive an official credit for taking over the round 254 of the 400 LAP NASCAR race. In 2004, Gordon was credited with participation in the Indianapolis 500 – but left during a rain delay to come to Charlotte.

Stewart ran 196 from 200 laps in the Indy 500 of 1999 before they all walked 400 laps in Charlotte. In 2001 he became the only driver who ran each round of both races – completed all 1,100 miles a day.

Stewart, one of the largest racing car drivers that the United States ever produced, has the best results among everyone who makes ‘double duty’ from his 2001 attempt. He finished sixth in Indianapolis and third in Charlotte.