Kyle Larson h🧔as claimed he would have won 50 races in the NASCAR Cup Series had the championship not introduced the Next Gen♋ car in 2022.

Larson, the driver of the #5 Hendrick Motorsport Chevrolet, made that comment after scoring ✱his 3🍎0th career victory at Homestead-Miami last weekend.

The Californian has already won 14 races with the Next Gen car, making himꦫ the most successful driver by race wins in the latest era of the Cup Series.

While the 32-year-old feels his crew has done a fine job adapting to new machinery, he ꦿthinks he could have added another 20 wins to his tally had NASCAR continued with the Gཧen-6 chassis in which he won his maiden title in 2021.

“I think if we would still have the 2021 car, I would have🔜 about 50 Cup win𒈔s right now. I think switching to this car has limited us from winning,” he said in Miami.

“I don’t𒁏 know. I think just being with a good team and being able to adapt to new things is something you try to pride yourself on.

💖“I think that’s an area where the 5 team really excels and the 24 [Alex Bowman] as well. I think we probably share or are top two in most Next Gen wins. Young, adaptable drivers and teams.

“Yeah, thꦿey’re difficult carဣs to drive, though. You have to run really hard, and I think that probably benefits a guy like myself.”

Larson sits second in the championship standings following his maiden success of 202♒5 in Miami, 36 points behind teammate and Dayto꧙na 500 winner William Byron.

Bowman sits just three points adrift in third, making it a 1-2-3 for Hendrick Motorsports, while Chase Elliott holds sixth place in the table despite failing ✤to score a podium this year.

This means all Hendrick Motorsports drive🤡rs sit inside the top six spots in🐼 the standings following the first six of 36 points-paying races.

“It’s very impressive to have four in t❀he top six. That’s extremely tough to do,” said Larson.

“Although it’s early in the year, I still think that’s something to be proud of at HMS.
Everybody works really hard. You’re always constantly trying ꦏto get better and evolve your race cars and evolve your team and the꧙ processes.

“I think all four teams do have a💙 good process, and we all work really well together.

“Outside of HMS too, the key partners, they’re very helpful and getting to work with them and a📖ll that. You want to be bet🌟ter.

“And although I feel like we’re four of the top six, I don’t think that any of us are like the best car currently. There’s still a lot of work to do to get to where we need to be and just trying to get better each and every week.”