In one of the most celebrated days on the racing calendar, 34 cars took to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway Saturday for the first day of qualifying for the May 25 Indianapolis 500. NASCAR Cup Series championship leader Kyle Larson turned in a solid performance with a pair of four-lap qualifying attempts,

Kyle Larson will start 21st next week in the 2025 Indianapolis 500, his second year competing in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” But it’s not come without a couple of crashes in the No. 17 Arrow McLaren on the 2.5-mile speedway.

Larson was on just his third lap Friday when his car suddenly snapped around entering Turn 3 and crushed the nose into the outside wall.