Everyone Counted Kyle Larson Out. Now He’s Back in NASCAR’s Top Five.

For weeks, Kyle Larson felt like the forgotten championship contender. Not because the speed disappeared. Not because Hendrick Motorsports suddenly lost its edge.And certainly not because Larson stopped looking like one of NASCAR’s most talented drivers. The results simply weren’t matching the performance.While Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin and a handful of Toyota drivers dominated headlines throughout the spring, Larson quietly endured one of the strangest stretches of his Cup Series