Kyle Larson said Sunday’s win at Homestead-Miami Speedway was “one of the coolest” of his NASCAR Cup Series career. And at least on the surface, that seems odd.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson claimed that if he was racing in his 2021 Gen 6 Hendrick Motorsports car, he would have amassed at least 50 Cup Series wins. Larson stressed that the Next Gen car (Gen 7) has limited him from securing victories.

During his stoic quest to be regarded as the greatest driver of his generation (if not all time), Kyle Larson rarely betrays many emotions. So when the superstar who excels in multiple racing series celebrates one of his countless victories with uncommonly expressive feeling,