TC Daily Pit Stop: Kyle Larson Crashes in Indy 500 Testing; Rick Allen 'Crushed' By NBC Exit; Friday TV Schedule

TC Daily Pit Stop: Friday, April 25th, 2025

Apr 25, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series star Kyle Larson has crashed during the second and final day of Open Testing for the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Larson, beginning his journey to run ‘The Double’ for Arrow McLaren and Hendrick Motorsports in 2025, was out on his first run of the morning on Thursday when his HendrickCars.com sponsored entry was fighting a tight condition.

The Elk Grove, California-native then slapped the wall at the exit of Turn 1 and severely damaged the suspension of his No. 17 Chevrolet, before careening towards the outside wall once again in Turn 2, further damaging the racecar.

Rick Allen 'Crushed' By How NBC Tenure Ended; Regrets Not Speaking Out

On Tuesday, Rick Allen joined the Dale Jr Download to discuss his ousting from NBC at the end of 2024.

For nearly a decade, veteran broadcaster Rick Allen was the voice of NASCAR on NBC, serving as the lap-by-lap broadcaster for the network’s coverage of both the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series, beginning in 2015.

But, after the two-week Olympic Break last Summer, Allen’s distinct voice, the one that guided fans through several of the sport’s most recent championship-winning moments, including a record-tying seventh title for Jimmie Johnson, was silenced.

Leigh Diffey, NBC’s long-time play-by-play announcer for the NTT IndyCar Series, was tapped to take over the network’s NASCAR Cup Series coverage, leaving Allen to be silently released from the network without a trace.