INDIANAPOLIS — NASCAR star Kyle Larson, the fifth driver in historical past to aim to run the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the identical day, was capable of flip solely two laps earlier than opening day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was halted and washed out Tuesday.

Drivers acquired simply 23 minutes, 37 seconds of inexperienced flag time earlier than it started to rain. Your entire day was canceled some 5 hours later, and IndyCar has added a further two hours of observe time to Wednesday’s schedule.

Larson was a part of a two-day open take a look at in April however acquired solely 47 laps in about two hours of observe time earlier than the session was washed out.

“This looks like a standard day for me right here at Indy,” Larson joked. “Clearly, I wish to get a full day in right now, however I do know there’s loads of alternative these subsequent handful of days to get numerous laps. I will take rain day-after-day apart from qualifying day and the Indy 500, so I do not actually care.”

There are nonetheless roughly 30 hours of apply time scheduled earlier than the Could 26 race.

Will probably be Larson’s debut Indy 500 in a joint deal struck with Arrow McLaren, which is fielding a fourth automobile for Larson together with Hendrick Motorsports. He’s the primary driver to aim the double since Kurt Busch in 2014, with Tony Stewart (2001) being the one driver to finish all 1,100 miles.

Larson’s closing tuneup earlier than Tuesday’s session did not precisely go in line with plan — he rolled his dash automobile 5 instances in a crash at Kokomo Speedway on Monday evening.

“Most likely the worst evening I believe we have ever had dash racing,” Larson mentioned.

Larson, who has examined for McLaren already, is solely excited to get a couple of days strung collectively in an Indy automobile.

“I am actually excited to get this expertise underway and get consecutive days within the automobile,” Larson mentioned. “That is been the hardest factor up to now, that I am going months at a time between every time I am within the automobile. I’ve acquired to attempt to be taught rapidly right here the subsequent few days.”

The Related Press contributed to this report.