ATYL: Pressing The Panic Button On Ford | Larson Vs. Hamlin | Dover is Back

A defensive race at The Monster Mile produced some intense racing between two veteran drivers.

It’s easy to say some of the best battles in the Gen 7 era have come from Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin fighting for the win.

The same is true for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway. While Hamlin was able to maintain track position all day, Larson, driving the No. 5, had to fight his way through the pack, from a 21st-place starting spot.

Racing neck-and-neck with one another, it was going to take flawless execution by the drivers and their crews to take control of the race. With a fast pit stop from the Mavis Tires crew to get their Toyota Camry XSE ahead of Larson, the race was on. On the final restart, the Chesterfield native got the lead and held off the hard-charging 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion for the win.

Though a fantastic restart by Hamlin helped him claim the victory, air-blocking helped just a bit more. Following the race, Kyle Larson made some interesting comments about how the race was won and what he would like to see done to prevent some of these issues in the future.

Join Taylor Kitchen in the latest episode of Above The Yellow Line to discuss Larson’s remarks. Plus, tune in as Taylor retracts some of her comments from the last episode as she discusses Ford and their performance at The Monster Mile

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Taylor Kitchen

Taylor Kitchen found her passion for motorsports after watching a NASCAR Xfinity Series race with her grandma in 2016. The following year, she would attend her first race at Kentucky Speedway. The smell of the gas and roar of the engines filling her ears was enough to solidify her love of the sport. She spent the next few years working her way into the NASCAR online community and researching as much as she could to gain a vast knowledge of the sport. However, something was bothering her. At the time, Taylor struggled to find content within the space that was female-led and came from the perspective of a new fan. This inspired her to create her own media outlet, “Above The Yellow Line” in 2021. On this platform, Taylor writes, films, edits, and markets high-quality videos discussing the latest news and events from the sport. In April of 2022, her company partnered with the prominent NASCAR media outlet TobyChristie.com to provide them social media content and to report on location during select race weekends. Since then, Taylor has been able to help build TobyChristie.com's YouTube audience to well over four thousand subscribers and continues to help expand the company's social reach with her team. 2022 marked a new era for the brand as Taylor expanded ATYL’s capabilities to help various drivers with their communications, public relations, digital media, and marketing. In June of that year, she was hired by ARCA Series Champion, Austin Theriault to work for his driver development program, "AT Racing Development". As the organization's Director of Digital Marketing and Media, she produces and directs her clients tailor-made social media strategies. She also takes part in marketing efforts for her drivers. In May of 2023, Austin Theriault of AT Racing Development partnered with Team Hornaday Development and brought Taylor to the team as their Communications Manager. Working with Ron and Candice Hornaday, Taylor helps direct their drivers social media strategy and PR efforts. She also partakes in company and driver marketing and recruiting efforts