While Kyle Larson battles through the playoffs, sharpening his results after Darlington and Gateway and now eyeing Bristol to close the Round of 16 on a high note, his children are not far off the racing line. His son Owen already showed the makings of a driver cut from his father’s cloth, and now even his seven-year-old daughter Audrey has joined the fray. She recently claimed her first career win at Millbridge, the 1/6-mile dirt oval in Salisbury, North Carolina.
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It was the same track where Owen celebrated his maiden victory, and Larson, seeing his daughter follow in those footsteps, brought him close to tears. Audrey’s triumph came in Millbridge’s “Cadet” division, the entry-level outlaw kart class. Larson admitted he didn’t tear up right away, but later had a moment with her that nearly opened the floodgates.
On a Zoom teleconference, Larson said, “It was really cool. Obviously, you don’t ever forget a first win. I remember being at Millbridge for (son) Owen’s first win, and then lucky enough to be able to be there for Audrey’s first-ever win as well last night.
“It was really neat. She’s been doing a really good job. She’s only been racing for about a year and she’s really competitive, and she’s driven and works at it.”
Last night, Audrey Larson — daughter of @KyleLarsonRacin — earned her career-first win at @MillbridgeRacin pic.twitter.com/kZjhhiabUn
— Steve Post (@ThePostman68) September 10, 2025
“It was a cool moment for sure. You could see she was happy, and she was getting choked up a little bit in her interviews, so it was cool… I had moments, and then when she told me that she was getting ready to cry afterwards in the trailer, that’s probably when I mostly got choked up,” Larson confessed.
He said he was the typical dad with his phone up, video-taping the race. He said, maybe, “If I’d had my phone down and I really was absorbing the moment, I probably would have cried.” Feeling overwhelmed, he admitted, “She’s my only daughter, so she’s got a soft spot in my heart.”
Larson added that both Audrey and Owen compete consistently, but he isn’t yet ready to devote the kind of time that fellow racing dads Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick pour into their children’s programs. Still, he noted Audrey may already have the sharper competitive edge compared to her older brother.
