All eyes in the racing world were glued to Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday morning for the Indianapolis 500 open test. It was the much-anticipated first appearance of 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson on-track at an official NTT IndyCar Series function, and he did not disappoint.

Larson recorded the second-fastest lap of the rain-shortened morning test session, clocking in at 226.384 in his Arrow McLaren No.17. Only the defending Indy 500 champion was faster, as Josef Newgarden ran a lap at 228.822 mph. 

Not too shabby, rookie 😮@KyleLarsonRacin to P2 on the leaderboard.#INDYCAR // @ArrowMcLaren pic.twitter.com/aoJSJfU10q

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) April 10, 2024

Larson is attempting the Memorial Day Weekend Double, competing in his first Indianapolis 500 while also competing in the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He is the first driver to do so since Kurt Busch in 2014.

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Wednesday's open test was the third on-track session for Larson in an IndyCar. He completed rookie orientation at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last October and followed that up with a test session at Phoenix Raceway in February with the Arrow McLaren team. 

Weather-permitting, testing is scheduled to go on until 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, with a second test date scheduled from 10:00-4:00 on Thursday. Testing from Indianapolis will be streamed live on Peacock.