CONCORD, N.C. -- Prime Video has not stated when it will release its documentary about Kyle Larson's attempts to complete The Double, but whenever it happens, Jeff Gordon believes it will provide fans with a new level of access to the championship-winning team.
"I think you're gonna see things that you've never seen before because there were cameras and microphones capturing so much," Gordon told AltDriver on Wednesday. "And now to pile on top of that, a whole another experience in (the Indy 500)."
This feature-length documentary, which began filming in October 2023, follows Larson over two seasons of racing. The first featured him falling short of his goal of completing the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600. The second follows his attempt this season.
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The documentary does not solely focus on the two races and Larson controlling two types of race cars for Hendrick Motorsports and Arrow McLaren.
The people who made these attempts at The Double possible get time in the spotlight, as do the multitudes of fans who showed up to support Larson during Indy 500 Carb Day.
Focusing on more than just Larson and the two races is a crucial part of telling the entire story.
"I think the more that you can document the processes that go into preparing for a race or executing a race, you get to learn more about the personalities of everybody -- not just Kyle," Gordon said.
One interesting aspect of this upcoming documentary was last season's rain delay in Indianapolis, which will inevitably become a prominent part. This pushed the start time of the Indy 500 and forced Hendrick Motorsports to make a decision.
The team could either stay in Indiana so that Larson could compete in the Indy 500 for the first time, or it could leave and head back to Charlotte Motor Speedway so that he could make the start of the Coca-Cola 600. The weather made it impossible for him to do both races in one day.
As history shows, Hendrick Motorsports chose to stay in Indianapolis and risk NASCAR's ire. Larson completed the Indy 500 while Justin Allgaier drove the No. 5 Chevrolet in the Coca-Cola 600 until weather forced NASCAR to prematurely end the race.
The expectation is that the documentary will provide access to the talks and the decision.
"To see what all goes into this and to also see maybe some of the difficult decision-making that went into last year and what we learned from it and how we, hopefully, can do it differently this time, the good and the bad," Gordon said.
"I think it would be really interesting to a lot of people."
The Prime Video documentary will certainly give fans access to the highs and lows of this monumental undertaking by Hendrick Motorsports and Arrow McLaren. Will it end with Larson celebrating a major achievement, or will it end with him experiencing heartbreak after falling short of all 1,100 miles?
The answer will remain unknown until May. For now, Larson and his team will just focus on putting themselves in the best position to check off a bucket list item.
"I'm equally as excited as I was last year now because I didn't get to do both," Larson said. "It was really, really cool to get to run the Indy 500, I'm glad that I get to be buried someday knowing that I ran the Indy 500.
"But I want to do both, that's why I did it last year, I wanted to do both."