Chip Ganassi heard all of your pleas. And Friday, he decided to make you very happy.

The NASCAR team owner gave his blessing to allow his star driver, Kyle Larson, to come back to Iowa on Saturday night — in the middle of a Monster Energy Cup Series weekend at Michigan International Speedway — to compete for a Knoxville Nationals title.

“The last few days, my phone and my Twitter account were blowing up,” Ganassi told fans via Twitter on Friday. “‘Let Kyle race’ … I’ve been hearing all the comments. OK, OK, OK … we’re going to let him race at Knoxville!

“Kyle’s an amazing talent. Let’s have him win at Knoxville, and let’s bring him back to win here in Michigan. Then I want all you fans in Knoxville to turn your TVs on Sunday. Turn on NBC Sports, and watch him win Sunday.”

Sounds like a deal, Chip.

Larson was super fast in Wednesday night’s qualifying night at Knoxville, and he won the A-main feature in his No. 57 sprint car from the pole. That sent him into Saturday night’s $150,000-to-winner main event with the No. 9 starting position at the Super Bowl of sprint-car racing.

After the win, Larson said he was nervous about having the conversation with Ganassi, saying he badly wanted to come back here and, “I’ve never been this good in a sprint car in my career.”

The two spoke Thursday after a Chevrolet event, and Ganassi gave him the OK.

“I know my fans really appreciate it,” Larson said Friday from Michigan. “All my sprint car fans and NASCAR fans. So Chip is a hero today and this weekend. I appreciate it.”

Ganassi’s concerns were valid. He pays high dollars for Larson, third in Cup Series points, to be sharp at NASCAR’s highest level. The plan will be for Larson to complete Cup qualifying late Saturday morning and fly to Iowa for Saturday night’s program, and return to Brooklyn, Mich., in plenty of time for Sunday’s Cup race (2 p.m. CT, NBC Sports Network).

“It’s only a little over an hour flight I think. I probably don’t even get on track until 8:30 or 9 p.m. on Saturday,” Larson said Friday. “The logistics part of it is not that tricky and not that stressful, either. … I don’t even do anything (Sunday) until about 11:30 a.m., so I will still be able to get plenty of sleep and be ready for (the Cup race).” 

After Wednesday’s win, Larson said if he could return to Iowa, “I feel like we’ve got a great shot.”

And now he does.