Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is a professional American race car racer. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series Energy Monster, driving a Ford Fusion No. 4 for Stewart-Haas Racing and part-time at NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving a Ford Mustang No. 4. 98 for SHR in an alliance with Biagi -DenBeste Racing. Harvick is a former owner of Kevin Harvick Incorporated, a racing team that dumped cars at Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series between 2004 and 2011. He is the NASCAR Series champion Sprint Cup 2014 and champion of the Xfinity Series twice. Harvick holds an all-time record for the Series Cup win at Phoenix International Raceway with nine wins. Harvick is also the third driver to win in the history of the Xfinity Series with 47 wins.
Harvick, who started his NASCAR career in 1995, is the third of only five riders who won the championship in the Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series, and the fifth of only twenty-nine riders who won the race in each of the NASCAR three national series with more from 100 winning competitions in three national divisions. Harvick also won the Winston West Series 1998 title with five wins that season.
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Harvick was born in 1975 in Bakersfield, California to Mike's parents and JoNell (Walker) Harvick. He is a big fan of the New York Yankees. He has a brother named Clayton and his sister, Amber. Harvick started kart racing at an early age, after his parents bought him go karts as a kindergarten graduation gift in 1980. Over the next decade Harvick achieved great success on the go kart race circuit, earning seven national championships and two Grand National championships. In 1992, he started racing part-time models on the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series and he competed there while still in high school. While in 5th grade Harvick gave a glimpse of his future career plan when he completed a classroom project poster that listed his goals as competing in NASCAR and the race at Indy 500. Harvick's father, a firefighter and equipment around the Bakersfield racecourse, built it as his own. the first car to compete in the bottom NASCAR Series using the money he made to run his own garage, Harvick Motorsports. When Harvick could not race, as in winter, he competed in his high school wrestling team at North High School in Bakersfield winning the CIF Central Section title in his senior year heavyweight. Growing Harvick also participates in baseball, basketball, soccer, and soccer. Initially intending to attend lectures and architecture majors, Harvick took classes at Bakersfield College. But he found his heart racing and out to continue his full-time racing career.
Harvick has stated many times that his favorite driver growing up is the 4-year Indy 500 4-year-old Rick Mears who grew up and became an idol of Bakersfield, California.
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Harvick made his Craftsman Truck Series series (now known as the World Riding Truck Series) in 1995 at Mesa Marin Raceway, in his hometown of Bakersfield, where he started and completed 27 in No. family. 72. He rode four races at No. 72 the following season, his best finish being 11th in Mesa Marin. In 1997, he signed a contract to drive No. 75 for Spears Motorsports mid-season, by posting two eighth places. He runs a full schedule next season, posts the top 3 tos and finishes the 17th rank. Harvick also moved to the NASCAR Grand National Division, the AutoZone West Series (now known as NASCAR K & N Pro Series West) in 1997, and in 1998 Harvick won five races on the way to the Winston West Series championship while driving for Spears. He received his first real national exposure during the winter of 1997/1998 on ESPN2 coverage of the NASCAR Winter Heat Series at Tucson Raceway Park. In 1999, he drove No. 1. 98 Porter Cable Ford for Liberty Racing, completing 12th place in points with six top-five. He does not know what will happen later in his career.
1999-2000: NASCAR Busch Series
On October 23, 1999, Harvick made his first NASCAR Busch Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series) starting at Kmart 200 at Rockingham Speedway at Chevrolet No. 2. He will start 24 and finish 42 due to engine failure. The race will be his only start in 1999. In 2000, Harvick will sign a contract with Richard Childress Racing to drive the No. 2 Chevrolet. 2 for his first Busch Series season. Despite failing to qualify for the second race of the season at Rockingham, Harvick will continue to win Busch Series NASCAR Rookie of the Year with 3 wins, 8 top-five finishes and 16 top-tens as well as collecting third place points finished.
2001: Cup Series Debut
For 2001, Childress plans to run Harvick at Number Two Chevy in the full-time Busch Series again, while extending it to the Winston Cup Series (now known as Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) with up to seven races at No. 30 Chevy. He planned to race Harvick for the full schedule in 2002. Dale Earnhardt's death on the last lap of the Daytona 500 2001 changed Childress's plan, and Harvick started his first Cup race the following week at Dura Lube 400 in Rockingham.
On March 11, 2001 at Cracker Barrel's Old Country Store 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, just three weeks after Earnhardt's death, Harvick won the Winston Cup victory in his first career just at the beginning of the third by crawling Jeff Gordon's narrow. He won the race with only six thousandths of a second (0.006), proving to be one of the closest in NASCAR history since the introduction of electronic scoring in 1993. After winning, Harvick did a tire-smoking burnout on the front stretch. Remembering Dale Earnhardt, with three fingers held high outside the driver's window, he ran backwards for honor and respect. Winning early in his third career, Harvick became the fastest rider to win his first Winston Cup race in the modern era, breaking the record set by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2000. Harvick has since been surpassed by Jamie McMurray and Trevor Bayne, both of whom achieved their second early achievement.
He won his second Career Cup victory at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. At the end of the season, he finished with two wins, six Top 5's, and 16 Top 10's. Harvick was awarded the NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award, and secured a ninth place finish in the 2001 standings. He also won the Busch Series championship, becoming the first driver to win the Busch Series championship while also full-time driving in the Winston Cup Series with top 10 finishes. Harvick will end the season winning six pole positions, and make 69 starts: 35 in the Cup Series, an appearance at Winston, 33 in the Busch Series, and one in the Craftsman Truck Series at Richmond International Raceway for Rick Carelli.
2002
In 2002, Harvick will spend the season concentrating on running the Cup Series and will only start four races in the Busch Series. He will only have one Top 10 in all four starts. Harvick started the 2002 season making his first Daytona 500 start at the pole outside next to Jimmie Johnson, but his day ended after sparking an 18-car accident on lap 148, allowing him to finish 36th. Later in the season, he made a fine for a post-race incident with Greg Biffle at Bristol Motor Speedway. He was suspended for rough driving in the Truck race at Martinsville, where he deliberately pulled out Coy Gibbs driver, allowing NASCAR to immediately take him out of the race. Despite being heard on the radio that he actually did, Harvick lied in a post-race interview saying that he had inadvertently made Gibbs die. Harvick is banned from the Cup Series race the next day, which means Kenny Wallace will succeed him. Harvick scored his first win in a Winston Cup pole position at Pepsi 400 in Daytona. Later in the season, he scored his third Winston Cup Win at Chicagoland Speedway. He finished 21st in the 2002 standings with one win, one pole, five Top 5 and 8 Top 10's. Harvick became the 2002 IROC Champion in his first season in the Series, winning at California Speedway. On the Truck, Harvick started down the No. 1 truck. 6, driving himself in five races and winning in Phoenix.
2003
In the 2003 season, Harvick worked with former crew chief Todd Berrier in the Cup Series, with whom he won the Busch championship in 2001. Together, they won the 400 Brickyard in Indianapolis. Harvick and his team jumped to fifth place in the 2003 points standings, coming in 252 points ahead of Matt Kenseth. In Busch Series, Harvick works with Johnny Sauter, driving a PayDay No. car. 21 Hershey sponsored. The two will join for three wins, 16 Top 5's and 24 Top 10's, with Harvick posting the third victory. They will be giving the School Childress NASCAR Busch Series title that season, with the driver's championship going to Brian Vickers. This will be the first time that the championship will be split between two teams. Harvick competed in 19 of 34 races, and Sauter competed in the other 15. Harvick also scored eight pole positions and finished 16th in the final points standings.
2004
While winless in the 2004 season, Harvick came third in the vote for Most Popular Driver. He has fourteen Top 10 finishes and finishes 14 in points. In 2004, Harvick re-paired with other drivers in the Busch Series, rookie Clint Bowyer. They join for one win, 13 Top 5, and 20 Top 10 in No. car. 21, with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups promoted. Harvick drove the No. car. 29 Busch in the final race of the season at the Homestead-Miami Speedway at Ford 300, which he will claim as his second win of the season. He finished 20th in the final standings. No. Car. 21 finished fourth in the standings.
2005
In the 2005 season, Harvick's only Cup victory came at Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, despite starting towards the back of the field. He won without the help of Chief Crew Todd Berrier, who served a four-week sentence for breaking the rules. The following year, he kept driving no. 29 for Childress in the Sprint Cup Series. In Busch Series, Harvick is paired with Brandon Miller. Harvick and Miller joined for 3 wins, 15 top-fives and 19 top-tens to give No 21 fourth fourth place in the standings. Harvick will also drive no. 29 Cup to Victory Lane in the first "sweep" of his career on Monday, April 4, 2005 at Rain-Delayed Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway to follow Food City 500's victory the day before, to give him the record of a fourth Busch Series win on the track (binding with Morgan Shepherd). Harvick finished 18th in the drivers' standings.
2006
In 2006, Harvick decided to run both NASCAR Top 2 series on a full-time basis. He won his first Busch Series race in the 2006 season. He followed the win by sweeping the weekend away from the Busch Series and Sprint Cup races at the Phoenix International Raceway. Later in the season, Harvick won the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International.
On September 9, 2006, Harvick, only need to finish 40 or better to clinch a spot at Chase, is it better to slip by Kyle Busch in turn 4 into the finals and hold the lead to win the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway. It was his third win of the season, and his second "sweep" of the season, having won Emerson Radio 250 the night before. This allows Harvick, along with teammate Jeff Burton, their first place, and first for Richard Childress Racing, at Chase for the Sprint Cup. On September 17, 2006, starting from the Pole, Harvick won the first race of Chase at New Hampshire International Speedway, in Sylvania 300. He dominated the race and by winning, was able to lead in the standings for the first time in his career.
Harvick will run the Chase below standard. He fell into sixth place in the standings points, until he finished third in Texas. After that was another dominating performance at the Auto Parts Checker 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 12th. Harvick will win the race, moving it to third. At the end of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Harvick will finish fifth in the race and slip to fourth in the final standings to eventual eventual 2006 NASCAR Sprint Cup 2006 winner Jimmie Johnson. In Busch Series, Harvick will be scheduled to run all 35 races, with three different cars (# 21, No. 33, # 29) and two different teams, Richard Childress Racing and his own team, Kevin Harvick Incorporated. Harvick has 9 wins, 23 Top 5, and 32 Top 10's. He won the 2006 Busch Series NASCAR championship on October 13, 2006 at Lowe Motor Speedway in the Dollar General 300. This was the beginning of the Busch Series championship, locking his title with four races to go. He ended the season with a margin of 824 points in the final standings.
2007
On February 18 at the Daytona 500 season opening, Harvick claimed his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in a bounding plate race with a dramatic final lap trajectory over Mark Martin by 0.020 seconds in a green-and-white-checkered finish, the closest margin in the 500 since the electronic judgment began in 1993. The race was on the sixth anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt. He will only be the fourth NASCAR rider to sweep the Nationwide and Cup races on the opening weekend in Daytona (along with Bobby Allison in 1988, Darrell Waltrip in 1989, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2004. Harvick also tied Benny Parsons to the most Little lap led by the Daytona 500 winner, Parsons won the race in 1975 (the year of Harvick's birth) after leading just four laps. He started 34 (the lowest starting point ever for a winner in Daytona) and he became the first National Series champion to win Daytona 500 the following year With this victory, Harvick also became the sixth of seven riders to win the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400, following Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Jarrett, Bill Elliott, Jimmie Johnson, and Jamie McMurray.
Four days after Harvick's Daytona 500 won its first race with Shell-Pennzoil as the main sponsor, team owner Richard Childress was asked by NASCAR to reduce Shell's logo on his armor and Harvick to wear the more prominent Pennzoil logo in an attempt to downplay the perceived competition with Sunoco NASCAR fuel supplier. The company asked NASCAR to talk to Childress after Harvick won the National Series and Sprint Cup races wearing the famous Shell logo on his fire suit. For the rest of the season, Harvick won the Sprint All-Star Race and completed 10 points.
In 2007, Harvick started the National Series season by winning Orbitz 300 in Daytona, claiming his first win in the bounding plate race, as well as the first win for a new sponsored AutoZone at NASCAR's Nationwide Series. He also won at New Hampshire International Speedway, winning the Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com. He also finally suddenly won his first race in Montreal in August, NAPA Auto Parts 200, after with two laps to go, leader Robby Gordon is black-flagged for deliberately causing an accident involving rookie Marcos Ambrose. The win was considered a bit annoyed as many expected street ringers to dominate and Harvick had started the 43rd race in the race due to driver changes.
2008
Harvick went winless in 2008, but he can still post fourth place ratings at Chase 2008 for the Sprint Cup. The fourth position in the 2008 standings was tied in 2006 to its highest point position at the end of the season. Harvick also went the whole season without a single DNF for the second year in a row. In the Nationwide Series, he runs twenty-two races for his own team with sponsorship of Camping World, Rheem, and RoadLoans. He did not win the race in this series. His only victory came in the Truck race in Phoenix.
2009
Harvick started the 2009 season by winning the Budweiser Kick with the last lap at Jamie McMurray, reminiscent of his victory at Daytona 500 2007. He also launched a new social networking site, Fan Central, for his fans. A few days later, Harvick damaged his main car for the Daytona 500 in 2009. The team decided to switch to the car he was driving in a shoot-out. Harvick went on to finish second on the second shortest Daytona 500 in NASCAR history.
At Auto Club Speedway in California, Harvick blew his engine and it forced him not to finish the race, which earned his first DNF in 82 starts. Harvick won the first Nationwide 2009 Series race at Bristol, his first victory in his own car. In addition, he won the race race of the World Equestrian Truck at Martinsville Speedway. During the season, Gil Martin became the head of a new crew for Harvick when Childress decided to replace all of the team members. 07 and No. 29 except drivers and complainants, thus giving crew head Casey Mears Harvick Todd Berrier. In the first five races after the turn, Harvick finished with an average of 25.4, finishing 34, 11, 41, 17, and 24 respectively. Some time later, a report emerged stating that Harvick had requested his contract release at the end of the 2009 season to secure a trip at Stewart Haas Racing for the 2010 season. Harvick did not publicly comment on where he would be driving in 2010. The first race after the story broke out , Kevin finished sixth at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His best race came at the Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where Harvick had the best car in the long run and led most of the race, but was denied victory after the final race warning that would be the winner of the race Kasey Kahne took advantage when he passed Harvick at restart; he finished second.
2010
Harvick started the year 2010 in the same way he did in 2009 by winning the Budweiser Shootout with a bait on the last lap of the back in a green-checkered situation seconds before the incident behind them, so then cautiously that automatically terminates race. Harvick was second in his Gatorade Duel a few inches to Jimmie Johnson. He led the most laps on the Daytona 500, but finished seventh. He followed his seventh in Daytona with a second at Fontana, the Speedway Golf Club of California again for Jimmie Johnson; after the race, Harvick told members of the media that No team. 48 (Jimmie Johnson) "has a gold horse shoes mounted on their butt". After the race, Harvick followed up with a second-place finish for Johnson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as well as winning the Nationwide Series. He won 499 Aaron in a crazy Lap 200 (third-tier green finish-white-checker) pass Jamie McMurray which was a lead change of 88 races, setting a new NASCAR record. It was speculated by the owner of McMurray's team, Felix Sabates, that Harvick was under the yellow line when he made the pass, but this was rejected by NASCAR on the track. On July 3, Harvick won their second win of the year by winning the Coke Zero 400 in Daytona. On August 15, Harvick won his third win of the year by winning Carfax 400 in Michigan. His victory in Michigan locked him to Chase for the Sprint Cup for the fourth time. He finished the first season a regular place in points, but Chase started in third after the points were adjusted. During the 10-race Chase, Harvick scored five top-toddlers and nine top-dozens. Despite scoring an average finish of 5.8 (best in Chase 2010 and the best third of all time at Chase), Harvick finished third overall, 41 points behind 2010 Champion Jimmie Johnson. It is still the best end of his career in the Sprint Cup standings. Should the pre-Chase points system still be used, Harvick will be the Sprint Cup champion for 2010.
Harvick also won his first career pole in the World Truck Camping Series at Gateway International Raceway at No. 1. 2 Chevrolet Silverado hers. This adds Harvick to the short list of NASCAR drivers who have won pole and race awards in each of the three main NASCAR series.
2011
With the departure of Royal Dutch Shell at the end of 2010 (moved to Penske Racing) announced in the spring, No team. 29 looking for new sponsors. In August, it was announced that, for 2011, the main sponsor of the car will be with Belgian beer brand InBev's Budweiser for 20 races. Adding a new sponsor Harvick, on January 25, 2011, Jimmy John's and Richard Childress Racing reached a multi-year deal to sponsor the Sprint Cup No. 1 team. 29 for 6 races in 2011. On March 27, 2011, Harvick won his 15th career Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway after passing defending champion Jimmie Johnson in the final round in a final that resembled the previous race in 2010. As a joke to Harvick's words in 2010 in the same race, Johnson asked Harvick in a post-race ceremony if "I can have my golden horse shoes back."
Harvick earned his second consecutive victory of the year at Martinsville Speedway, defeating Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. in the last 10 rounds. Following the incident on the track during and immediately after Showtime Southern 500 (Darlington) with Kyle Busch, Harvick was placed on probation for 4 races (plus NASCAR All-Star Race) and was fined $ 25,000. Harvick then won the Coca-Cola 600 after Earnhardt, Jr ran out of fuel at the last corner on Lap 402, finishing career achievements winning all three majors and Brickyard 400 but not qualified for the Grand Slam Career because of Ferko's lawsuit that wiped out his chances on target - only eight drivers have scored since the lawsuit eliminated the autumn race at Darlington, which is needed for a Grand Slam Career. Harvick announced that he will close NASCAR Nationwide/Camping World Truck Series team owned by Kevin Harvick Inc. because he wants to focus on winning the NSCS championship (NASCAR Sprint Cup Series). He sold KHI (Kevin Harvick Inc.) to Richard Childress.
2012
In 2012 in Phoenix, Harvick leads part of the race, against former rivals Kyle Busch, but Denny Hamlin leads the rest of the race in the final pit stop. Harvick tried to approach Hamlin but scored the second after he ran out of gasoline with two laps left, leaving Hamlin as the race winner. He made it past the finish line holding the backpack for second place. Despite victory, Harvick made Chase through consistency. At his second stop in Phoenix, Harvick avoided the chaotic race to collect his only victory of the season, and the 19th of his career.
2013
In 2013 at Daytona, Harvick avoided workout accidents in the last practice session, and the same thing in Sprint Unlimited. Then, he will continue and tie Tony Stewart and Dale Jarrett's record to win at Sprint Unlimited. In his winning moment that culminated after he won his car died and Harvick said, "I do not care!". 2013 is his last season with RCR, and he says, "I'll finish better than I started!". He also won the Duel Budweiser, and although it seems he will be the first rider to sweep the Sprint Cup event at Speedweeks, he was caught in an accident on lap 35 of the Daytona 500 and finished 41th. Harvick won his first race of the season in 2013 Toyota Owners 400, which ended Kyle Busch's four-year winning streak in the Richmond race spring.
At Talladega, Harvick was cleaned at Big One on lap 43 and finished in 40th.
At Coca-Cola 600, Harvick leads in the last lap of the pit stop and holds Kasey Kahne to win her 2nd 600.
In qualifying for the Hollywood Casino 2013 400, Harvick has a spin speed of 187,480 mph (301,720 km/h) for his first pole position since September 2006. He dominated the race, led 138 laps, and survived a devastating event. to clinch his third win of the season.
Harvick won his fourth race of the year at the Phoenix race, leading in a white flag when Carl Edwards ran out of gas. His tenure at RCR ended the following week at Homestead-Miami with a 10th place finish. Harvick completed his third season in points, with four wins, nine Top 5, 21 Top 10 finishes, and one pole position.
2014: Championship season
On November 9, 2012, it was reported that Harvick would drive for Stewart-Haas Racing starting in 2014 after his old contract ended with Richard Childress Racing. When Harvick was then asked if this was true at the Phoenix Cup race, he refused to give a definite answer. He was repeatedly asked by reporters on the winning track in Phoenix and at the Championship buffet in Las Vegas, but he continued to refuse to answer.
At the same time, however, Richard Childress commented to reporters, fans and on his social media page confirming that Harvick is likely to leave the team after 2013, and that he wants a ride at Stewart-Haas Racing.
Officially confirmed on January 22, 2013 that Harvick will switch the team. Harvick and Childress said the breakup was mutually beneficial and it was time for Harvick to continue. Stewart-Haas Racing did not confirm what sponsor or number Harvick would give. As long as the official report is reported, but not officially informed, that Budweiser is interested in staying with Harvick. Kevin Harvick and Stewart-Haas Racing co-owner Tony Stewart gave a report in the summer of 2013 that Harvick will most likely push No. 4. On July 12, 2013, it is certain that Harvick will actually drive a Number 4 but will replace Ryan Newman, who decides to part with Stewart-Haas Racing at the end of the season. Harvick defended Budweiser as his main sponsor for 21 races, with Jimmy John sponsoring the remaining race for the 2014 season. In October, it was announced that Harvick will also run part of the schedule in the Nationwide Series in 2014, competing in at least 12 races for JR Motorsports.
Despite finishing second place at Budweiser Duel in completing photos against Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne, Harvick failed post-inspection races, and finished his Duel disallowed. As a result, Harvick embarked on the Daytona 500 at 38, entering 500 on the Provisional. Harvick raced ahead during the Daytona 500, but was caught in a last lap accident that left a 4th turn, and scored in 13th place.
The following week in Phoenix, Harvick started 13 and dominated the race, leading 224 of 312 laps, holding Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Brad Keselowski over the last seven laps to pick up the finish flag in the first place. This was Harvick's first win for Stewart-Haas Racing, and ended the match with Jimmie Johnson for an all-time win at Phoenix.
However, after Phoenix came the quirky five race race in which Harvick ended 36 or worse four times, due to a hub failure in Las Vegas (41), oil line at Bristol (39), tires blown at Auto Club (36) and failure engine in Texas (42) - each time squandering one of the fastest cars on the track, as well as leading the most laps.
At Darlington, Harvick dominates the Bojangles' Southern 500 and overtakes Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the last round to win his second race for Stewart-Haas Racing. In the All-Star Race, Harvick comes short to Jamie McMurray. Harvick almost won the Coca-Cola 600 for the third time in four years, but a bad pit with 250 laps left made him have to race. He recovered to score second place but finished 5.55 seconds behind Jimmie Johnson.
Harvick won the pole, both in Michigan and Indianapolis. In Irwin Tools Night Race, Harvick controlled the race early. But his race turned bad when he controversially made contact with Denny Hamlin when driving to lead. Hamlin got mad at the collision and replied angrily tossing his HANS device in Harvick's car. Harvick was later punished by NASCAR for speeding on the pit road, ensuring the 11th finish. During Chase, Harvick won the Bank of America 500 in Charlotte, giving him his third win of the season.
At Martinsville, with four races at Chase, Harvick is one of eight drivers still at Chase. In the middle of the race, the field is checking. Behind Harvick, Chase's driver, Matt Kenseth, goes deeper than the others, and destroys Harvick. Harvick then returned to the race but 42 laps down. Then during the race, he saw that Kenseth approached him in front of the mirror and accidentally stepped on his brakes, trying to knock Kenseth's radiator in retaliation for the previous incident. Harvick finished in 33rd, while Kenseth finished sixth in solid. Harvick told reporters that if he does not advance to the next round of Chase, he will ensure that Kenseth will not reach the Championship round at Homestead. It was the second time in 3-weeks that Kenseth was the center of attention, as he physically attacked Brad keselowski after the race at Charlotte two weeks before the incident with Harvick.
At Texas Motor Speedway, Harvick got second place finish, but started controversy after inciting a fight between Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski on the pit road shortly after the race.
In Phoenix, Harvick won the race and swept both races of 2014 in Phoenix, allowing him to move to Chase's final at Homestead.
At Homestead-Miami Speedway, Harvick is consistent throughout the day, occasionally struggling with Jeff Gordon to lead. After careful, Harvick decided to complain with four tires. Rebounding after a restart outside the top 10, Harvick made it to the Top-5, when another warning happened. Harvick took over the leadership of Denny Hamlin, and in the end, detained fellow candidate Ryan Newman to win the Ford Ecoboost 400 and the Sprint Cup Championship with a position above Newman. This is the first Sprint Series Cup championship of Kevin Harvick in his career.
2015
On January 25, 2015, it was reported that Harvick, along with Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski and Danica Patrick, will act as a rotating analyst for the Xfinity series race with NASCAR on Fox . Harvick was the first of four people to comment, from Daytona; he also worked in Las Vegas, Dover, and Truck Series races at Talladega.
In Sprint Unlimited, Harvick scored 11 finish places despite receiving minor damage to his car from an accident at the start of the race.
Harvick started the season with a second finish at Daytona 500. In Atlanta, he led 116 laps, but finished second for Jimmie Johnson. In Las Vegas, Harvick arrested Martin Truex, Jr. to win his first race of the season. It was also his first win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Harvick won again the following week for his fourth successive win in Phoenix and a record seventh victory on the track as a whole. At Auto Club, Harvick managed to finish second, this time to Brad Keselowski. It brings the streak of Top 2 finishes to eight races overall. It seems that Harvick is on course to tie up Richard Petty to finish the straightest Top 2, but this streak ends with finishing eighth place in Martinsville.
In Texas, Harvick fought Johnson to win many times during the race, but was unable to catch him when he defeated Dale Earnhardt, Jr. get to the line, produce finish in second place. He led 63 rounds at Quicken Loans 400 in Michigan, but suffered a flat tire. Trying to recover, Harvick's day was cut short because the race was called in round 138 of the 200 scheduled, due to heavy rain. Harvick's team mate, Kurt Busch, who was in a spare car, won the race. Harvick finished 29. In the Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, he proceeded to finish fourth.
Harvick then went on to collect four top 10 finishes in Daytona, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Indianapolis. Upon returning to Pocono, the day ended quickly when he blew the engine just 20 laps into the race. He ended in 42nd position. It was his first DNF since Duck Commander 500 years earlier in Texas. He almost won the Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen, but ran out of gas at the last corner. This allowed Joey Logano, the second at the time, to win the race. Harvick was able to cross the finish line, scoring a third finish. He then went on to finish second in Pure Michigan 400 the following week, and at Irwin Tools Night Race in Bristol as well. During the Labor Day Weekend at Darlington at Bojangles' Southern 500, he finished fifth after leading 44 laps. Chase's first race took place in Chicagoland. Harvick finished 42 after getting a flat tire and spun to the wall in contact with Jimmie Johnson a few laps earlier on the restart. A confrontation did happen, after Harvick met with Johnson and punched him in the chest. Harvick dominates next week at Loudon, leading 216 of 300 rounds. However, he ran out of gas, allowing Matt Kenseth to win. Harvick finished 21, placing him in danger of being eliminated from Chase. The following week at Dover International Speedway, Harvick dominated most of the race to clinch his third win of the season, leading 351 of the 400 rounds in the process. The victory allowed Harvick to clinch a place to Chase's next round, having barely escaped being knocked out.
In the final race of the Round Contender in Talladega, Harvick is back in a difficult situation. During the activation of the green-and-white examiner, the Harvick car can not accelerate, triggering a multi-car crash. Because the caution is shown quickly after the leaders cross the line, the race is considered official, and Joey Logano is declared the winner. Denny Hamlin, who competes with Harvick for a place in the next round, is caught in an accident, and knocked out of Chase. Harvick manages to avoid an accident, and finishes 15, advancing him to the next round at Chase. Trevor Bayne, who was hit in the quarter panels by Harvick who sparked the accident, accused him of deliberately asking him out to secure a place in the next round. Kevin Harvick and his crew chief, Rodney Childers, claimed that they had tried to get out of the way during the restart, knowing that their engines were failing. In the first race of Eliminator Round, Harvick finished 8th in Martinsville. The following week in Texas, he managed a third finish, despite having a broken shifter that forced him to drive with one hand for the last few laps. In the last race before the Championship, in Phoenix, Harvick dominated the race, leading 143 of 219 laps. Unfortunately, the race did not go away because of the rain, and by the time Dale Earnhardt Jr was the leader of the race because it was carefully out during the green pit stop pit, and he was finally also the winner. Kevin Harvick completed the race in 2nd position, advancing him to the Championship at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
At Homestead, Harvick came in one place below the championship, finishing 2nd in the race and championship to Kyle Busch. With 3 laps left, Harvick approached Busch but ran out of time, completing 2 seconds with 1.5 seconds.
Despite finishing second place in the championship, Harvick has lead the standings for most of the regular season of the season's third race in Las Vegas to the Auto Parts Federation 400 in Richmond (span of 24 races). After the last race, he fell to fourth in the standings, allowing Johnson to take over the top spot. He then fell to 15 (11 positions back) after the Chicagoland race as Matt Kenseth took over the lead points. After the Martinsville race fell, Harvick went back up to fourth in the standings. When the fall of the Phoenix race was shortened due to rain, Harvick reclaimed the points advantage.
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After losing a tough championship from Kyle Busch in 2015, Harvick will be determined to remain in the form of the championship entering the 2016 season. In 2016 the Daytona 500, Harvick remained in front during the majority of the race, and will end in 4th place finish. Harvick ran very well in Atlanta, where he led 131 laps, but faltered at the end of the race and finished sixth. In Las Vegas, Harvick will race with the flu. Harvick only leads 1 lap, but despite not being a competitor to win, Harvick will finish 7th in the race.
Harvick will get his first win of the season in Phoenix by beating Carl Edwards in a settlement of a photo by a margin of 0.10, closest in track history. The victory was Harvick's eighth victory in Phoenix. The following week at Fontana, Harvick will dominate the race but in the end it will be short due to early warning with 3 to go.
Over the next few weeks, Harvick finished consistently in the Top 10. His first DNF of the season will come soon in Daytona, where he was involved in a major crash in round 90. Another rough race will come five weeks later at Watkins Glen, due to heavy contacts from David Ragan after spinning out with 7 laps to go. The following week, Harvick will clinch his second win of the season at Bristol, where he held off Ricky Stenhouse Jr.. for the last 50 rounds of the race. After the race, Harvick invites teammate Tony Stewart to celebrate his victory, as the race will be the last Stewart at Bristol Motor Speedway. Both riders perform donut celebrations at frontstretch. Harvick will follow up victory by finishing 5th place in Michigan, and finish 2nd place at Southern 500 after leading the most laps.
In Chase's first race for the Sprint Cup in Chicagoland, Harvick will start at the back of the field due to an unapproved body modification, but quickly moves back forward in 30 laps. He will be jailed for an early warning while Harvick is in the pit road, as he does not beat leader, Martin Truex Jr., to the finish line early. He never returned in the first lap for the rest of the race, and finally finished 20. Harvick's third win of the season will come the following week at Loudon, where he passes Matt Kenseth at the end of the race with 7 laps remaining. Next week in Dover, Harvick will have a broken trackbar and have to go to the garage but he's already locked into the next round because of his victory in New Hampshire. The following week in Charlotte, Harvick will win the pole and will lead 155 laps before experiencing an electrical problem on lap 154 ​​at the same time Joey Logano has a tire problem and hit the wall. Coming to Kansas, Harvick sits 12th in Chase's standings, and will be in a situation that must win to make the round 8, but that's no problem for Harvick as he will dominate the race along with Matt Kenseth, until Kenseth will fade after knocking on the wall. Harvick will lead 267 laps to victory, at the end of the race, Carl Edwards, will lead and lead a few laps, but after some warnings and restarts, Harvick will regain his lead and while Edwards and Kyle Busch will fight hard for the 2nd place, Harvick will pulled out to earn his fourth win of the season, and progress to round eight at Chase but he will formally be eliminated in Round 8. He will finish the 2016 season by winning a pole and finishing 3 at Homestead-Miami.
2017
Harvick returns to Daytona once again, but this time, he will become a Ford pilot for the first time in his career in the Cup. The manufacturer's shift also did not seem to bother Harvick. He will go to win Phase 2, and lead the most laps in 2017 Daytona 500. A major crash on lap 129 will deter Harvick from topping his day off, and will eventually finish 22. Next week in Atlanta, Harvick continues his momentum by grabbing the pole position. After the green flag is removed, Harvick leads and does not look back. He will continue to lead 292 of 325 laps, a high race for him, and he will also sweep both stages of the race. With less than 20 to go, Austin Dillon's car receives power failure, setting up a late race warning. The fields will complain, and Harvick will receive a devastating pit road punishment. It puts it at the tail end of the longest line, and will prevent it from closing the race and winning again. Harvick will only rise to 9th position. Despite his disappointing performance, he will lead the points standings heading out of Atlanta due to his victory and stage consistency for two races.
In June, Harvick is a play-by-play commentator for Fox NASCAR broadcast from the Xfinity race at Pocono. As part of the coverage of only Cup drivers, he worked with Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer on the broadcast stand. Later that month, she took part in a C & amp; N Pro Series West at Sonoma Raceway, his first race in the series since Iowa Speedway in 2007, drove No. 4 to Jefferson Pitts Racing. Harvick leads from Michael Self on lap 42 to win the race. A day later, he won the Toyota/Save Mart 350 to sweep the weekend, the second road win he had ever played and first in Sonoma. Team mate Clint Bowyer finished second to mark Stewart-Haas 1-2. During the pursuit, Harvick fought during the first round at number 36 at Loudon and 17 in Dover. Although the playoff points and the performance points saved him from elimination. The second half faired slightly better for Harvick even though he suffered DNF at Talladega, again his stage point would keep him away from elimination. Harvick finished 5th in Martinsville after sliding into the finish after the last lap of contact. The following week in Texas, Harvick will win stage 1, leading a total of 35 rounds and winning the race. Harvick's win will give him a place in the 4th Championship at Homestead. The win was also the first for Harvick in Texas, leaving Kentucky and Pocono as the only song that Harvick has not won. The following week in Phoenix, Harvick finished 5th. It marked the first season since 2011 in which Harvick did not win the race in Phoenix. At the end of the season at Homestead, Harvick started strongly, leading the championship at one point, but after hitting some debris and losing his car grip, Harvick could not run with Truex and Busch leaders during the last flag raising. He finished fourth in the race and third in the final standings. After retiring from Earnhardt Jr and Matt Kenseth, Harvick and his longtime rival, Jimmie Johnson became the oldest full-time driver in the Cup Series.
2018
Harvick will start the 2018 season with DNF in Daytona, after being involved in only half of the race finishing 31, but will gain the dominant back-to-back victory in Atlanta (first since 2001) and Las Vegas. It will be the first time Harvick has won back-to-back since 2015 where he won in Las Vegas and Phoenix. It will also be Harvick's 100th victory throughout the NASCAR 3 series. However, his victory in Las Vegas will not be counted in the playoffs because he received an L1 penalty for the rear window of the car that is not reinforced at all times. He docked 20 points, his crew chief fined $ 50,000 and the head of his car suspended for the next two races. Despite the car's absence in the Phoenix race and a penalty from last week, Harvick was able to win his 40th career victory and eventually earn 3 successive wins after four previous attempts, for the first time in his career. Coming to California, four in a row will not work for Harvick because he was involved in an accident with Kyle Larson at the start of the race, and will finish 35th place, 9 laps down. After that, Harvick got fifth in Martinsville, second in Texas, seventh in Bristol, fifth in Richmond and fourth in Talladega. In Dover, Harvick dominated by leading the most laps and scoring his fourth win of the year. The following week in Kansas, Harvick dominated again, scored a pole, finished 2nd on both stages and led with 2 laps to win the 5th race of the season. This is the most victory for Harvick in a season. Harvick was the first rider to win 5 of the first 13 races since Jeff Gordon in 1997. A week later in the All-Star race, Harvick continued his victory again, winning stages 1 and 3 and holding Daniel Suarez to win for the first time in 11 years after winning it at in 2007 driving a car # 29 for RCR.
Other races
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On July 21, 2008, Harvick won $ 37,300 at the 35th Annual TD Bank presented by New England Dodge Dealers in Oxford, Maine. Harvick beats regular customers; Glen Luce and Joey Polewarczyk Jr became the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racer to win 250. This event is traditionally one of New England's main short racing tracks. Since the 1998 World Series championship, he has competed in four races with one win. He also made two starts in the ARCA Series Bondo/Mar-Hyde in 1999 for Childress in No. 2. 20 Invinca-Shields/Realtree Chevrolet, finishing in the top five both times.
Kevin Harvick Foundation
Founded in 2010 by Harvick and his wife, DeLana, the Kevin Harvick Foundation (KHF) mission is to support programs that enrich the lives of children across the United States. The foundation works not only to improve the quality of life but to help disadvantaged youth find and fulfill their dreams by supporting programs such as Kevin Harvick Athletic Coach Fund at California State University, Bakersfield, camper cabin at Victory Junction, Children's Home Baptist from NC , Boys & amp; Women's Clubs, and Krew from Kevin.
Personal life
Harvick married DeLana (Linville) Harvick's wife on February 28, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, shortly after her debut in the Sprint Cup Series. They had met the previous year at Michigan International Speedway where at that time he worked in public relations for fellow driver Randy LaJoie. DeLana has worked in the same capacity for Jeff Gordon before and even dabbled on his own driving race. His father is a former NASCAR Xfinity Series racer (later known as Busch Series), John Paul Linville.
The couple live in Charlotte, North Carolina with their son Keelan, who was born on July 8, 2012. and daughter Piper Harvick was born on December 28, 2017. His wife, DeLana is an active participant in Harvick's career, owns and collaborates with KHI Management LLC, Agent Sports Management, as well as often appearing in the Harvick pit box during the Sprint Cup race.
Harvick has made several TV talk show appearances during his career on shows such as Late Show with David Letterman , Staying with Regis and Kelly , Jim Rome is Burning i>, and The Tony Danza Show . He is also on the first season of FX's NASCAR Drivers: 360 . It takes a deep vision on the NASCAR driver outside the track and the preparations required to become a NASCAR racer. Harvick is also on MTV Cribs. He is a big fan of the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. He also stated during ESPN's broadcast of a 5-hour Energy 500 in 2011, while there was a delay of rain, that he was a fan of the New York Yankees baseball team. On August 10, 2011, Harvick threw away the first ceremonial pitch between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium.
On February 19, 2011, Harvick's new sponsor, Budweiser hosted "Roast Kevin Harvick", which has several opponents and Harvick teammates giving their thoughts and opinions about the Sprint Cup driver.
Nickname
Harvick was nicknamed "Happy Harvick" ironically because of his sometimes angry outbursts. The pit sign, which is a smiling face, is a play on the nickname. He also received the nickname "The Closer" for his ability to make bait too late to win.
Motorports career results
NASCAR
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Monster Energy Cup Series
Daytona 500
Xfinity Series
World Truck Camping Series
K & amp; N Pro Series West
* Season still in process.
1 Not eligible for series championship points.
ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series
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24 Hours Daytona
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International Champions Contest
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See also
- List of motorsport 2014 champions
- The winner of the all-time NASCAR Cup Series
- List of NASCAR drivers that win in each of the top three series
- List of NASCAR Nationwide Series champions
- NASCAR races list won by Kevin Harvick
- List of NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race drivers
- List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions
- List of people from Bakersfield, California
References
External links
- Official website
- Kevin Harvick driver statistics on Racing References
- Kevin Harvick Foundation
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