Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick
Kevin Michael Harvickis an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently drives the No. 4 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series full-time and the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series on a limited schedule. Harvick is the former owner of Kevin Harvick Incorporated, a race team that fielded cars in the Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series between 2004 and 2011. He is the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth8 December 1975
CityBakersfield, CA
Everyone has been teasing me, 'Well, you definitely have the prettiest car here.'
I love restrictor plate racing. It reminds me of going to the go-kart track with your buddy's and just running wide open. But this year has not been much fun. We have had a top-five car at both Daytona and Talladega. We have stayed up front and put ourselves around good cars. It has been very frustrating to be honest. Hopefully we can avoid the wreck this Sunday. I know the (fabrication) shop feels the same way.
I love restrictor plate racing, ... It reminds me of going to the go-kart track with your buddy's and just running wide open. But this year has not been much fun. We have had a top-five car at both Daytona and Talladega. We have stayed up front and put ourselves around good cars. It has been very frustrating to be honest. Hopefully we can avoid the wreck this Sunday. I know the (fabrication) shop feels the same way.
We had a really good car the first half of the race,
We didn't have the best car all day, but we had the best car when it counted. We led the right (lap) . . . the last one.
We're digging, and Matt's having some bad luck. If we keep knocking the lead off 80 or 100 points at a time, we're going to be in good shape in a couple of weeks. Right now, we're just going out and doing everything we can every week. Our cars are better, our pit stops more consistent, and that is helping everything come together. Down the stretch here, we're definitely racing a little harder because we've got something to shoot for. We just need luck to stay on our side and we'll see how things play out.
We're digging, and Matt's having some bad luck, ... If we keep knocking the lead off 80 or 100 points at a time, we're going to be in good shape in a couple of weeks. Right now, we're just going out and doing everything we can every week. Our cars are better, our pit stops more consistent, and that is helping everything come together. Down the stretch here, we're definitely racing a little harder because we've got something to shoot for. We just need luck to stay on our side and we'll see how things play out.
If that wasn't Jeff Burton back there we probably would have had a wreck. His car was a little bit better for the first three or four laps (after a restart) and then we could get going.
Our chances are slim to none. There's always a chance several guys will have problems. But we decided to go for broke, try to win races and not care about anything else.
I think the car of the future is great from a safety aspect. I think it's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. They have to make it look better.
I thought we had the best car, but anytime you have cautions, it gives an opportunity to the guys behind you to get into the back bumper, ... It would have been nice to not see the cautions. We were just fortunate to have a car that went on restarts and worked on long runs.
We just came on at the right time. We didn't have the best car, but we had the best car when it counted.
We live that from the day that it happened until right now. Everybody wants to forget, but you can't. You go out and try to do the best you can and carry the legacy forward.
You can only learn so much from testing, and after a while you need times like this to make sure you're going in the right direction. It's really when you get in the action with cars around you that you know it's time to go racing again. All we can do is hope we're ready. Honestly, I've never felt as prepared for a season as I do this year.