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Kevin Harvick storms to trucks victory at Martinsville
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kevin Harvick may have relinquished ownership in his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team, but he hasn’t lost any speed in the process. Harvick crushed the rest of the field in Saturday’s Kroger 250, winning in seemingly effortless fashion by .953 seconds over Richard Childress Racing teammate Ty Dillon. A caution for David Reutimann’s right-front tire on Lap 227 of 250 erased Harvick’s 1.4-second lead at that point, but … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Truck Series
Kasey Kahne edges Harvick for Martinsville Cup pole
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kasey Kahne proved once again that he’s a fast starter, but he’s still in dire need of a strong finish. With a 97.128 mph (19.496 seconds) lap in Saturday’s time trials, Kahne edged Kevin Harvick (97.048 mph) for the top starting spot in Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Kahne claimed his second Coors Light pole award of the season, his first at Martinsville and the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Appeal over, but dispute over Jimmie Johnson’s “C” posts still rages
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif. — In the aftermath of Hendrick Motorsports’ successful appeal of penalties imposed on the No. 48 team for a Daytona rules infraction, Jimmie Johnson made a bold assertion Friday at Auto Club Speedway. “Through the appeal process, we proved that those ‘C’ posts were legal,” Johnson said of the parts NASCAR confiscated on opening-day inspection Feb. 17 at Daytona. NASCAR president Mike Helton would take issue with that statement. In … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Comeback Kid: Media Predict Johnson Rebound
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Undoubtedly, Jimmie Johnson would like to forget that the 2011 season ever happened. Apparently, voters in NASCARMedia.com’s annual preseason poll already have. Members of NASCARMedia.com picked Johnson to reign supreme once again – despite a career-low sixth-place finish in the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points. Johnson received 147 votes in the annual preseason poll, just two more than Carl Edwards, who finished second in last season’s championship points. Rounding out the top … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Kevin Harvick gets a new crew chief for 2012
WELCOME, N.C. - Shane Wilson will be atop the pit box for Kevin Harvick next season as Richard Childress Racing makes changes to its competition department in preparation for the 2012 NASCAR season. Shane Wilson has been named the crew chief of the No. 29 Budweiser/Rheem/Jimmy John’s team with driver Kevin Harvick after three seasons in the same position with RCR’s No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper team. Gil Martin, the No. 29 team crew chief since May … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Video – Who do NASCAR drivers thing will win the Sprint Cup championship
During Friday’s media availability at Homestead-Miami Speedway, NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick, Danica Patrick, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson talk about the Ford 400 and who they like in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup, video
Kevin Harvick NASCAR Teleconference Transcript
KEVIN HARVICK was the guest on the NASCAR Weekly Teleconference. Kevin answered questions about Homestead, helping fellow Chevrolet driver Tony Stewart, the end of Kevin Harvick Inc. as a race team, and much more. Full transcript: THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today’s NASCAR teleconference. Our guest today is Kevin Harvick. Harvick has finished in the top five in three consecutive races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Our Twitter question today is: … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Kevin Harvick Phoenix Press Conference Transcript
KEVIN HARVICK met with media and discussed racing on the newly-configured track at Phoenix, Jimmie Johnson’s five straight championships, the Kyle Busch situation, and more. Full transcript: WITH TWO RACES TO GO IN THE SEASON, TALK ABOUT BEING AT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY “It’s been a fairly good year for us. The new track is going to present a whole new scenario with the way the race turns out. So it’s going to be interesting. There … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Kevin Harvick wins at Texas, after NASCAR parks Kyle Busch
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas—Kevin Harvick did his best to take the drama out of Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350K at Texas Motor Speedway, winning a two-lap shootout in his own No. 2 Chevrolet. Most of the drama already had occurred, however, by the time Harvick took the checkered flag for his fourth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win in nine starts this season, and one of the central figures … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Truck Series
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