POLES
0
WINS
0
RANK
21
POINTS
3626
BEHIND
-2866
Kevin Harvick has spent his entire eight-year Cup career with Richard Childress Racing. The 2001 Raybestos Rookie of the Year, he has been a championship contender the last three seasons and has won both the Daytona 500 and the all-star race in his career.
Career Highlights
- 2006 and 2001 NASCAR Busch Series champion
- Helped Richard Childress win 2003 Busch Series owner’s title
- 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year
- 2001 Rookie of the Year in NASCAR's premier series
- Champion, 1998 NASCAR Grand National Division, AutoZone West Series
Driver Details
- Ht: 70 Wt: 175
- Born: 12/8/1975
- Hometown: Bakersfield, California
Related Links
| 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Poles | Rank | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Winnings |
| 35 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3626 | 5,870,292 |
Year-by-Year Sprint Cup Series Recap
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2008 Finished fourth in series points after making the Chase For The Sprint Cup for the third consecutive season...Despite going winless, Harvick posted seven top-five and 19 top-10 finishes.
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2007 Finished 10th in the series standings after making his second appearance in the Chase For The Nextel Cup … Won one race with four top-five and 15 top-10 finishes … Opened the season with a win in the Daytona 500 and also won the all-star race for the first time. … The Craftsman Truck Series team that Harvick owns with his wife, DeLana, won the series championship.
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2006 Finished fourth in series points after making the Chase For The Nextel Cup for the first time … Won five races in breakout Cup season while also posting one pole, 15 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes. Harvick's lone DNF came in the second Chase race and was due to an engine failure … Harvick also dominated the Busch Series, winning nine races and taking the championship by 824 points … Harvick continued his role as team owner as well, with Kevin Harvick Inc. fielding two Busch Series teams full time.
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2005 Finished 14th in series points for second consecutive season. ... Sole victory of season came at spring Bristol race. ... Had poles at spring Talladega race and fall Richmond race. ... Season-high points position was sixth after Bristol win. ... Fell out of contention for Chase field with only one top-10 finish in the 10 races preceding Chase cut-off race at Richmond.
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2004 Finished 14th in series points. ... Scored career-best finish at Daytona 500 with a fourth-place finish. ... Posted five top fives and 14 top 10s, his best a second-place effort at Talladega. ... First time he didn't win a race during a season. ... Best qualifying performance of the season was fifth at both Martinsville and Phoenix. ... Placed on probation in June and November for two separate incidents. ... Won two Busch Series races in 22 starts including the season finale in Homestead.
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2003 Finished fifth in series points, a career best. ... Season highlight was winning the pole and the race in the 10th anniversary of the Brickyard 400. ... Crew chief Todd Berrier replaced Gil Martin beginning with Bristol event in March. ... Finished second at Talladega in April. ... Finished a road-course best third at Infineon. ... His win in the Brickyard 400 began a five-race streak of top-five finishes, solidifying him as a title contender. ... Improved to second in points after a fourth-place finish at Dover in September. ... Slid to sixth in the championship race after finishing 20th at Atlanta and 34th at Phoenix. ... Posted career bests in top fives (11) and top-10 finishes (18). ... Also won three Busch Series races in 19 starts and one Craftsman Truck Series race in six starts.
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2002 Finished 21st in series points. ... Won at Chicagoland Speedway, his second consecutive win at the track. ... Finished season with five top fives and eight top 10s. ... Started on the pole at Daytona for the Pepsi 400. ... Placed on probation in April for incident in Craftsman Truck Series. ... In 75th start in Craftsman Truck Series, won his first race at Phoenix. ... Is one of only five drivers with wins in all three of NASCAR’s national series.
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2001 Finished ninth in series points. ... Earned Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors in NASCAR's top division and won the Busch Series championship. ... Competed in 35 races, taking over as driver of the Chevrolets owned by Richard Childress after the death of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt in season-opening Daytona 500. ... Won in his third career start, edging Jeff Gordon at Atlanta Motor Speedway by .006-second. ... Won inaugural race at Chicagoland Speedway. ... Counting one start in the Craftsman Truck Series, he ran 69 races in NASCAR's top three series at 30 different tracks, logging more than 20,000 racing miles in the process.
























