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Harvick: Make double duty more difficult for Cup drivers
By Lee Montgomery
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
BILL ANDERSON
Kevin Harvick has made a mockery of the NASCAR Busch Series this season, clinching the championship three weeks ago and posting nine victories, 22 top-five and 30 top-10 finishes.
But he's not unsympathetic to the plight of the independent Busch teams. Asked earlier this week about what he would do if he were in charge of the Busch Series, Harvick had some interesting answers.
"I think the first thing that I would change would be the schedule," Harvick said. "I would make it impossible for Cup drivers to make it to at least five of the races."
Currently, there are eight "standalone" Busch races, but two are on Nextel Cup off-weekends, and the six others are relatively easy to access.
"The second thing I would do would be to put Cup rosters in place so that you couldn't use your pit crews from the Cup series," Harvick said.
That would, in theory, make the battles on pit road more competitive, instead of Nextel Cup teams having a built-in advantage with their pit crews.
"I would also seal the motors, so that you would have to run them twice," Harvick said. "That would cut the motor bill in half and would save $500,000-$700,000 in motor cost."
No such legislation exists.
"Finally, I would cut the number of races back to 30 or so," Harvick said. "This would get the cost to run a good Busch program down to $4-$4.5 million, which I think you could sell."
Top Busch sponsorships are currently in the $7-8 million range, though most teams are making do on much less.
Mentioned Drivers: Kevin Harvick
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