Kevin Harvick is the undisputed czar of motorsports on the Magic Mile.
The 46-year-old will probably be trying to safe a document fifth NASCAR Cup Series victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he climbs contained in the No. 4 Gearwrench Ford Mustang for Sunday’s working of the Ambetter 301.
Harvick is in his twenty second season on the Cup Series tour and serves because the flagbearer for the Stewart-Hass Racing staff. Harvick shares the document of 4 wins with Jeff Burton, who gained races in consecutive years from 1997-2000 again when NHMS hosted two Cup Series occasions in the identical season. The energetic Cup Series drivers with three wins at NHMS are Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin.
Harvick and crew chief Rodney Childers have one of many strongest brief observe applications within the enterprise and NHMS, together with smaller ovals like Phoenix and Richmond, performs to his formidable skills behind the wheel.
“Flat tracks have always been really good to me in my career,” stated Harvick in a press launch. “When you take a look at SHR and the issues we’ve been capable of accomplish at Loudon and Phoenix, they’ve form of adopted the identical development.
“Those are the places we would practice, practice, practice. Our guys have done a great job of having a good short-track, flat-track program and Loudon is a place, along with Phoenix, that we’ve had success there.”
New Hampshire, with its 4 low-banked turns and lengthy, slim straightaways, is a troublesome place to race three automobiles abreast and a troublesome observe to move on. With these parameters in place, Harvick will probably be trying to safe a good beginning place throughout Saturday afternoon’s Ambetter 301 qualifying runs.
Harvick will probably be making his thirty eighth begin at NHMS and has solely began from the pole place as soon as, on Sept. 17, 2006. Harvick took the checkered flag for the primary time at NHMS that day working the No. 29 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.
In addition to his 4 wins, Harvick has 13 finishes contained in the top-5 and 22 within the top-10, all tops amongst energetic Cup Series drivers. He has led 831 laps, has a median end of 12.4 and has collected $3,966,023 {dollars} in prize cash.
“The flat track stuff definitely has been good for us,” stated Harvick. “We are going there understanding we’re going to have some choices to maneuver across the racetrack and to have the ability to form of hunt for a line that works for our Gearwrench Ford Mustang.
“For us, a lot of that depends on the tire falloff and where things go from the handling of the car and what the pace is. You definitely have to have good power (but) it just comes in at a different range. You’ll probably be shifting in every corner.”
Harvick might want to rekindle his successful methods at NHMS to safe a spot within the Cup Series playoffs with seven races remaining within the common season. Harvick is at present seventeenth within the driver standings with 504 factors and hasn’t cruised victory lane in 62 straight races.
Harvick has recorded 58 wins on the senior circuit however hasn’t taken the checkered flag since Bristol in 2020. Harvick has appeared within the playoffs for 12 straight seasons, the longest streak amongst energetic drivers.
Source: www.bostonherald.com