Kevin Harvick doesnt know if or when Kevin Harvick Inc. would become a Sprint Cup team, but Harvick will be ready if the right time and the right sponsor comes for his organization to make that step. Harvick admits the time could be soon, especially considering the current economic climate and the merging of several teams leaving the door open for a young program to make races and establish itself. Youre going to see some people come into the sport because it’s an opportunity to try to get your Cup team started and try to make it work, Harvick says. Do those people include KHI, which has competed in the Truck series since 2002 and in Nationwide since 2004? “You never can say no, Harvick says. I don’t have any interest in driving my own car, I know that for sure, but I think it’s something that you always think about.” If Harvick and his wife, DeLana, do opt to go Cup racing, they will keep the same philosophy they’ve used in building their organization. They wont field a program unless it has funding. Harvick did run some Truck races during the organizations first year just to get the company off the ground but has resisted the urge to field a car without financial support. Its just going to take the right opportunity to get in [to Cup] from a sponsorship standpoint, Harvick said. I think the Trucks and the Nationwide cars have built a foundation for us to do that if the right opportunity ever came about. With the people and our shop all the things are there to do it. It just has got to be timing and Im not going to do something that is not right [with sponsorship]. Right now, you might have to beef a couple of things up but the foundation is laid for all that stuff. For now, Harvick will listen to potential opportunities while also making sure that KHI continues to be run frugally.(SceneDaily)(1-25-2009)
