in case wife Delana has the baby this weekend, #29-Kevin Harvick and team have a plan in case he has to leave the track, from a Team Chevy transcript:
Q) DO YOU HAVE A BACK-UP DRIVER THIS WEEK IN CASE YOU WERE TO HAVE TO GO HOME?
Harvick: ‘We have some plans.’
Q) (DAVID) MAYHEW IS THAT&?
Harvick: ‘Yeah, David (Mayhew) went and practiced the car during the week this week, but he is running another car this week so if we have an issue we will address it when we get to that point with him.’
Q) WILL YOU END UP HAVING ONE EACH WEEK UNTIL THE BREAK OR&?
Harvick: ‘We don ‘t plan to right now. It’s just a long ways from home right now so we had to make an alternative plan.’(Team Chevy)(6-22-2012)
UPDATE: With his wife, DeLana, due to give birth to their first child in July, driver Kevin Harvick has made contingency plans to put someone else in his car if the need arises. David Mayhew practiced Harvick’s #29 at Sonoma but he has his own car [#98 Ford] in Sunday’s race. Harvick said the team will deal with the situation if he has to suddenly fly back to North Carolina. He doesn ‘t plan to have a back-up driver at other events. ‘It’s just a long way from home right now so we had to make an alternative plan,’ Harvick said.(Charlotte Observer)(6-24-2012)
