Kevin Harvick News

Kyle Busch wins Las Vegas pole..but:

Kyle Busch wins Las Vegas pole..but:

February 27, 2009
#18-Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a lap of 185.995mph for his 1st pole of the season and 5th career pole. BUT since the team changed engines after losing an engine during practice, will have to fall to

No blown engine for Harvick:

No blown engine for Harvick:

February 25, 2009
Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines employees discovered a punctured oil filter on the engine of s #29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevy after hard contact with the outside wall of Auto Club Speedway on lap 208. The filter was replaced and the engine restarted but the damage done

Racing Resources Says…

Racing Resources Says…

February 24, 2009
* Kyle Busch won the Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway. He scored his 22nd series victory in his 140th start. Busch's 22 career wins tie him with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tommy Ellis, and Sam Ard for seventh all-time in the series. * Busch scored his second series

Racing Resources Says “¦

Racing Resources Says “¦

February 24, 2009
* Matt Kenseth won the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California. He became just the fourth driver to win the Daytona 500 and then the next race of the season. He joined Richard Petty (1973), Cale Yarborough (1977) and Jeff Gordon (1997). Kenseth is

Rheem adds 4 races to #33 sponsorship:

Rheem adds 4 races to #33 sponsorship:

February 23, 2009
In addition to the five races Rheem will sponsor with their red and black paint scheme, Rheem has recently made the decision to add four more primary races to the schedule with the focus on the Rheem tankless water heaters. The new paint scheme is known as "Hot Water

Did Not Finish Streak and stats:

Did Not Finish Streak and stats:

February 23, 2009
#29-Harvick HAD been running at the finish in 81 consecutive races which is the modern era [1972-current] record, BUT he lost and engine at Californa in Feb 2009. So #33-Bowyer has the longest streak now without a DNF at 75 consecutive races. The all-time record for

Special Decal for Harvick at Calif: UPDATE:

Special Decal for Harvick at Calif: UPDATE:

February 22, 2009
The #29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevy driven by will feature a special decal on the deck lid this weekend for the running of the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway. The Mater Dei High School (Evansville, Indiana) name will be featured on the deck lid of the Richard Childress

KHI & Geogia Boot extend partnership:

KHI & Geogia Boot extend partnership:

February 19, 2009
Georgia Boot, America's Hardest Working Boot is once again partnering with and serving as the official boot sponsor of Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) for 2009. In 2008, Georgia Boot was a proud sponsor of the KHI #2 Chevrolet entry in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Crew Member in Violation of NASCAR Substance Abuse Policy UPDATE:

Crew Member in Violation of NASCAR Substance Abuse Policy UPDATE:

February 19, 2009
Paul Chodora, a licensed crew member in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been indefinitely suspended from NASCAR for violating the sanctioning bodys substance abuse policy. On Feb. 11, Chodora was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock

Special Decal for Harvick at Calif:

Special Decal for Harvick at Calif:

February 19, 2009
The #29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevy driven by will feature a special decal on the deck lid this weekend for the running of the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway. The Mater Dei High School (Evansville, Indiana) name will be featured on the deck lid of the Richard Childress

California Raybestos Rookie Notes:

California Raybestos Rookie Notes:

February 19, 2009
#82-Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Daytona 500, scoring a 35th-place finish. Speed took top rookie honors for the first time this season. Speed leads #20-Joey Logano by one point (11-10) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Feb. 22

Racing Resources Says…

Racing Resources Says…

February 16, 2009
* Tony Stewart won the Camping World 300 at Daytona International Speedway. It was his eighth Nationwide victory in his 87th career start. * Stewart has won his past three Nationwide restrictor-plate starts, and six of his past 10 NNS starts. * Stewart posted his fourth

Rheem on the #33 at California:

Rheem on the #33 at California:

February 16, 2009
After sponsoring four primary events in 2008, Rheem will return to KHI for the 2009 season as the primary sponsor for five races. This season KHI co-owner and two-time Nationwide Series champion Kevin Harvick will pilot the car for four races and 2008 Daytona 500 champion

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

February 16, 2009
* Matt Kenseth won the 51st running of the Daytona 500. * This was the fourth rain-shortened Daytona 500. The previous rain-shortened 500s: 1965,133 laps; 1966, 198 laps; and 2003, 109 laps. Sunday's race ran 152 laps. The last rain-shortened Cup race was at Loudon

Race Fast Facts – Auto Club Speedway:

Race Fast Facts – Auto Club Speedway:

February 15, 2009
* Matt Kenseth won the Auto Club 500, his 18th victory in 330 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. * This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in 2009. The last driver to win the first two races of a season was Jeff Gordon in 1997. * This is his third victory