Kevin Harvick

Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for NASCAR on Fox.

Kevin Harvick
Harvick at Dover Motor Speedway in 2023
Born	Kevin Michael Harvick (1975-12-08) December 8, 1975 (age 48) Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Achievements	2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion 2001, 2006 Busch Series Champion 1998 Winston West Series Champion 2002 IROC Champion 2007 Daytona 500 Winner 2003, 2019, 2020 Brickyard 400 Winner 2011, 2013 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2007 NEXTEL All-Star Challenge Winner 2009, 2010, 2013 Sprint Unlimited Winner 2014, 2020 Cook Out Southern 500 Winner 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race Winner All-time wins leader at Phoenix International Raceway (9) 2008 Oxford 250 Winner
Awards	2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Most Popular Driver 1995 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series Rookie of the Year 2015 ESPY Awards Best Driver Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
826 races run over 23 years
2023 position	13th
Best finish	1st (2014)
First race	2001 Dura Lube 400 (Rockingham)
Last race	2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win	2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 (Atlanta)
Last win	2022 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 60 444 31
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
349 races run over 21 years
2021 position	77th
Best finish	1st (2001, 2006)
First race	1999 Kmart 200 (Rockingham)
Last race	2021 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis G.P.)
First win	2000 Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway)
Last win	2018 Rinnai 250 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 47 261 25
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
124 races run over 19 years
2021 position	105th
Best finish	12th (1999)
First race	1995 Spears Manufacturing 200 (Mesa Marin)
Last race	2021 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt (Bristol Dirt)
First win	2002 Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix)
Last win	2012 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 14 62 4
Statistics current as of November 5, 2023.

He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 4 Ford Mustang for Stewart–Haas Racing. Harvick won the Cup Series championship in 2014 as well as the 2001 and 2006 Xfinity Series championships, and the 2007 Daytona 500. Harvick holds the all-time record for Cup Series wins at Phoenix Raceway with nine wins. Harvick's 121 combined national series wins currently rank him third all-time in NASCAR history, behind Richard Petty and Kyle Busch, respectively, while his 60 Cup wins are tenth in series history. Harvick began his NASCAR career in 1992, he is the third of only six drivers that have won a championship in both the Cup Series and the Xfinity Series, and the fifth of 36 drivers to win a race in each of NASCAR's three national series. Harvick has worked as a broadcaster off-and-on for NASCAR on FOX since 2015, calling Xfinity Series races. Since retiring from NASCAR Cup Series competition, Harvick is signed to call Cup Series races for Fox starting in 2024.

Harvick is the owner of Kevin Harvick Incorporated, a race team that fielded cars in the Xfinity Series from 2004 to 2011 and the Truck Series between 2001 and 2011. The team's No. 29 late model is driven full-time in the CARS Tour by Brent Crews, alongside the No. 62 late model which is driven by several different drivers, including Harvick himself. In the media, he has sometimes been nicknamed "the Closer" and "Happy Harvick."