American racing driver (born 1975)
Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for NASCAR on Fox.
NASCAR driver
Kevin Harvick |
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Born | Kevin Michael Harvick (1975-12-08) December 8, 1975 (age 48) Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
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Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
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Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
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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 |
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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) |
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826 races run over 23 years |
2023 position | 13th |
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Best finish | 1st (2014) |
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First race | 2001 Dura Lube 400 (Rockingham) |
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Last race | 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix) |
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First win | 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 (Atlanta) |
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Last win | 2022 Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond) |
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Wins |
Top tens |
Poles |
60 |
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31 |
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349 races run over 21 years |
2021 position | 77th |
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Best finish | 1st (2001, 2006) |
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First race | 1999 Kmart 200 (Rockingham) |
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Last race | 2021 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis G.P.) |
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First win | 2000 Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway) |
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Last win | 2018 Rinnai 250 (Atlanta) |
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Wins |
Top tens |
Poles |
47 |
261 |
25 |
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124 races run over 19 years |
2021 position | 105th |
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Best finish | 12th (1999) |
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First race | 1995 Spears Manufacturing 200 (Mesa Marin) |
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Last race | 2021 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt (Bristol Dirt) |
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First win | 2002 Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix) |
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Last win | 2012 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) |
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Wins |
Top tens |
Poles |
14 |
62 |
4 |
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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."