Kevin Harvick
No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Team Report
NASCAR Nationwide Series Race 5 of 35 – Bristol Motor
Speedway
NICORETTE 300 RECAP:
The
NASCAR Nationwide Series teams unloaded for the fourth race of
the season at the fast 1.5-mile track of Atlanta Motor Speedway
(AMS) for the Nicorette 300 Saturday. With rain making its
presence known Friday and Snow on Saturday, teams were forced to
have only one practice session and qualifying was set based on
NASCAR rules. Kevin Harvick and the No. 33 Camping World
Chevrolet rolled off in the sixth spot and maintained its
position in the top five for most of the day. Harvick was able
to lead a total of five laps and looked poised for his first win
in a Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) car and first win at AMS in the
Nationwide Series. Unfortunately, late in the race Harvick was
unable to pass Matt Kenseth for the win and crossed the finish
line with a strong second-place finish.
POINTS FIRST:
Although Kevin Harvick has led the Nationwide Series points
during his career, capturing two championship in 2006 and 2001,
he has never led both the Owner’s and Driver’s standings in a
KHI owned car. The No. 33 led the points in 2005 and 2006 after
the first race of the year when Tony Stewart recorded two
season-opening victories at Daytona (Fla.) International
Speedway in a KHI machine.
WORLD’S FASTEST
HALF-MILE STATS:
In just 16
Nationwide Series starts at the famous half-mile track, Kevin
Harvick has compiled an extensive record. Harvick has
scored four victories, 10 top-five and 12 top-10 finishes. At a
track where surviving is key, Harvick has completed 98.2 percent
of the laps he has attempted. The only two DNF’s (Did Not
Finish) on his record came in 2002, when Harvick was unable to
finish both the Spring and Fall races at Bristol. His last two
starts at the track in the Nationwide Series have been in the
No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Chevrolet, with his best finish
of eighth for the 2007 Sharpie Mini 300.
In addition to
having an impressive resumé at Bristol, Harvick is ranked second
in the driver ratings with a rate of 106.9 based on NASCAR’s
stats. Driver Ratings are determined using the last six races at
a particular track.
CHASSIS HISTORY:
For the
third time this season, KHI and the No. 33 Chevrolet team will
debut a brand new chassis when it hits the track at Bristol
(Tenn.) Motor Speedway for the Sharpie Mini 300. Chassis No. 040
will make its race debut Saturday, March 15, 2008.
A MILLION THANKS:
RoadLoans.com and KHI have partnered with the A Million Thanks
Foundation, a letter writing campaign, for the 2008 NASCAR
season to collect letters of appreciation for the men and women
of the armed forces. Shauna Fleming, the 18-year-old college
student who founded the foundation in March 2004, set an initial
goal of collecting and distributing one million letters of
‘thank you’ to the troops serving in the U.S. Armed Forces
around the world. In October 2004, Fleming reached her goal and
presented President George Bush with the one-millionth letter.
RoadLoans will station drop boxes at all show car appearances
throughout race markets this season for fans to write letters
and drop into the box. The letter writing campaign kicked off
February 23 and runs through November 15, 2008. Please visit
www.RoadLoansracing.com for a complete listing of show car
events.
BEFORE THE RACE WITH
DRIVER KEVIN HARVICK:
What makes Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway a unique track? “Bristol
is just short track racing. Most of us come from short track
racing, so it’s always fun to get back on these tracks and earn
a few more donuts on the doors. I always enjoy racing at
Bristol.”
RACE PREP WITH CREW
CHIEF WALLY ROGERS:
Heading to Bristol this week for the Sharpie Mini 300, what do
you like about Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and similar
tracks?
“Bristol is by far one of my favorite tracks. It reminds me of
my home track, Wall Stadium. It’s a track that I am comfortable
at and have run well at in the past. Hopefully, the momentum
from running in the top five over the last few weeks will carry
over to this week with our No. 33 RoadLoans.com Chevrolet.”
What is the key to
success at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway?
“Stay out of trouble
and don’t wreck. To win you have to be there at the end and with
Bristol, like any other short track, the racing is tight and you
can easily get into trouble. You just have to stay clean and
stay focused. As long as you are there at the end, you have a
shot.”
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