Harvick Salvages 13th-Place
Finish at Darlington
Darlington, S.C. (May 12, 2008) At
the newly repaved Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, Kevin Harvick and
the No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) Camping World Chevrolet
started the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 from the 17th position and
managed to score a top-15 finish, crossing the start-finish line
13th.
We just missed it tonight, said Harvick. We were never in
contention no matter how much we worked on the car. We ran hard
and stayed out of trouble, and we were able to secure a decent
finish for our Camping World Chevrolet.
Looking for his first NASCAR win at the track called The Lady
in Black, Harvick battled a tight-handling car for most of the
practice sessions. The team made numerous changes in an effort
to improve the handling before the race, but soon after the
green-flag waved on Friday evening it was clear the changes had
not fixed the car.
 Harvick
was able to move as high as 14th by lap 6, but spent most of the
night battling among the 15th and 20th positions. On lap 54
while running 18th, the No. 33 car was put one lap down when
passed by the leaders.
Throughout the race, Harvick radioed crew chief Wally Rogers the
car was not handling to his liking, with the tires chattering
when exiting the corners. With every pit stop Harvick stayed on
pit road longer to allow the crew to work on the car, but
despite the never-give-up attitude of the No. 33 team, the car
remained ill-handling.
After a green-white-checkered finish, Harvick was able to take
the checkered flag from the 13th position and record his eighth
top-15 finish of the season.
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