Kevin Harvick
No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet
AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway
Budweiser Racing Notes of Interest:
Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet team travel to the “Monster Mile,” Dover International Speedway, this weekend for Sunday’s AAA 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race.
Chasing a Championship… Entering the third race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Harvick sits eighth in the standings. He’s 31 points back from leader Jimmie Johnson and just 16 markers out of the top five.
Chassis Info… The No. 29 team will utilize chassis No. 838 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable this weekend at Dover. Harvick raced this car to runner-up finishes at Phoenix International Raceway in March and Dover International Speedway in June. He also scored a 15th-place finish in the car at Bristol in August.
Harvick at Dover… Harvick has 23 NSCS starts at the Monster Mile. In that span he’s earned three top fives and 10 top-10 finishes. Harvick has led a total of 144 laps and completed 98.5 percent of the laps run at Dover since 2001 (9,064 of 9,204 laps). His average starting spot at the one-mile track is 20.6 and his average finishing position is 16.0.
Last Time Around… Harvick started sixth and scored a second-place finish in the June race at Dover.
In the Rearview Mirror… Last weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Harvick started 16th and finished 11th.
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Happy’s Birthday Bash… Harvick will celebrate his birthday a week early this year with the Budweiser Presents Happy’s Birthday Bash at The Fox Theater on Saturday, December 1, in his hometown – Bakersfield, Calif. Country music star Craig Morgan headlines the charity event that will benefit the Kevin Harvick Foundation and Bridgette Tatum will make a special guest appearance. Tickets to the event start at $29 and are available for sale at www.vallitix.com, The Fox Theater box office and any Vallitix outlet, or by phone at 1-888-825-5484.
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Follow along each weekend with Harvick and the team on Twitter. Check out @KevinHarvick for behind-the-scenes information straight from the driver of the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet. Get live updates from the track each weekend from @Black29Car, the PR team for Harvick. Also, follow @RCRracing and @RCR29KHarvick for additional information about the Richard Childress Racing organization. Fans can also interact with Harvick on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/OfficialKevinHarvick.
Harvick talks about racing at Dover International Speedway:
What does it take to be successful at Dover International Speedway? “Dover is one of those places as a driver that feels really fast. With these kinds of cars, it seems like the forward drive off the corner is the most important thing, but you still have to make your car turn in the center of the corner. As a driver, the car has to be comfortable to be really aggressive.It’s just a fine balance for everything.”
What are some of the challenges for your team in going to Dover International Speedway this weekend?
“We’ve had a good car there the last several times and haven’t necessarily got the finishes that we probably have deserved with where we ran all day, but it’s been a decent race track for us. It’s a fast race track. You’ve got to keep up with the track as the groove moves around and the rubber builds up on the track. The biggest challenge is being able to get the car up off of the corner under power, wide open throughout the whole run.”
Harvick’s Career Record at Dover International Speedway:
Dover International Speedway Track Facts: Track Length: 1 mile Race Length: 400 laps/400 miles Grandstand Seating Capacity: 135,000 First Race: July 6,1969 Degree of Banking in Corners: 24 degrees Degree of Banking on Straights: 9 degrees Frontstretch: 1,076 feet Backstretch: 1,076 feet TV: ESPN, 2 p.m. ET Radio: MRN Radio affiliates, Sirius XM NASCAR Radio
