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No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet Impala SS
Date of Birth: December 8, 1975
Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif.
Residence: North Carolina
Wife: DeLana
Pets: Three dogs, two cats
Career Highlights
• 2009 marks his ninth season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, with 11 wins, five poles, 56 top-five and 120 top-10 finishes in 286 starts
• Raced his way to his third consecutive Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2008, finishing fourth in the championship point standings
• Ranks second behind Mark Martin for all-time NASCAR Nationwide Series wins with 32
• Won the 2007 Daytona 500 by two one-hundredths of a second over Martin, the ninth-closest finish since electronic scoring started in May 1993
• Won the 2007 NASCAR All-Star Challenge…first non-points victory in his career
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• Finished 10th in the championship point standings in 2007, marking his second appearance in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
• Won the 2007 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship as a co-owner with wife DeLana Harvick and driver Ron Hornaday Jr.
• In his seventh season, Harvick earned his first berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and finished fourth in points. Logged five wins, one pole, 15 top-five and 20 top 10 finishes
• Won his second NASCAR Nationwide Series championship by a record margin of 824 points on the strength of nine wins, one pole, 23 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes in 2006
• Captured his first NASCAR Sweep at, Bristol Motor Speedway, in April 2005, winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on the same weekend
• The first driver to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the pole position in August 2003
• Helped Richard Childress Racing win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Owners’ Championship in 2003
• Won the 2002 International Race of Champions (IROC) Championship during his rookie season on the strength of one win (Auto Club Speedway), three top-five and four top-10 finishes
• First NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory came at Phoenix International Raceway in November 2002, his 75th career start
• Won the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship in 2001 with five wins, four poles, 20 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes
• First NASCAR Sprint Cup victory came at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March 2001, his third career start
• Earned the 2001 Rookie of the Year honors in the Sprint Cup Series
• Earned 2000 Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with three wins, two poles, eight top-five and 16 top-10 finishes
• Captured the NASCAR Winston West championship in 1998
• Earned 1995 Rookie of the Year honors in the Featherlite Southwest Series, finishing 11th in the points standings
• Began racing go-karts at the age of seven, went on to claim seven national championships and two grand national championships
Career Firsts
• First NASCAR Sprint Cup race: February 26, 2001, North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, N.C. (started 36th, finished 14th)
• First NASCAR Sprint Cup win and top-five finish: March 11, 2001, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. (started fifth)
• First NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position: July 6, 2002, at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (finished 11th)
• First NASCAR Sprint Cup top-10 finish: March 4, 2001, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev. (started 20th, finished eighth)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series, Grand National Division race: October 23, 1999, at North Carolina Speedway (started 24th, finished 42nd)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series pole position: June 3, 2000, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. (finished sixth)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series win: July 29, 2000, at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. (started fourth)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series top-five and top-10 finishes: February 19, 2000 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (finished fifth, started fourth)
• First NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race: October 15, 1995, Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. (started 27th, finished 27th)
• First NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win: November 8, 2002, Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. (started third)
• First NASCAR Camping World Truck Series top-five finish: June 5, 1998, at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas (started 21st , finished fourth)
• First NASCAR Camping World Truck Series top-10 finish: October 12, 1997, Mesa Marin Raceway (started fifth, finished eighth)
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