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No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet Impala
Date of Birth: December 8, 1975
Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif.
Residence: North Carolina
Wife: DeLana
Hobbies: Golf, Hunting, Skeet Shooting, Riding ATVs and Go-karts
Career Highlights
• 2011 marks Kevin Harvick's 11th season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. In 358 starts, Harvick has earned 14 wins, five poles, 77 top-five and 155 top-10 finishes
• Captured his fourth Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup berth and enjoyed his best overall season in 2010 by finishing third in the final NSCS standings on the strength of three points-paying victories, 16 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes
• Led the 2010 NSCS point standings for 20 weeks and earned 285 more points than any other driver for the season
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• Won the 2010 Budweiser Shootout for the second consecutive year
• 2010 marks Kevin Harvick's 10th season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. In 322 starts, Harvick has earned 11 wins, five poles, 61 top-five and 129 top-10 finishes
• Finished the 2009 season with five top-five and nine top-10 finishes
• Captured the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver and owner championships as coowner of Kevin Harvick, Inc. with wife DeLana and driver Ron Hornaday Jr., the second title for KHI in three years
• Won the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway Raced his way to a third consecutive Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in 2008, finishing fourth in the championship point standings
• 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
• Ranks second behind Mark Martin for all-time NASCAR Nationwide Series wins with 32
• Hold the modern-era (1972-present) NSCS record of 80 races without a DNF (did not finish)
• Won the 2007 Daytona 500
• Won the 2007 NASCAR All-Star Challenge, the first non-points victory in his career finished 10th in the championship point standings in 2007, marking his second appearance in the Chase for the NSCS
• Won the 2007 NCWTS championship with driver Hornaday Jr., KHI's first championship title
• In his seventh season, Harvick earned his first berth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and finished fourth in points with five wins, one pole, 15 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes
• Won his second NNS 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
• 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 NNS owners' championship in 2003
• Won the 2002 International Race of Champions (IROC) Championship during his rookie season on the strength of one win, three top-five and four top-10 finishes
• First NCWTS victory came at Phoenix International Raceway in November 2002
• Won the NNS championship in 2001 with five wins, four poles, 20 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes
• First NSCS victory came at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March 2001
• Earned 2001 Rookie of the Year honors in the NSCS
• Earned 2000 Rookie of the Year honors in the NNS
• Captured the NASCAR Winston West championship in 1998
• Earned 1995 Rookie of the Year honors in the Featherlite Southwest Series, finishing 11th in the point 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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