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KEVIN HARVICK Jimmy John’s Racing Team Report Round 28 of 36 – – Richmond

Car No.: 4 – Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR)

At-Track PR Contact: Ryan Barry with True Speed Communication (704-500-1553 or [email protected])

Primary Team Members:

Driver: Crew Chief: Hometown: Bakersfield, California Hometown: Mooresville,

Car Chief: Robert Smith Engine Builder: Roush Yates Engines Hometown: Whitewater, Wisconsin Headquarters: Mooresville, North Carolina

Engine Specialist: Robert Brandt Spotter: Tim Fedewa Hometown: Mobile, Alabama Hometown: Holt, Michigan

Over-The-Wall Crew Members:

Jackman: Stan Dolittle Gas Man: Justin White Hometown: Ninety Six, South Carolina Hometown: Lynnville, Tennessee

Front Tire Changer: Shayne Pipala Tire Carrier: Mike “Shrek” Morneau Rear Tire Changer: Michael Johnson Hometown: Frankfort Square, Illinois Hometown: Oxford, Maine Hometown: Andover, New York

Road Crew Members:

Engineers: Dax Gerringer and Billy Keubler Tire Specialist: Chris Rock Hometowns: Gibsonville, North Carolina and Saline, Michigan, respectively Hometown: Steubenville, Ohio

Mechanics: Richie Bean and Allen Mincey Shock Specialist: Michael McCarville Hometowns: Bradford, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, respectively Hometown: Kensington, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Truck Drivers: Rick Hodges and Stephen Mitchell Interior Specialist: Matt Custer Hometowns: Raleigh, North Carolina and Woodville, Ohio, respectively Hometown: Bedford, Pennsylvania

Chassis No. 4-021:

Kevin Harvick will pilot the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion built on Chassis No. 4-021 in the Federated Auto Parts 400 Saturday night at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. Built new in 2018, Chassis No. 4-021 made its NASCAR Cup Series debut at Richmond in April, when it started 10th, led eight laps and finished fifth. Harvick drove the chassis to victory lane at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon in its second start of the season, when he started 14th, led 12 laps and moved out of the way in the closing laps to secure the win by 1.877 seconds. Year Event Start Finish Status/Laps Laps Led Earnings 2018 Richmond (April) 10 5 Running, 402/402 8 N/A Loudon (July) 14 1 Running, 301/301 12 N/A

Richmond Notes of Interest:

 Dynamic Duo – While this is Harvick’s 18th year in the NASCAR Cup Series, it’s only his fifth with crew chief Rodney Childers. Since joining forces at SHR in 2014, Harvick and Childers have combined to produce 21 points-paying victories, the non-points- paying 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, 17 poles, 87 top-five finishes and 120 top-10s while leading 7,899 laps. They won the 2014 championship, finished runner-up in the 2015 title chase to champion Kyle Busch, finished eighth in 2016 and third in 2017. The team has qualified for the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway three of the last four seasons.

 Harvick has career totals of 44 wins, 23 poles, 187 top-fives, 329 top-10s and 12,325 laps led in 637 starts.  His most recent Cup Series win came at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn (Aug. 12, 2018).  His last Busch Pole came at Speedway in Kansas City (May 11, 2018).

 On Point – Harvick arrives at Richmond (Va.) Raceway fourth in points with 2,060 and is now 38 points ahead of 13th-place with two races remaining in the opening round of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series .

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 Jimmy John’s New 9-Grain Wheat Sub Back at Richmond: This weekend, the No. 4 Jimmy John’s new 9-Grain Wheat Sub Ford Fusion features a brand-new product from the Illinois-based sandwich shop. The arrival of the new 9-Grain Wheat Sub marks the first time Jimmy John’s has added new bread to its lineup in more than 20 years. The No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion will feature the new 9-Grain Wheat Sub on the rear quarter panels in place of its standard “Freaky Fast” tagline. The new 9-Grain Wheat Sub features a delicious blend of wheat, rye, flaxseed, quinoa, millet, oats, barley, amaranth and spelt, as well as honey, coconut and molasses. It is available with any Jimmy John’s sandwich at no extra charge.

 Richmond Numerology – Harvick has three wins, one pole, 13 top-five finishes, 22 top-10s and has led a total of 1,069 laps in his 35 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Richmond. His average start is 14.1, his average finish is 10.3 and he has a lap-completion rate of 99.2 percent, completing 13,904 of the 14,022 laps available.

 Harvick at Richmond since 2014 – The combination of Harvick competing at in SHR equipment is impressive. In his last nine NASCAR Cup Series starts at Richmond – all of which have come with SHR – Harvick has six top-five finishes and led 124 laps. And of the 1,069 laps Harvick has led at Richmond dating back to his rookie year in 2001, a total of 124 (nearly 12 percent) have come with SHR despite only nine (nearly 26 percent) of his 35 Richmond starts being with SHR. Since joining SHR, Harvick ranks tied for first with six top-five finishes, ranks third in total points with 326 and fourth in average finish of7.4.

 Uncharted Territory With Seven Points-Paying Wins for No. 4 – Harvick’s seven points-paying wins in 2018 is a new single- season best for the 18-year Cup Series veteran. His previous high-water mark was five races, accomplished first in 2006 and again in 2014. This is the sixth time Harvick has scored at least four wins in a season. Harvick also scored a non-points-paying win in the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race May 19 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway for the second time in his career. Harvick’s series-best seven wins in 2018 is one more than points-leader Busch, who scored his sixth win of the season at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway in July.

 Freaky Fast Busch Pole Qualifier – Harvick has started on the front row seven times this season. The most recent came Sept. 10 at , where he started second to polesitter Kyle Busch after rain cancelled qualifying and the field was set according to the NASCAR rulebook. He has started in the top-10 in 20 of the 27 NASCAR Cup Series races this season. Harvick scored his first Busch Pole Award of the year at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, where he recorded a lap of 49.247 seconds at 194.448 mph. He scored his second pole of the season at Kansas, where he recorded a lap of 28.600 seconds at 188.811 mph.

 Three-Peat Notes – Harvick’s consecutive wins at , Motor Speedway and ISM Raceway near Phoenix marked only the 24th time in NASCAR’s modern era (1972 to present) that a driver won three consecutive races. Nine of the 23 previous times a driver won three consecutive races in a season, that driver has gone on to win the championship. Prior to Harvick’s three-peat, Busch was the most recent driver to win three in a row – in 2015, when he went on to his first and, so far, only championship. Ironically, Busch has also won three consecutive races this season – April 8 at in Fort Worth, April 16 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, and April 21 at Richmond. also joined the group with wins at the last three stops on the tour – Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, Indianapolis and Las Vegas.

 Lap Leader –Harvick led his 12,000th lap in NASCAR Cup Series competition June 3 at Pocono. He is one of only 15 drivers to lead 12,000 laps in his Cup Series career. He joins Johnson, Busch and as the only active drivers to accomplish that feat. Harvick’s laps-led total since 2014 is 7,863, which is 3,437 laps more than the total from his 13 previous seasons before joining SHR (2001 to 2013). Harvick has already led a series-best 1,198 laps in 2018 and has now surpassed 1,000 laps led in a season for the fourth time in his career. He’s done it three previous times, all with SHR.

 Playoff Bound – Harvick qualified for the 2018 NASCAR playoffs with his wins at Atlanta, Phoenix, Dover (Del.) International Speedway, Kansas, New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, and Michigan. He leads the Cup series in playoff points with 50. He gained 10 playoff points for finishing the 26-race regular season in second, five playoff points for each race win at Atlanta, Phoenix, Dover, Kansas, New Hampshire and Michigan, and an additional point for each of his stage wins at Atlanta, Texas, two at Dover in May, Pocono in June, Michigan in June, in Joliet, Illinois, Pocono in August and two at Michigan in August (total of 10). The No. 4 team’s race win at Las Vegas does not count toward its playoff qualification due to a post-race penalty.

 Make Your Mark – With his win Aug. 12 at Michigan, Harvick is now tied with at 17th on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series win list. Harvick’s next win would move him into sole possession of 17th on the all-time list and he now sits just two wins behind ’s 46 for 16th on the all-time wins list. Among active drivers, Harvick’s 44 career wins rank third behind only series leader Johnson’s 83 and Busch’s 49 wins.

 105 and Counting – Harvick scored his 100th career win in NASCAR’s top three series when he won the Cup Series race at Las Vegas and his 101st at Phoenix the following week. He now has 105 total victories after his most recent Cup Series win at Michigan – 44 in the Cup Series, 47 in the Xfinity Series and 14 in the Camping World Truck Series. Only three other drivers in NASCAR history have passed 100 wins in NASCAR’s top-three series: , and Busch.

 Harvick’s Happy Hours on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio – Harvick is in his second year as the co-host of the award-winning radio program Happy Hours on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio channel 90. The show debuted on March 28, 2017. It airs 7 to 9 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and features Harvick’s distinctive perspective on the sport and life outside the track. Harvick and co-host take calls from listeners and give NASCAR fans a unique view on the driver’s life and interests when he is away from the racecar. On April 12, the show won the Cynopsis Sports Media Awards “Radio Program” category. Other finalists in the category included SiriusXM’s and Beyond with Coach K, as well as the Dan Le Batard Show, Dan Patrick Show and Jim Rome Show.

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Kevin Harvick Richmond Raceway Performance Profile: Year Event Start Finish Status/Laps Laps Led Earnings

2018 × Owners 400 10 5 Running, 402/402 8 N/A 2017 6 5 Running, 400/400 11 N/A ×Federated Auto Parts 400 6 15 Running, 404/404 0 N/A 1 5 Running, 400/400 63 N/A ×Federated Auto Parts 400 19 5 Running, 407/407 0 N/A 2015 Toyota Owners 400 5 2 Running, 400/400 2 $211,050 Federated Auto Parts 400 6 14 Running, 399/400 0 $133,315 2014 Toyota Owners 400 5 11 Running, 400/400 23 $126,548 Federated Auto Parts 400 4 5 Running, 400/400 17 $160,633 2013 ×Toyota Owners 400 17 1 Running, 406/406 3 $242,511 Federated Auto Parts 400 17 11 Running, 400/400 0 $129,996 2012 Capital City 400 3 19 Running, 400/400 13 $120,896 Federated Auto Parts 400 13 10 Running, 400/400 0 $135,096 2011 Crown Royal Matthew Hansen 400 12 12 Running, 399/400 0 $123,911 Wonderful Pistachios 400 7 1 Running, 400/400 202 $256,736 2010 Crown Royal Heath Calhoun 400 7 3 Running, 400/400 1 $171,676 Air Guard 400 20 9 Running, 400/400 0 $124,151 2009 Crown Royal Russ Friedman 400 19 34 Running, 394/400 0 $106,403 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 19 9 Running, 400/400 0 $122,428 2008 ×Crown Royal Dan Lowry 400 11 8 Running, 410/410 0 $125,411 †Chevy Rock & Roll 400 7 7 Running, 400/400 80 $130,011 2007 Crown Royal Jim Stewart 400 27 7 Running, 400/400 105 $132,886 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 13 7 Running, 400/400 0 $129,311 2006 Crown Royal 400 8 3 Running, 400/400 272 $169,386 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 5 1 Running, 400/400 54 $234,136 2005 Chevy American Revolution 400 7 5 Running, 400/400 1 $141,261 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 1 10 Running, 400/400 167 $146,661 2004 Chevy American Revolution 400 20 25 Running, 397/400 0 $96,328 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 27 12 Running, 400/400 0 $99,843 2003 * Excitement 400 36 6 Running, 393/393 12 $100,928 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 28 16 Running, 400/400 23 $89,383 2002 Pontiac Excitement 400 25 40 Running, 295/400 0 $85,603 Team Monte Carlo 400 27 18 Running, 399/400 0 $88,283 2001 Pontiac Excitement 400 32 17 Running, 399/400 0 $82,427 Team Monte Carlo 400 22 2 Running, 400/400 12 $126,417 * Race cut short due to weather. × Race length extended due to green-white-checkered finish. † Qualifying canceled due to weather, starting position set via car owner points. = Qualifying canceled due to weather, starting position set via practice time.

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