KEVIN HARVICK Busch Light Racing Team Report Round 12 of 36 – Homestead 400 – Homestead

Car No.: 4 – Busch Light

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Primary Team Members:

Driver: Crew Chief: Rodney Childers 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,

Over-The-Wall Crew Members:

Gas Man: Evan Marchal Front Tire Changer: Shayne Pipala Hometown: Westfield, Hometown: Frankfort Square, Illinois

Jackman: Stan Dolittle Rear Tire Changer: Daniel Smith Hometown: Ninety Six, South Carolina Hometown: Concord, North Carolina

Windshield: Shawn Hopkins Tire Carrier: Mike “Shrek” Morneau Hometown: Chesterfield, Virginia Hometown: Oxford, Maine

Homestead Notes of Interest:

 Dynamic Duo: While this is Harvick’s 20th year in the NASCAR Cup Series, it’s his seventh with crew chief Rodney Childers, which is the longest pairing of any current driver-crew chief combination. Since joining forces at Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in 2014, Harvick and Childers have combined to produce 28 points-paying victories, a victory in the non-points 2018 NASCAR All- Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, 25 Busch poles, 112 top-five finishes and 162 top-10s while leading 10,150 laps. They won the 2014 championship, finished runner-up in the 2015 title chase to champion , finished eighth in 2016 and third in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

 Harvick has career totals of 51 wins, 31 poles, 212 top-fives, 371 top-10s and 14,576 laps led in 692 starts.  His most recent Cup Series win came on June 7 at .  His most recent Busch Pole came in November 2019 at in Fort Worth.

 Harvick’s 51 career victories put him 12th on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list. He is third on the active driver list behind and Busch. Harvick is three wins behind for 11th on the all-time wins list.  At the Homestead season finale in 2019, Harvick became just the 11th driver to have led 14,000 laps in his NASCAR career. He’s led 14,576 and trails 10th-place Busch, who has led 17,552, and Johnson, who is ninth with 18,932 laps led. Harvick has led 10,150 laps as an SHR driver. He led his 10,000th lap as an SHR driver when he took the lead on lap 37 on June 7 at Atlanta.  Points Position: Harvick arrives at Homestead first in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 452 points, 28 markers ahead of second-place . He’s led the points since the conclusion of the March 8 race at .  Laps Completed: Harvick is 16th all-time in laps completed with 198,662 after Sunday’s Atlanta race. He should break 200,000 laps completed in late summer. He is the leader among active drivers and is closing in on , who is 15th with 202,888.

 Already Playoff Bound – Harvick qualified for the 2020 Cup Series playoffs with his win May 17 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

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 Harvick in the Monster Energy Cup Series at Homestead: Harvick has one win, one pole, 11 top-five finishes, 17 top-10s and has led a total of 414 laps in his 19 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Homestead. His average start is 11.8, his average finish is 6.4 and he has a lap-completion rate of 99.9 percent – 5,078 of 5,079 laps available. His last finish outside the top-10 was a 19th-place result in November 2007. He has only two finishes outside the top-10 and had finished in the top-five every year since 2014.

 Xfinity, Truck Series Wins: Harvick won the November 2006 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Homestead, as well as pole in November 2004. He has five top-10 finishes in eight career Xfinity starts. And in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series, Harvick has raced at Homestead six times and won one race (November 2009). He has four top-five finishes in six Truck races at Homestead.  112 and Counting – Harvick scored his 100th career win in NASCAR’s top three series with his March 2018 Las Vegas win. He now has 112 total victories – 51 in the Cup Series, 47 in the Xfinity Series and 14 in the Truck Series. Only three other drivers in NASCAR history have passed 100 wins in NASCAR’s top three series: (200), David Pearson (106) and Busch (210). Kevin Harvick’s Homestead Performance Profile: Year Event Start Finish Status/Laps Laps Led Earnings 2019 Ford EcoBoost 400 2 4 Running, 267/267 41 N/A 2018 Ford EcoBoost 400 12 3 Running, 267/267 58 N/A 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 9 4 Running, 267/267 0 N/A 2016 ×Ford EcoBoost 400 1 3 Running, 268/268 79 N/A 2015 Ford EcoBoost 400 13 2 Running, 267/267 46 $290,375 2014 Ford EcoBoost 400 5 1 Running, 267/267 54 $346,498 2013 Ford EcoBoost 400 6 10 Running, 267/267 8 $126,246 2012 Ford EcoBoost 400 23 8 Running, 267/267 0 $134,121 21 8 Running, 267/267 12 $130,811 28 3 Running, 267/267 0 $229,151 2009 Ford 400 6 3 Running, 267/267 56 $228,128 2008 Ford 400 5 2 Running, 267/267 1 $273,661 8 19 Running, 266/267 0 $114,661 2006 ×Ford 400 7 5 Running, 268/268 0 $157,586 2005 Ford 400 15 8 Running, 267/267 1 $123,836 2004 ×Ford 400 9 10 Running, 271/271 0 $99,728 2003 Ford 400 6 2 Running, 267/267 11 $240,583 2002 Ford 400 36 20 Running, 267/267 0 $88,953 2001 Miami 400 13 7 Running, 267/267 47 $106,102 * 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. -TSC-