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KEVIN HARVICK Hunt Brothers Pizza / FIELDS Racing Team Report Round 28 of 36 – – Richmond

Car No.: 4 – Hunt Brothers Pizza / FIELDS Racing Ford Mustang

PR Contact: Joe Crowley, True Speed Communication (704) 875-3388 ext. 808 or [email protected]

Primary Team Members:

Driver: Crew Chief: Rodney Childers Hometown: Bakersfield, California Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina

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:

Gas Man: Evan Marchal Front Tire Changer: Shayne Pipala Hometown: Westfield, Indiana 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

Richmond 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 34 points-paying victories, a victory in the non-points 2018 NASCAR All- Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, 25 Busch poles, 124 top-five finishes and 175 top-10s while leading 10,757 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 57 wins, 31 poles, 224 top-fives, 384 top-10s and 15,183 laps led in 709 starts.  His most recent Cup Series wins came on Sunday night at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.  His most recent Busch Pole came in November 2019 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth (Poles have not been won since May 23 at Charlotte due to the abbreviated weekend schedules during the COVID-19 pandemic.)

 Harvick is ninth on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list with 57 victories and is 19 wins behind the late , who is eighth with 76 checkered flags. Harvick is second on the active driver list behind , who has 83 victories.  More than 15,000 Laps Led: On Aug. 23 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, Harvick led the 15,000th lap of his NASCAR career. He is 11th all-time, has led 15,183 laps, and trails 10th-place Busch, who has led 17,676, and Johnson, who is ninth with 18,936 laps led. Harvick has led 10,757 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 Motor Speedway.  Richmond Numbers: Harvick has three wins, three poles, 15 top-five finishes, 25 top-10s and has led a total of 1,139 laps in his 38 career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Richmond. His average start there is 13.1, his average finish is 9.8 and he has a lap- completion rate of 99.2 percent, completing 15,104 of the 15,222 laps available.  Harvick in the Xfinity Series at Richmond: Harvick has made 27 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Richmond. He has seven wins, two poles, 18 top-five finishes and 21 top-10s. He has led 1,387 laps.  Harvick in the Truck Series at Richmond: Harvick has started five NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series races at Richmond and has three top-three finishes. -more- Hunt Brothers Pizza /FIELDS Racing – Richmond Page Two Richmond Notes of Interest (continued):

 Let’s Win Two: When Harvick won the doubleheader in August at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, he became the first driver in more than 50 years to win NASCAR Cup Series races on consecutive days. won the Albany-Saratoga 250 on July 14, 1971 at Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, New York, and the next day won the Islip 250 at Islip (N.Y.) Speedway. Islip closed in 1984, but Albany-Saratoga is still in operation.

 Points Position: Harvick arrives at Richmond first in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 2,106 points, and with his win at Darlington Sunday night, he automatically qualified for the Round of 12 of the Cup Series playoffs, which start Sept. 27 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He’s led the points since the conclusion of the March 8 race at Phoenix Raceway.  Laps Completed: Harvick is 16th all-time in laps completed with 202,215 after Sunday’s race at Darlington. He reached 200,000 laps completed on lap 222 of the July 19 race at Texas. Harvick is the leader among active drivers and is closing in on Dale Earnhardt, who is 15th with 202,888.

 Second Place: By finishing second June 28 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, Harvick now has 56 runner-up finishes and passed for ninth on the all-time list. He can tie for eighth with another runner-up finish.

 118 and Counting – Harvick scored his 100th career win in NASCAR’s top three series with his March 2018 Las Vegas win. He now has 118 total victories – 57 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: Busch (212), Petty (200) and David Pearson (106). Kevin Harvick’s Richmond Performance Profile: Year Event Start Finish Status/Laps Laps Led Earnings 2019 Owners 400 1 4 Running, 400/400 30 N/A Federated Auto Parts 400 2 7 Running, 400/400 0 N/A 2018 × 10 5 Running, 402/402 8 N/A Federated Auto Parts 400 1 2 Running, 400/400 40 N/A 2017 Toyota Owners 400 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

-more- Hunt Brothers Pizza /FIELDS Racing – Richmond Page Three Kevin Harvick’s Richmond Performance Profile (continued): 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.

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