Kevin Harvick Incorporated
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| Owner(s) Name(s) | Kevin & Delana Harvick |
| Racing Series | Nationwide Series, Craftsman Truck Series |
| Number of Championships | 1 (Craftsman) |
| Car Number(s) | #33, #77 (Nationwide Series) #2, #33 (Craftsman Trucks) |
| Driver(s) | Kevin Harvick (#33-Nationwide) Cale Gale (#33/#77-Nationwide) Jack Sprague (#2-Craftsman) Ron Hornaday (#33-Craftsman) |
| Primary Sponsor(s) | Camping World(#33-Nationwide & Craftsman) RoadLoans.com (#33-Nationwide) Rheem Waterheaters (#33 Nationwide) Dollar General (#77) VFW (#33-Craftsman/#77-Nationwide) |
| Shop Location | Kernersville, North Carolina |
| Homepage | www.kevinharvickinc.com |
Kevin Harvick Incorporated is a NASCAR team owned by NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick and his wife Delana, who herself is the daughter of a former Busch Series driver, John Linville. They currently own cars in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Craftsman Truck Series, and ARCA RE/MAX Series. They have also helped Richard Childress Racing with experimental equipment through using the Childress engines in their Nationwide Series cars (the team uses different engines in the Craftsman Truck Series) and assisted Sarah Fisher in her brief transition to NASCAR, with Fisher driving in some NASCAR short tracks with equipment supplied by Harvick.
The team's Nationwide Series equipment was purchased from the former BACE Motorsports and Andy Petree Racing teams.
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[edit] Nationwide/Busch Series
[edit] Car #33 history
KHI's #33 team was formed when Andy Petree Racing's #33 Busch team was shut down halfway through the 2004 season. Kevin Harvick purchased the team and it made its debut in the 19th race of the season at Chicagoland Speedway with Clint Bowyer behind the wheel. He started 12th and finished in the 10th position. He drove again at Darlington Raceway and finished 15th. Tony Raines ended the season at the Ford 300 with a 35th place finish after being involved in a crash.
Stewart won the team's first NASCAR Busch Series race in 2005 by winning the Hershey's Take5 300 at Daytona International Speedway in February. Stewart and Raines shared the 33 that season, with Stewart running races with Old Spice sponsorship, and Raines with Yard Man/Outdoor Channel backing. Raines collected nine top-ten finishes and finished 20th in the points despite only running 23 races. Stewart's lone win in 10 races came at Daytona and had only three top-five finishes. KHI development driver Burney Lamar joined the 33 for a pair of races as well, his best finish a 34th at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
2006 again started strong as Stewart again drove the #33 to a win at Daytona with teammate Lamar finishing second in the #77, marking the first time that the Linville family had fielded a winner in the series, dating to its inaugural year. A variety of drivers competed in the #33 during the 2006 season, including Stewart, Harvick, Hornaday, and development drivers Sean Caisse and Aaron Fike. The team finished tenth in the standings at the season. Harvick, Stewart, Raines, and development driver Cale Gale shared the #33 Chevrolet in 2007, with sponsorship coming from Old Spice, Camping World, and RoadLoans.com. Harvick, Gale, and Hornaday will split the 33 full-time in 2008.
[edit] Car #77 history
KHI first entered its second Busch Series team in the 2004 fall race at Atlanta Motor Speedway when Tony Stewart piloted the #92 McDonald's/Powerade Chevrolet. As a co-promotion in the event, team owner Kevin Harvick drove the #29 Powerade/McDonald's Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.
The team returned in 2005 renumbered as the #83 to run five races. Burney Lamar attempted the car's first race at Nashville Superspeedway but failed to qualify for the event. Wally Dallenbach, Jr. made the car's first race at Watkins Glen International, where he finished nineteenth in the Mr. Clean Auto-Dry Wash car. Tony Stewart drove the car at Richmond with Old Spice sponsoring and Tony Raines drove the car with Cub Cadet funding at Kansas, finishing 40th and 17th, respectively.
For 2006, the team signed Dollar General as a sponsor and switched to the #77 with Lamar driving and competing for NASCAR Rookie of the Year. He opened the season with a runner-up finish at Daytona, and had two additional top-tens and led the Rookie of the Year standings until summer. During the race weekend at Kansas in 2006, Harvick announced he had removed Lamar from the #77 and hired 2000 Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte to drive the car for the rest of the season. Labonte, Harvick, and Kertus Davis were scheduled share the 77 for the 2007 season. Labonte brought the number 77 to its first victory at Talladega on April 28, 2007. Davis was later released, with Ron Hornaday filling in for races that Davis was scheduled to drive for the team, after Davis did not crack the top 30 in his five starts in the #77. Dollar General left at the end of the year for Braun Racing and this team's plans are currently up in the air.
[edit] Craftsman Truck Series
[edit] Truck #2 history
The 2 truck originally ran as a second truck to the #6 in 2004 for a pair of races as the #92. Harvick drove with sponsorship from Snap-On Tools and GM Goodwrench sponsoring, with Harvick finished in the top-five in both races. It ran again in 2005 for two races with Harvick and another two with Lamar. Harvick had the best finish of fifth. Tony Stewart attempted the race at Richmond, but surpisingly failed to qualify for the race, despite winning the past two Richmond truck races, mainly from NASCAR's new all-exempt tour policy.
The truck in 2007 was used for most of the season, running a part-time schedule with a variety of drivers, from KHI developmental driver, Cale Gale to Richard Childress Racing Nextel Cup drivers, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer in the #2. For the 2008 season, Jack Sprague will pilot the #2 truck full time.
[edit] Truck #33 history
The #33 truck was KHI's first venture into NASCAR. It debuted as the #6 Twizzler/PayDay/Sonic Drive-In Chevrolet Silverado in a partnership between the Harvicks and Rick Carelli in 2001. Harvick started fourth and finished second at Richmond International Raceway. Carelli drove the team's next race at the 2002 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 and finished fifth. Harvick competed in five races and picked up his first career Truck win at Phoenix International Raceway.
In 2003, Harvick ran an additional six races and won once again at Phoenix. Other drivers drove for the team that year were Ed Berrier, Brandon Miller, and Randy LaJoie. Miller had the best finish of eighth at Mesa Marin Raceway. GM Goodwrench climbed aboard as the team's first primary sponsor, and Matt Crafton was hired as the team's driver. Crafton posted six top-five finishes and finished fifth in points, but left at the end of the season. He was replaced by two-time champion Ron Hornaday, who captured a win at Atlanta Motor Speedway and was named the series' Most Popular Driver. At the end of 2005, KHI switched numbers with Roush Fenway Racing to become the #33, with the #6 going to Roush Fenway. Hornaday began the year unsponsored but won at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway and finished seventh in points after obtaining sponsorship from Allstate Employer Services. He began 2007 with new sponsorship from Camping World, picked up four victories, and won the 2007 Craftsman Truck Series championship.
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