Thursday, March 8, 2018

Kevin Harvick Looking For Win #3

Kevin Harvick Looking For Win #3

The Dominant Win at Las Vegas Encumbered

Kevin Harvick Looking For Win #3 #NASCAR


Kevin Harvick’s victory* at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last Sunday was his second in three races to start off the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. And considering his track-record eight wins at this weekend’s venue, ISM Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz., there’s no reason to believe that Harvick or his Stewart-Haas Racing team is slowing down as they head into Sunday’s TicketGuardian 500 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM).

In addition to his record trophy haul, statistically Harvick leads all drivers with 1,484 laps led and 782 "fastest laps" at the one-mile Phoenix oval. His driver rating of 110.2 is tops as well.

Harvick is hoping to become only the ninth driver in NASCAR history to earn nine wins or more at a track. The only other active driver to have accomplished this is seven-time Monster Energy Series champion Jimmie Johnson, who has nine wins at Martinsville Speedway and 11 wins at Dover International Speedway.


On a grander scale, a win this weekend would give Harvick the rare three-in-a-row, accomplished only 23 times in NASCAR’s modern era (1972-present).

Kyle Busch (Kentucky, New Hampshire and Indianapolis) and Joey Logano (Charlotte, Kansas and Talladega) were the last to pull off this rare and extraordinary feat in 2015.

And Busch – who actually won four of five in that summer streak – went on to win the 2015 championship. Nine of the 23 times a driver has won three straight races in a season, that driver has gone on to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship.

*Note:  Kevin Harvick and team were penalized for violations in the rear window and rocker panels areas of the winning car. They suffered the loss of playoff points and the win was “encumbered.” Crew chief Rodney Childers was fined $50,000 and car chief Robert Smith will be suspended from the next two events.



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