Almost Halfway Home ... As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series hits the halfway point of the season in Kentucky, Harvick finds himself atop the driver point standings for the first time this year after scoring a seventh-place finish last weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The Bakersfield, Calif., native has earned three wins, six top-five and 10 top-10 finishes so far this season. He's also led 130 laps and has an average starting position of 20.5 and a series-best average finishing position of 10.7.
Firsts at Kentucky ... Harvick enters the inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway very familiar with inaugural events at the 1.5-mile track. In 2001, Harvick scored an impressive win in the first-ever NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the track. He started 11th, led 131 laps and took the checkered flag with a 1.311-second margin of victory over the second-place driver. In his only other start at the track, Harvick started 13th and finished sixth in the 2006 NNS event.
Testing 1, 2, 3 ... As Sprint Cup Series teams prepare to compete at Kentucky Speedway for the first time this weekend, NASCAR has allotted nearly six hours of testing for the teams on Thursday. In addition to the extra track time this weekend, the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet team was one of seven teams that participated in the Goodyear tire test at the track last month.
In the Loop ... Harvick holds a number of impressive loop data statistics at the halfway point of the NSCS season: third in fastest speed in traffic, third in percentage of laps run on the lead lap (90.99 percent), fourth in laps in the top 15 (3,356), fifth in average running position (13.4), fifth in closers, fifth in fastest late in a run, seventh in green-flag speed and ninth in fastest laps run (182).
Meet the Press ... Harvick will be available to members of the media in the Kentucky Speedway infield media center at 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, July 7.
Double Up ... Harvick will perform double duty this weekend at Kentucky and compete in his ninth NASCAR Nationwide Series race of the season on Friday night. The two-time series champion will be at the wheel of the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc. in the 300-mile race. The Feed the Children 300 will air live on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. ET and radio coverage will be provided by PRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
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