Martinsville has become one of the most popular tracks on the NASCAR circuit, but Kevin Harvick wasn’t always fond of the short-track. On the latest episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, the former NASCAR Cup Series champion took some time to explain why he has a ‘love-hate relationship’ with Martinsville.
Kevin Harvick always had a ton of success at Texas Motor Speedway, where the NASCAR Cup Series will return this weekend. On the latest episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Harvick elaborated on why he “expected to never lose” when NASCAR went to Texas throughout his career, no matter the series.
2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick has brought back the horsepower debate back yet again. Since the introduction of the Next-Gen cars in 2022, one of the biggest demands by the driver as well as the team was to increase the horsepower to fix the short track racing.
The short track swing in the NASCAR schedule wasn’t great. Kevin Harvick even dipped back into the horsepower debate after the Bristol race. Then again, if you have tires that wear down, like they did last month at Bristol, horsepower isn’t even a topic.
Texas Motor Speedway has been a staple in the NASCAR calendar since the ’90s. However, it was reconfigured in 2017, but the track is still a favorite among fans and pilots.
Kevin Harvick has taken the NASCAR broadcasting world by storm as his role at Fox Sports isn’t just limited to commentating on the race like his fellow broadcasters.
During his career, Kevin Harvick would put on a show at Texas Motor Speedway. The track has become a very unique venue in NASCAR. With the reconfiguration in 2017, the track has had a lot of criticism, but it is still challenging for these drivers.
Coming into the 2024 season, one of the major questions has been Brad Keselowski’s chances of breaking his winless streak of 105 races. The 2012 Cup Series champion last won a race in Talladega in 2021, his last season with Team Penske Racing.
The 2023 season marked the best ever season of Bubba Wallace’s carer that saw him secure a R-12 playoff entry and a P10 finish in the championship. But he failed to secure a win last season and has been winless since the 2022 playoff race at Kansas.
The Cook Out 400 at Martinsville last weekend was a special night for Hendrick Motorsports. They secured a 1-2-3 finish at the iconic short track, with William Byron in the No:24 Chevy Camero ZL1 taking home the win.
Denny Hamlin and his team made the decision to pit ahead of the final overtime restart in this past Sunday’s Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway. Hamlin, who sat P4 at the time, was hoping for more cars to go with him, but that didn’t happen.
With new inductees and new exhibits always rotating through the NASCAR Hall of Fame, here is what you can see when you take a visit through the Hall. I took the trip out to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in March, making my second trip to the museum honoring the history and legacy of the premiere stock car racing series.
Needless to say, it's been a rough stretch for Stewart-Haas Racing over the past few seasons.
Last season, Harvick was outspoken and proposed the removal of cautions during stage breaks on road courses. NASCAR announced it would implement that change for the 2023 season. This week, the sanctioning body reversed course, returning to the old format for the final road race of the year.
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