Kevin Harvick is making his feelings known regarding the scoring pylon controversy NASCAR currently faces, stemming from Talladega over the weekend.
“If you really want to get me fired up, we should talk about this damn pylon,” Harvick said, via Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour. “I don’t understand the whole theory of this pylon, ‘Hey, go to the app. Don’t watch the race. Go to the app and see what lap we’re on.’ That makes no sense.
“How about we just put a pylon up, so everybody can see what position your car is running in on the scoreboard.”
As you can tell, it’s something Harvick was hot over, believing there’s no good reason not to have a scoring pylon for a NASCAR event. The former champion even described what his perfect pylon would look like, before taking the tracks who’ve removed their pylon to task.
“I would say probably 20,” Harvick added. “20 spots is good. Indianapolis got what, 33? Isn’t that what’s on their scoreboard? And the bottom rotates? Charlotte’s got 20, and the bottom of the of the pylon rotates. But I don’t know how you invite all those people to the infield and say, ‘Get our app, so that you can see what lap we’re on.’ No, how about we put the pylon back up.
“How many drunk race fans do you think are going to look at their phone? They want to hold a beer and their phone?”
Kevin Harvick’s argument may be hilarious, but it’s tough to disagree with. If any track was thinking about removing their scoring pylon, hopefully they’ll rethink that decision after the backlash Talladega received.
Kevin Harvick circles Joe Gibbs vs. Hendrick as the biggest storyline in NASCAR to open 2024 season
What’s been the biggest storyline of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series campaign thus far? According to Kevin Harvick, it’s the competition between Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing.
On the latest episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, the former NASCAR champion elaborated on why he believes the rivalry between the two teams has been joyous to watch. He believes that’s what 2024 will all boil down to in the end.
“Well, I think that the biggest story is Hendrick versus Gibbs,” Harvick said, choosing from a myriad of potential options. “I think that’s really what it comes down to at this point. They’ve had the the best cars. I think you could add the Toyotas in, at 23XI, to being, you know, the most competitive cars.
“I think that the Gibbs cars have still been consistently better than then at 23XI cars, but the Hendrick cars have, week after week, done what they what they need to do to be competitive.”
Looking back at many of the races throughout 2024, it’s easy to see where Harvick is coming from. Hendrick and Gibbs have routinely made up the class of the field week-in and week-out, and there’s no reason to expect that to change moving forward.
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