About Kevin Harvick

Date of Birth: December 8, 1975
Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif.
Residence: North Carolina
Wife: DeLana
Pets: Three dogs, two cats

• 2007 marks his seventh season in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series with 10 wins, five poles, 45 top-five and 86 top-10 finishes in 214 starts
• Finished fourth in the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, his highest career finish in the series
• Earned his first spot in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup in 2006
• Won his second NASCAR Busch Series championship by a record margin of 824 points, on the strength of nine wins, one pole, 23 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes in 2006
• Captured the “Bristol Sweep,” in April 2005, winning the Busch Series race and the NASCAR Cup Series race on the same weekend
• Only driver to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the pole position in August 2003
• Helped Richard Childress Racing win the NASCAR Busch Series Owners’ Championship in 2003
• Won the 2002 International Race of Champions (IROC) Champion during his rookie season
• First NASCAR Truck Series victory came at Phoenix International Raceway in November 2002, his 75th career start
• Won the NASCAR Busch Series Championship in 2001 with five wins, four poles, 20 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes
• First NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory came at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March 2001, his third career start
• Earned 2000 Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Busch Series with three wins, two poles, eight top-five and 16 top-10 finishes
• Captured the NASCAR Winston West championship in 1998
• Earned 1995 Rookie of the Year honors in the Featherlite Southwest Series, finishing 11th in the points standings
• Began racing go-karts at the age of seven, went on to claim seven national championships and two grand national championships

• First NASCAR Busch Series, Grand National Division race:  October 23, 1999, at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, N.C. (started 24th, finished 42nd)
• First NASCAR Busch Series pole position: June 3, 2000, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. (finished sixth)
• First NASCAR Busch Series win: July 29, 2000, at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. (started fourth)
• First NASCAR Busch Series top-five and top-10 finishes:  February 19, 2000 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (finished fifth, started fourth)
• First NASCAR Cup race:  February 26, 2001, North Carolina Speedway (started 36, finished 14th)
• First NASCAR Cup win and top-five finish:  March 11, 2001, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. (started fifth)
• First NASCAR Cup top-10 finish:  March 4, 2001, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev. (started 20th, finished eighth)
• First NASCAR Cup pole position:  July 6, 2002, at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (finished 11th)