Winning doesn’t get old for Harvick
Veteran flips script on youngbloods in dominant victories
homework and they’re really fast and they’re doing a good job,” said Martin Truex Jr., the defending Cup champion. “I’m not going to be the one that sits here and says there’s an unfair advantage because I haven’t figured that out yet.”
Somebody needs to — and fast — before young and old find themselves chasing Harvick to no avail. camp was upbeat about a makeover starting with the Daytona 500 this season. After five years with the somewhat-blah SS model, Chevy teams switched to the new Camaro ZL1 as their NASCAR brand.
So far, it has been good looks, bad results. Chevrolet drivers led 20 laps at Daytona, 17 at Atlanta and zero in Las Vegas. Ford has been the dominant manufacturer, leading 84 percent of the total laps, followed by Toyota at 12 percent.
“We have talked for three solid weeks about how the Ford has a 5-yearold body in the Ford Fusion, how it’s at a disadvantage to last year’s new Camry and this year’s Camaro in the downforce department and at the mile-and-a-half tracks,” said Mike Joy, NASCAR’s play-by-play man for Fox Sports. “What happened? Wow. Talk about wrong.”
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With sponsorship issues facing just about every driver, some of them are using creative ways to find funding. Twitter anyone? Matt DiBenedetto posted a short video to Twitter on Tuesday asking for sponsors for this weekend’s race at Phoenix.
“We are in a little bit of a situation,” DiBenedetto said. “Fans have been the whole reason I’ve made it where I am today. I figured why not reach out to you guys?”
It seems to be working. Denny Hamlin pledged $5,000, former driver Darrell Waltrip and Boogity Brands offered $5,000 and Harvick pledged another five grand.
Onward to Phoenix ... hopefully.