Remembering his grass roots
Harvick stresses the need to back support series
Jimmie Johnson in 2007.
Obviously, Harvick is crushing it. And he’s not allowing any room in his rear-view mirrors for distractions. He came to Phoenix pestered and peeved after the NASCAR police tagged him for damaging violations.
Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing team was fined $ 50,000 after officials found a brace failure bowed the rear window in Harvick’s car during the race in Vegas. Harvick also lost the playoff points he had earned in Las Vegas.
“No question he’s the top dog there,” said Larry McReynolds, Fox Sports NASCAR analyst. “He’s also the top dog in playing games. When he was pointing to the back window, that was for the fans who had said things (following the penalty).
“Everyone was watching — the fans — what kind of advantage did that No. 4 car have? While it was probably a little advantage, that wasn’t the reason he won the (Las Vegas) race. It was, ‘Look, you can do anything you want to us, but we’ll show you.’ That was a statement race.”
On auto racing
Jeff Gordon, already a cinch for the NASCAR Hall of Fame as a nominee in 2019, was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on Tuesday night at Daytona Beach Shores.
Gordon joins a class that includes drag-racing car builder John Buttera, Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl G. Fisher, the l ate Howard Hughes, motorcycle great Fred Merkel, three-time Indianapolis 500 champion owner U.E. “Pat” Patrick, and sports car legend Bob Tullius.