Cale Gale

No. 2 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet | Camping World Truck Series

Birthdate: March 5, 1985
Hometown: Mobile, Alabama
Residence: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Hobbies: RC cars, computer video games, building shocks
Marital Status: Single

Mobile, Ala. native Cale Gale showed promise from the start of his racing career, earning championships in both super-stock and late model racing at Mobile (Ala.) International Speedway. Gale's racing career began at the age of four when his father placed him into a go-kart and he won the first race he entered. One year later, Gale found himself in victory lane five times as he began to race competitively at Mobile Motorsports Park in Kushla, Alabama. The following season, Gale was victorious in 25 feature races and took home the track championship.

Gale has been a true champion throughout his young racing career and carried his drive for success into the ranks of NASCAR. In 2006, Gale competed in four Nationwide Series and three Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) races, winning at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. in just his second ARCA start on July 28.

Following his ARCA win at Gateway, Gale got his first taste of Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) when he competed in a NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park at the end of the 2006 season. He started the event from a respectable 15th position. The race was slowed by 15 caution flags and Gale was involved in two of them, both times because of another competitor. The young driver never gave up and continued to battle for positions all day long, before finishing the day in the 25th position.

In 2007, Gale participated in the Nationwide, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and ARCA Series for KHI. He shared seat time with team co-owner Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer in the No. 2 Chevrolet truck as teammate to four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday. He scored his best finish in the Truck Series at the World's Fastest Half-Mile, Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, where in his first start at the track scored a ninth-place finish. On the Nationwide side, Gale shared driving duties with Harvick, Stewart, Tony Raines and Ron Fellows. His best finish came at Kansas Speedway where he finished 13th.

Entering the 2008 season, Gale was poised for another great year and joined Harvick, Hornaday and Ryan Newman in the driver seat of the No. 33 Chevrolet for 10 races and piloted the No. 77 Chevrolet for three races in the Nationwide Series. Competing for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors, Gale scored his first career pole (Bristol Motor Speedway), earned his career-best finish (fourth place at Bristol Motor Speedway) and earned three top-10 finishes. In addition, he scored top Raybestos Rookie of the Race in seven of his 13 starts.

In 2009, Gale returned behind the wheel of the No. 33 KHI Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series, sharing driving duties with Harvick, Hornaday, Newman and Stewart. Having always been involved in racing in every aspect, he also took the opportunity to serve as a shock specialist for the truck teams at KHI.

Gale spent 2010 building shocks for several race teams in both the Nationwide and Truck Series. He also ran various Late Model races throughout the southeast. For 2011, in addition to keeping up with his Late Model racing, Gale will return to the Truck Series for six races behind the wheel of the No. 2 Rheem Chevrolet for KHI.

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Bruce Cook

Crew Chief No. 2 KHI Chevrolet

Birth Date: June 2, 1968
Hometown: Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Residence: Concord, N.C.
Marital Status: Married
Children: Melinda, 23, Bruce Cook III, 7, Kayla 5
Hobbies: Golfing

Bruce Cook has been involved with racing ever since he can remember. Growing up in northeast New Jersey, Cook traveled to different short tracks with his father, who was also a racer. With racing in his blood, Cook got in the driver's seat when he was18 years old.

Cook spent 13 years behind the wheel in the modified division and during that time was also provided the opportunity to expand his career. In addition to driving, Cook took on crew chief duties and it was in that role that he won the 1997 Modified Championship at Flemington (N.J.) Speedway. In 1999, Cook moved south to Charlotte, N.C. to join the NASCAR industry. Cook joined RahMoc Racing as a mechanic and later moved to Rensi Motorsports for the remainder of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season with driver Kenny Wallace.

Cook became a car chief in 2001 for Cicci-Welliver Racing with veteran drivers Tim Fedewa, Geoff Bodine and up-and-coming driver Casey Mears. With the combined efforts of Fedewa and Bodine, the 2001 season led the team to three top-five and eight top-10 finishes. Cook continued as car chief for Mears in 2002. In the Nationwide Series that season, the duo brought home one top-five, two top-10 and 12 top-20 finishes.

Cook returned to a mechanical position at Roush Fenway Racing in 2003 and joined the No. 17 team with driver, Matt Kenseth. The season was nothing short of perfect as Kenseth brought home the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. As a part of the championship team, Cook continued with Kenseth through the 2004 season.

Following 2004, Cook found a home at Robert Yates Racing (RYR) for the next three seasons. During the 2005 Nationwide Series season, he worked as car chief for drivers, Dale Jarrett and Elliott Sadler. The collaboration collected five top-five and nine top-10 finishes before closing the year out, 15th in points.

Cook again worked with driver Elliott Sadler at RYR in the 2006 Nationwide Series where they claimed one top-five and five top-10 finishes.

The 2007 season brought opportunity for Cook when he went back to the crew chief role, with young driver Stephen Leicht and RYR's No. 90 team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The combination brought home one win at Kentucky Speedway, three top-five and seven top-10 finishes and a seventh-place finish in the final point standings.

In 2008, Cook served as crew chief for the No. 7 Nationwide Series team with driver, Mike Wallace and Germain Racing. There, Cook was able to help Wallace bring home a third-place finish at Kentucky and a solid eighth-place finish in the year-end Nationwide Series point standings, a career best for the driver.

Cook joined the Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) family as a car chief for the No. 33 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series in 2010 from his position as crew chief at Germain Racing. The team finished an organization-best third in the year-end Owner's Point standings, recording three victories during the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway and Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.

The 2011 season takes Cook back atop the pit box as crew chief for the No.2 KHI Chevrolet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Cook will be working with a variety of experienced drivers including KHI co-owner, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Elliott Sadler and Cale Gale.

DeLana Harvick

Kevin Harvick Inc. Owner

Birthdate: July 7, 1973
Hometown: Kernersville, N.C.
Residence: North Carolina
Marital Status: Married, Husband Kevin

DeLana Harvick's racing roots run deep. After visiting a racetrack at the tender age of three weeks old, she was hooked for life. Growing up as a self-described 'race brat,' DeLana learned the ins and outs of the sport that would one day play an intricate role in her life and make her one of the most successful women in NASCAR.

DeLana's father, John Paul Linville, was a driver in the Nationwide Series until 1995 and she often tagged along with him to races. "I was at the race track every weekend, so I didn't really do a lot of kid things," DeLana said. "I didn't do soccer or brownies or anything like that. I was always with my dad at the track."

Though she would have preferred to follow in her father's footsteps, driving a racecar wasn't in the cards for DeLana. Instead, she observed the sport from the sidelines, gaining valuable insight that she harnessed into a solid career.

DeLana began her professional career in racing as a public relations representative for two-time Nationwide Series champion Randy LaJoie, among others. Her strong work ethic and professionalism earned DeLana the respect of not only the media, but of the racing community as well.

It was during this time that she met husband Kevin, whom she married in February of 2001. When she walked down the aisle with Kevin, DeLana not only married the love of her life, but her best friend and business partner.

DeLana's knowledge of - and Kevin's passion for - racing created a power couple whose effect on the sport of NASCAR has only begun to be felt. The creation of Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) in 2001 was merely the opening chapter in what has promised to be a long and storied career.

Making its NASCAR debut in 2001 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, DeLana watched Kevin behind the wheel of KHI's first truck. With a strong showing, KHI proved to be the real deal. Kevin ran in the top five most of the race and led one lap on his way to narrowly missing his first Truck Series victory, finishing second to veteran driver Jack Sprague.

The following year, continuing to build their team, the Harvick's entered six races with Kevin piloting the No. 6 Chevrolet in five races and Rick Carelli, current KHI General Manager, for one race. In just his sixth-career Truck Series start for KHI, Kevin was able to not only earn his first-career Truck Series win, but the first NASCAR victory for their young company when he crossed the finish line at Phoenix International Raceway.

The next few years would be instrumental in the development of KHI. Slowly increasing the number of races it entered, KHI earned its second career Truck Series win in 2003 when Kevin defended his win at Phoenix International Raceway and the Harvick's made the decision to go full-time Truck Series racing in 2004 with Matt Crafton. Deciding to expand from a one team operation, KHI entered a second truck for select races in 2004 with Kevin at the wheel and made the move from Truck Series racing to Nationwide Series racing that same year. Sprint Cup Series star Tony Stewart would debut KHI's Nationwide Series program at Charlotte (N. C.) Motor Speedway where he started the race sixth, led 13 laps and finished fifth for the company's first top-five finish in NASCAR's second-tier series. Clint Bowyer and Tony Raines would also take to the wheel of the No. 33 car to make a total of five starts during the 2004 Nationwide Series season.

With a solid footing in both the Truck and Nationwide Series, KHI entered 2005 with newly hired veteran driver Ron Hornaday behind the wheel of the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado in the Truck Series and Kevin and Burney Lamar in the driver's seat of a second truck on a limited schedule. Getting acclimated to a new team, Hornaday won one race in his first season for KHI. On the Nationwide Series side, KHI burst on the scene with the full-time No. 33 car at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway where Stewart completed the job he left on the table the previous season in KHI's debut. Stewart started the season opener from the 14th position and after leading 46 laps, crossed the finish-line in the top spot to claim KHI's first career Nationwide Series victory. Three other drivers, Hornaday, Tony Raines and Lamar, would join Stewart behind the wheel of the No. 33 car and Stewart, Raines and Wally Dallenbach would also share seat time in a second KHI car on a limited schedule.

Spending a few years of growing their team into a winning organization, the Harvick's entered 2006 with Hornaday in his second full season in the Truck Series, changing his truck number to the now flagship No. 33. Improving on his one win in 2005, Hornaday ended the season with two wins and seventh in the point's standings. Stewart returned to Daytona to defend his season-opening win in the No. 33 car and Lamar would finish a close second in the No. 77 car to give KHI its first one-two finish in the Nationwide Series. The team would again see an array of drivers behind the wheel and with the momentum from the first full season of the No. 33 car, KHI expanded its Nationwide program to include a second full-time team.

Hornaday's third full truck season with KHI proved to be a memorable one for DeLana and Kevin as they watched the organization they built from scratch flourish to win four Truck Series races with Hornaday and the 2007 Truck Series championship, making them first-time Truck Series championship owners. KHI also ran a second truck for a limited number of races with Kevin and a few friends behind the wheel. In the Nationwide Series, the team again ran two full-time cars with a variety of drivers. Continuing their dominance at superspeedways, Bobby Labonte won the Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway in the No. 77 car with Stewart close on his heels in the No. 33 car, another KHI one-two finish.

Thriving on the momentum from 2007, Hornaday made a bid in 2008 to repeat his championship season, winning six races and narrowly missing the Truck Series title by a mere seven points. Expanding the Truck Series program with a second full-time truck, DeLana would add two more wins to the list as owner when Ryan Newman made and won his first-career Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Kevin won at Phoenix International Raceway later that season. Scaling back the Nationwide program to one full-time team and a second car at select events, the team refocused and with Kevin only driving for KHI, in the Nationwide Series slowly began to see improvements on the track and consistency of running in the top 10 each week.

With determination from narrowly missing the 2008 Truck Series title, Hornaday and the No. 33 team entered the 2009 season with one goal in mind and would not settle for anything less. With a historical season, the team won six races including five straight , a first in Truck Series history, and won the 2009 Truck Series title, making Hornaday the first ever four-time champion in the series. The 2009 title also made Kevin and DeLana two-time Truck Series championship owners. In addition to the No. 33 truck, KHI ran the No. 4 truck for the entire season and the No. 2 truck on a limited basis. DeLana added Ricky Carmichael, the most successful motocross racer in American history, to her roster and watched as he began his transformation from two wheels to four wheels as he lead the driver line-up on the No. 4 team. With Kevin adding three more wins to the list, KHI earned a total of nine Truck Series wins in 2009.

While the Truck program continued to dominate the competition, 2009 also proved to be a pivotal year for the Nationwide program as the team won two races and finished a career best fourth in the Owner's Point standings. As owner and wife, DeLana was able to be a part of Kevin earning his first-career Nationwide Series win in a KHI-owned car at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and again at Atlanta Motor Speedway where he won in dominating fashion. The team would finish the season with two wins, 17 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes as they became a contender in the top five every week. The 2010 season brought a mixture of success for not only Kevin but KHI as well. DeLana witnessed her husband's career-best season in the Sprint Cup Series. With three wins, 16 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes, Harvick led the point standings throughout the majority of the 36-race season before landing third in the final standings. He also kept busy by staying behind the wheel of the No. 33 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series where he took the KHI flagship car to the winner's circle three times. With the support of 17 top-five and 26 top-10 results, Kevin ended the season sixth in Driver Point standings and helped the team owner duo celebrate an organization-best third in the final Owner Point standings.

In the Truck Series, KHI saw four-time champion Hornaday and the No. 33 team meet various challenges throughout the season. Despite the challenges, Hornaday was able to capture two wins and finish seventh in the final Driver Point standings. Kevin competed in six events and added three wins to Hornaday's two. DeLana and KHI teamed up with driver Elliott Sadler for eight events. By his fifth race behind the wheel of the No. 2 KHI Chevrolet, Sadler found victory lane in the Truck Series debut at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway in August. Driver Clint Bowyer made his only series start for 2010 at Phoenix and rounded out KHI's final win count for the season to seven.

KHI enters 2011 celebrating 10 years of NASCAR racing. Since its inception, DeLana and Kevin have not only become leaders within the industry, but have built a reputation of integrity and fierce competitiveness. This season, DeLana will watch three full-time Truck Series teams and two full-time Nationwide Series teams compete for the drivers and owners championships in each series. With two Truck Series owner championships to her credit, no doubt DeLana's story has only begun and will continue to be one of the most watched in the sport.