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Driver, No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet Impala SS
Date of Birth: 12/8/1975
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Residence: North Carolina
Marital Status: Married to DeLana Harvick
Spouse's Name: DeLana
Hobbies: Go-Kart Racing, Hunting and Skeet Shooting
- 2010 marks Harvick’s 12th NASCAR Nationwide Series season and the third driving exclusively for Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) in the Nationwide Series.
- Harvick was named the NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver of the Decade in 2009 having won Series titles in 2001 and 2006 as well as the Raybestos Rookie of the Year title in 2000. Harvick led all NASCAR Nationwide drivers with 34 wins during the decade. He was also won the IROC championship in 2002 and in 2003 he became the first driver to win the Indy Brickyard 400 from the pole position.
- In 236 Nationwide Series starts, Harvick has 34 wins, 19 poles, 120 top-five and 168 top-10 finishes – making Harvick second in all-time wins behind Mark Martin.
- Harvick”s Sprint Cup and the Camping World Truck Series resume includes 11 Sprint Cup wins, five poles, 61 top-five and 129 top-10 finishes in 322 starts. Harvick has six Truck Series wins, 31 top-five and 44 top-10 finishes in just 101 starts.
- Harvick won his first Nationwide Series race in a KHI-owned car at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway on March 21, 2009.
- Harvick became a two-time Truck Series Championship Owner in 2009 when Ron Hornaday claimed the Series title for the No. 33 KHI Chevrolet Silverado team
- Harvick is one of only four Cup drivers to win consecutive Budweiser Shootout races at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway to start the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
- Harvick won his first Cup race at Atlanta in 201 in just his third start; he went on to win the coveted Daytona 500 in 2007 with the closest finish in Series history and later that season, won his first Sprint Cup Series All Star Challenge.
- The first driver to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the pole position in August of 2003.
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