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Career Highlights
Stay up to speed with Kevin Harvick’s career highlights!
Get your engine revving with a full listing of Kevin’s career highlights, year by year. Find out just how many times he’s won a pole position, how often he nabbed a top finish or how many points he’s garnered in any given year.
- 2012 marks Kevin Harvick’s 12th season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. In 394 starts, Harvick has earned 17 wins, five poles, 86 top‐five and 174 top‐10 finishes.
- Harvick currently ranks third, behind Kyle Busch and Mark Martin, for all‐time NASCAR Nationwide Series wins with 37, and holds the modern‐era (1972‐present) Sprint Cup Series record of 80 races without a DNF (did not finish).
- In 2011, Harvick rounded out the season with eight wins between all three of NASCAR’s top series. Harvick finished third in the Sprint Cup Series point standings for the second consecutive season and captured his third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner’s Championship as co-owner of Kevin Harvick Inc. with wife DeLana.
- Harvick finished the 2010 season with 10 wins between all three of NASCAR’s top series, along with a victory in the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.
- During the 2009 season, Harvick racked up five top‐five and nine top‐10 finishes in the Sprint Cup Series. He collected a win during the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway and was named NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver of the Decade.
- Harvick also captured his second Truck Series Driver and Owner’s Championships as co-owner of Kevin Harvick Inc. with wife DeLana and driver Ron Hornaday Jr. in 2009.
- In 2008, Harvick raced his way to a third consecutive Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, finishing fourth in the championship point standings.
- During the 2007 season, Harvick won the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. As co-owner of Kevin Harvick Inc., with wife DeLana, the company earned its first Truck Series championship with Hornaday Jr. as the driver.
- In 2006, Harvick won his second Nationwide 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 August of 2003, Harvick became the first driver to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the pole position.
- After collecting three wins, five poles, 12 top-five and 18 top-10 finishes, Harvick helped Richard Childress Racing secure the 2003 Nationwide Series Owner’s Championship.
- During the 2002 season, Harvick won the International Race of Champions (IROC) Championship, as a rookie, after collecting one win, three top‐five and four top‐10 finishes. Harvick also secured his first Truck Series victory at Phoenix International Raceway in November.
- In 2001, Harvick was crowned the Nationwide Series Champion after securing five wins, four poles, 20 top‐five and 24 top‐10 finishes. He also secured his first Sprint Cup Series victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March and earned Rookie of the Year honors in the Sprint Cup Series.
- Harvick was named Rookie of the Year in the Nationwide Series after completion of the 2000 racing season, finishing third in the point standings.
- In 1998, Harvick was crowned the NASCAR Winston West Champion.
- Harvick earned Rookie of the Year honors in the Featherlite Southwest Series during the 1995 season, finishing 11th in the point standings.
- As a young driver, Harvick won the NASCAR Late Model Championship at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. in the 1993 season.
- At the age of seven, Harvick began racing go-karts and went on to claim seven National championships and two Grand-National championships.
Fast Facts
Sprint Cup Series:
394 Starts
18 Wins
86 Top-Five Finishes
174 Top-10 Finishes
Five Poles
Nationwide Series:
277 Starts
37 Wins
142 Top-Five...