Can anyone stop NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick from winning this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway?
I don’t think so.
When it comes to racing and winning at Phoenix, no driver is as dominate as Harvick on the Arizona oval.
The driver of the No. 4 Chevrolet has won five of the last seven races, including four of the last five at the one-mile track.
“It’s obviously been a great race track for me personally, but really for the last two years at Stewart-Haas Racing it’s been phenomenal,” said Harvick during a news conference on Friday at PIR. “We have won three of the four races and got beat by the rain in the last one. All-in-all it’s been a lot of fun to come here. For me personally, this is a fun place to come just for the fact that I started racing here in the mid-90’s and you still see a lot of the same fans and people that followed your career up through the ranks. I love coming out here and look forward to getting another weekend started.”
Harvick has a record seven victories at Phoenix and he will compete for number eight in Sunday’s Good Sam 500 (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX). In addition, he has 1,345 career laps led and his 264 laps led in a single race (Nov. 2014) are both track records.
Since PIR was repaved in 2011, Harvick has led all drivers with five wins, a 4.6 average finish, 1,028 laps led and a 130.1 driver rating. He is off to a fast start in 2016, posting finishes of fourth (Daytona), sixth (Atlanta) and seventh (Las Vegas).
I am predicting Harvick will score another victory at PIR on Sunday and he will become the fourth different winner in as many races to score a victory so far this year.
Kevin Harvick graphic and photos courtesy of NASCAR.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Next Race: Good Sam 500
The Place: Phoenix International Raceway
The Date: Sunday, March 13
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: FOX, 3 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 312 miles (312 laps)
