1 year agoPhoenix Raceway has been Kevin Harvick's playground for many years. He's a nine-time winner at this race track and has a series-best average finish of 8.6 over 41 career starts in the desert. He's currently on a 20-race streak of top-10 finishes at this race track and the No. 4 Ford looks to have the speed to get a 21st in a row this weekend, if not a win. Harvick was the fastest in practice on Friday when it came to 25-lap average, and he could have won the spring race here at Phoenix if it weren't for an untimely, late caution. Although the Series Champion has won the finale race every year under the Playoffs format, this could finally be the season where a non-Championship driver gets the victory in the Cup Series. Kevin Harvick is most likely to play spoiler in that case.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: ifantasyrace
1 year agoKevin Harvick will start P8 in his final start at Martinsville Speedway. Because the Championship 4 race has only ever been won by a driver in the championship round, Sunday's race at Martinsville is likely the last shot at victory for the future hall-of-famer. Unfortunately for Harvick, this race is not happening at one of his stronger tracks as he has just one Cup win at "The Paperclip," a victory that happened way back in 2011. Because of this, the 23-year Cup veteran should be a fade in sports betting but not necessarily in DFS. Given his salary on DraftKings is affordable ($8,300) and that his starting position should keep him towards the front of the field throughout the race, the No. 4 does offer some value in DFS this weekend.
--Adam Erhardt - RotoBallerSource: Racing-Reference.info
1 year agoKevin Harvick will start P22 in his final Cup start at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Between the traditional oval and the road course, Harvick has made an incredible 46 Cup starts at "America's Home for Racing", three of which ended with him in the winner's circle. While all of those wins came on the traditional oval course, he does have a respectable average finish of 11.6 on the Roval. With just a few races left in his legendary career, you can fully expect the future hall of famer to compete for wins each and every week, something that was evident in his efforts last week at Talladega. While I would not go as far as to bet the No. 4 to win the race, I do feel he will be competitive enough to make him a viable play for DFS on Sunday.
--Adam Erhardt - RotoBallerSource: Racing-Reference.info
1 year agoKevin Harvick's No. 4 Ford was the second car to cross the finish line in this weekend's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, but the history books won't show that. After the race, the No. 4 Ford was found to be in violation of NASCAR Rule Book numbers 14.5.6.2.F Windshield and 14.1.E&P Overall Assembled Vehicle Rules. This means that any Stage points earned by Harvick during the race will be stripped and he will be awarded a last-place finish (38th). Stewart-Haas Racing does have the right to appeal the penalty but there has been no indication that they will do so. After the race, Harvick's crew chief, Rodney Childers, posted an explanation on social media, saying, "There have been times I've got caught doing something I shouldn't have. Today got DQ'd for the car buffering in the draft all day and some windshield bolts vibrating out. My guys had silicon on the threads and gobbed on the tip. Still came out. Not sure what else we could do."
--Jordan McAbeeSource: Motorsport.com
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