Monday, May 7, 2018

Harvick Dominates at Dover

Originally written for CLNS Media.


Kevin Harvick won the AAA 400 from Dover International Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

Harvick led a race-high 201 laps on his way to a dominant victory on Sunday.  After two of Harvick’s Stewart-Haas teammates finished in the top five, Harvick said the finishes were a testament to the organization’s strength.
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“The first thing I had to do was just thank everybody on my team…for just continuing to put the effort that they put into these cars,” Harvick said.  “Three cars in the top five says a lot about where we are as a company.”

Rain halted the race with 80 laps to go, but the race restarted after NASCAR was able to dry the track.  When the race resumed, Harvick raced Clint Bowyer for the lead before pulling away by seven seconds.

Harvick said he enjoyed racing for the lead with his teammate.

“It’s fun racing your teammate; that says a lot about our company,” Harvick said.

Bowyer said he didn’t know how his car would handle in clean air over the final run after running in traffic for the most of the day.

“The biggest thing was if we had a chance to adjust our car in clean air like [Harvick] did; he had that luxury all day,” Bowyer said.  “It’s fun to be running like this again and be competitive.”

Unofficial results:
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Daniel Suarez
4. Martin Truex Jr.
5. Kurt Busch
6. Brad Keselowski
7. Denny Hamlin
8. Ryan Blaney
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kyle Larson
11. Aric Almirola
12. Chase Elliott
13. Joey Logano
14. William Byron
15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
16. Jamie McMurray
17. Kasey Kahne
18. Erik Jones
19. Trevor Bayne
20. Chris Buescher
21. AJ Allmendinger
22. Michael McDowell
23. Alex Bowman
24. Ty Dillon
25. Darrell Wallace Jr.
26. Austin Dillon
27. David Ragan
28. Ross Chastain
29. Matt DiBenedetto
30. Gray Gaulding
31. Landon Cassill
32. Reed Sorenson
33. Ryan Newman
34. Paul Menard
35. Kyle Busch
36. Cody Ware
37. Derrike Cope
38. Corey LaJoie


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