Kevin Harvick nearly pulled it off, but fell short again. Sunday Harvick was the class of the field in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway. In fact he had been all weekend starting with Friday’s pole winning run, his seventh of the season.
Sunday Harvick took the early lead and seemed well on the way to his third win of the year. On lap 144 he began to report that the left front of his Chevy was slamming” the ground. Soon Brad Keselowski got past for the lead. By lap 168, though Harvick, his Chevy’s front end still bouncing, was nearing the front. A caution for debris on lap 172 brought the field to pit road. Harvick regained the lead during the stops and seemed back in control.
But on lap 252, Harvick pulled up out of the groove on the backstretch . Sparks could be seen trialing from the left front of his Chevy. With a flat left front tire, Harvick limped to pit road for repairs. He would re-pit three more times but never lost the lead lap. He restarted 21st.
Meanwhile the crew found that the valve stem on the tire had broken off. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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