BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kevin Harvick didn't have one more trick up his lengthy sleeves. Harvick is in the top 10 in both the Busch Series and Winston Cup points races. On Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, the youngster went gunning for an unprecedented weekend sweep of the Busch and Winston Cup races, but had only enough in the car to finish second to Tony Stewart's powerful Pontiac in the Sharpie 500. As he did in the Busch race Friday, Harvick had to work his way through the pack, after some damage to the car and one bad early pit stop. That was complicated by the torture and mental anguish of the wreck-marred 500-lap affair. "It was a close call on just about every lap," Harvick said. "You're just up on top of the steering wheel the whole time." Harvick, a Cup rookie and the leading man in the Busch points chase is fast becoming a crowd favorite. As Harvick mounted his last challenge to Stewart in the closing stages, many of the 150,000 fans got the most out of their already strained vocal chords. But Stewart was too good, too fast when he was in clean air, and he drove off into the night. His margin of victory was .487 seconds. "I think our only chance [to win] was for him to get stacked up behind lapped cars," Harvick said. The No. 29 Chevy was aided in its charge, according to Harvick, by two "great" pit stops during the latter stages of the race. "[Crew chief] Kevin Hamlin and the guys made great calls adjusting the car," Harvick said. "I got us behind a little bit early and then we had a bad pit stop. The guys made up for it, and I made up for it on my end, I hope." The car seemed faster after the early altercation, Harvick said. Still the car gave him some problems in the corners and that in part kept him from ever catching Stewart. Harvick had to use his car up making the charge, but gave credit to Stewart's ability to succeed on the long runs. Stewart was equal in his praise for his rival. SOURCE CNNSI |
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Kevin Harvick didn't have one more trick up his lengthy sleeves. Harvick is in the top 10 in both the Busch Series and Winston Cup points races. On Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, the youngster went gunning for an unprecedented weekend sweep of the Busch and Winston Cup races, but had only enough in the car to finish second to Tony Stewart's powerful Pontiac in the Sharpie 500. As he did in the Busch race Friday, Harvick had to work his way through the pack, after some damage to the car and one bad early pit stop. That was complicated by the torture and mental anguish of the wreck-marred 500-lap affair. "It was a close call on just about every lap," Harvick said. "You're just up on top of the steering wheel the whole time." Harvick, a Cup rookie and the leading man in the Busch points chase is fast becoming a crowd favorite. As Harvick mounted his last challenge to Stewart in the closing stages, many of the 150,000 fans got the most out of their already strained vocal chords. But Stewart was too good, too fast when he was in clean air, and he drove off into the night. His margin of victory was .487 seconds. "I think our only chance [to win] was for him to get stacked up behind lapped cars," Harvick said. The No. 29 Chevy was aided in its charge, according to Harvick, by two "great" pit stops during the latter stages of the race. "[Crew chief] Kevin Hamlin and the guys made great calls adjusting the car," Harvick said. "I got us behind a little bit early and then we had a bad pit stop. The guys made up for it, and I made up for it on my end, I hope." The car seemed faster after the early altercation, Harvick said. Still the car gave him some problems in the corners and that in part kept him from ever catching Stewart. Harvick had to use his car up making the charge, but gave credit to Stewart's ability to succeed on the long runs. Stewart was equal in his praise for his rival. SOURCE CNNSI |