This Week’s No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevy at Chicagoland Speedway … Kevin Harvick will pilot Chassis No. 254 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. This is a new Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet Impala SS.

Back in Yellow and Red … After showcasing the Reese’s paint scheme last weekend during the Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona, the No. 29 Chevy will return to its traditional bright yellow and red Shell-Pennzoil colors this weekend for the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

Points Check … Harvick fell to 13th in the NSCS point standings with his 12th-place finish last weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The 32-year-old driver trails 12th-place Tony Stewart by two points, 10 points behind Greg Biffle in 11th, 16 markers behind RCR teammate Clint Bowyer in 10th, 23 points shy of Matt Kenseth in ninth and 176 points out of the top five.

RCR this Season … In 55 starts this season, RCR-prepared Sprint Cup Series entries have notched two wins (Burton – Bristol, Bowyer – Richmond), 10 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C., based race team has completed 16,400 laps in 2008 with four different drivers including Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Harvick and Ken Schrader. Meanwhile, RCR teams have logged 22,374.4 miles of competition this season and been on top of the leaderboard for 300 laps.

Former Winner, Chicago Stats … In seven NSCS races at Chicagoland Speedway, Harvick has earned four top-five and five top-10 finishes, including victories in the first two races. The 11-time Sprint Cup Series winner has logged a 13.3 starting average coupled with an impressive eighth-place finishing average. Meanwhile, Harvick has completed all but one lap of competition dating to his rookie season and led five times for 282 laps.

2008 in Review … Over the season’s first 18 races, Harvick has earned two top-five and five top-10 finishes. He currently holds a 17.3 starting average coupled with a 15.6 finishing average and has completed 5,247 of 5,425 total laps (96.7 percent).

Since We’re Talking Chicago Stats … Harvick is ranked second in NASCAR’s Average Running Position category (9.0) at Chicago and is currently the series best Closer – a statistic derived from the number of positions improved over the last 10 percent of each race. The 2006 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion is also second best in the total number of laps running in the top 15 (764). He is second in the Driver Rating category (114.6). The Driver Rating is a formula that combines the following categories: wins, finishes, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum points a driver can earn in each race is 150 points. The Driver Rating number is used pre-race as a prediction tool and post-race as a performance evaluator. (Note: All driver stats are from Chicagoland. NASCAR’s scoring loops began collecting date for statistical purposes in 2005).

Still Running Strong … Harvick has not recorded a DNF (did not finish) in 62 consecutive races, which is the modern era record (1972-present). Bowyer currently has the second-longest active streak of 55 consecutive races without a DNF.

RCR at Chicago … Richard Childress is tied with Joe Gibbs for most car owner victories at Chicagoland with two. Harvick scored back-to-back wins for RCR in the 2001-2002 LifeLock.com 400. In 21 starts at the 1.5-mile suburban Chicago tri-oval, Childress also boasts five top-five and 11 top-10 finishes with eight different drivers including Jeff Green, Harvick, Mike Skinner, Robby Gordon, Steve Park, Dave Blaney, Burton and Bowyer.

Friday Night Lights … In addition to his driving duties with the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet at Daytona, Harvick, a 32-time race winner in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, will drive the No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Incorporated on Friday, July 11 in the Dollar General 300. The race will be televised live on ESPN2 and broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio beginning at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

Catch all the Action … The LifeLock.com 400 from Chicagoland Speedway will take the green flag Saturday, July 12 at 8 p.m. EDT. Race coverage will be televised live on TNT beginning at 6:30 p.m. EDT and broadcast worldwide on the MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 19th race on the 2008 NSCS schedule will be televised live on SPEED Thursday, July 10 at 8:30 p.m. EDT.

“The fastest way around Chicago is to run the white line the entire race. However, you never know what the tires and all the other circumstances are going to be when we go back. The track is still aging and it loses grip every time we go back. Over the past couple of years, we have been able to run up the race track a little bit. But I think the person who can run the white line the entire race will win.”

“Probably that you go through the corners pretty much wide open. You let off sooner than you do at most places, and you drive it all the way through the corners under power. That’s not extremely different from other tracks but there is a lot more throttle there than at most places. You get back in it (the gas) a lot quicker than you do at most places.”