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Get your engine revving with a full listing of Kevin’s career highlights, year by year. Find out how many times he’s won a pole, how often he nabbed a top finish, or how many points he’s garnered in any given year.

2023

• Finished the season 13th in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings. 
• Earned a second place finish at Darlington Raceway for his final Southern 500. 

2022

• Won two NASCAR Cup Series point races – August 7 at Michigan International Speedway and August 14 at Richmond Raceway. 
• Finished the season 15th in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings. 

2021 

• Finished the season fifth in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings.  
• Earned a best finish of second on two occasions – May 2 at Kansas Speedway and September 18 at Bristol Motor Speedway. 

2020

• Finished the season fifth in the NASCAR Cup Series point standings. 
• Won a series-best nine NASCAR Cup Series point races – May 17 at Darlington Raceway, June 7 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, June 27 at Pocono Raceway, July 5 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, August 8 at Michigan International Speedway, August 9 at Michigan International Speedway, August 23 at Dover International Speedway, September 6 at Darlington Raceway and September 19 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

2019 

• Won four Cup Series points races – July 21 at New Hampshire,  Aug. 11 at Michigan, Sept. 8 at Indianapolis and Nov. 3 at Texas.
• Won six Cup Series poles – March 1 at Las Vegas, April 12 at Richmond, May 10 at Kansas, July 27 at Pocono, Sept. 8 at Indianapolis and Nov. 2 at Texas.
• Won non-points Duel at Daytona Feb. 14 at Daytona

2018

• Won a career-high eight Cup Series point races in one season - Feb. 25 at Atlanta, March 4 at Las Vegas, March 11 at Phoenix, May 6 at Dover, May 12 at Kansas, July 22 at New Hampshire, Aug. 12 at Michigan and Nov. 4 at Texas.
• Won four Cup Series poles – April 28 at Talladega, May 11 at Kansas, Sept. 21 at Richmond and Nov. 9 at Phoenix.
• Won the NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte on May 20.
• Won NASCAR Xfinity Series race Feb. 24 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

2017

• Won two NASCAR Cup points races - June 24 at Sonoma and Nov. 4 at Texas. 
• Won four NASCAR Cup poles - Mar. 3 at Atlanta, Apr. 7 at Texas, May 25 at Charlotte and Sept. 2 at Darlington 
• Won one NASCAR K&N West race - June 23 at Sonoma

2016

• Won four NASCAR Cup point races - March 13 at Phoenix, August 21 at Bristol (Tenn.), Sept. 25 at New Hampshire and Oct. 16 at Kansas. 
• Won two NASCAR Cup poles - Oct. 6 at Charlotte and Nov. 18 at Homestead (Fla.).

2015

• Won three NASCAR Cup point races – March 8 at Las Vegas, March 15 at Phoenix and Oct. 14 at Dover (Del.).
• Earned 14 second-place finishes in the NASCAR Cup Series - February 22 at Daytona, March 1 at Atlanta, March 22 at Fontana (Calif.), April 4 at Texas, April 26 at Richmond, May 9 at Kansas, May 16 All-Star race at Charlotte, May 31 at Dover (Del.), June 7 at Pocono (Penn.), August 16 at Michigan, August 22 at Bristol (Tenn.), Oct. 11 at Charlotte, Nov. 15 at Phoenix and Nov. 22 at Homestead (Fla.). 
• Won one NASCAR Cup pole - March 13 at Phoenix.
• Won two XFINITY Series races - February 28 at Atlanta and March 14 at Fontana (Calif.).

2014

• Earned NASCAR Cup Series Championship after first season driving for Stewart-Haas Racing.  
• Won five NASCAR Cup point races – March 3 at Phoenix, April 12 at Darlington (S.C.),  Oct. 11 at Charlotte (N.C.), Nov. 9 at Phoenix and Nov. 16 at Homestead (Fla.). 
• Won eight NASCAR Cup poles, the most in one season of NASCAR Cup career - April 11 at Darlington (S.C.), May 9 at Kansas, June 13 at Michigan, July 26 at Indianapolis, August 22 at Bristol (Tenn.), August 29 at Atlanta, Sept. 26 at Dover (Del.) and October 3 at Kansas.
• Won four XFINITY Series races - April 26 at Richmond (Va.), June 27 at Kentucky, August 30 at Atlanta and Sept. 13 at Chicago. 
• Won XFINITY Series pole on April 4 at Texas. 

2013

• Finished third in NASCAR Cup point standings as a member of the 13-driver Chase for the Championship.
• Won four NASCAR Cup point races – April 27 at Richmond (Va.), May 26 at Charlotte (N.C.), Oct. 6 at Kansas and Nov. 10 at Phoenix.
• Won NASCAR Cup pole Oct. 4 at Kansas. It broke a 254-race pole drought dating back to New Hampshire in Sept. 2006.
• Won the non-points The Clash at Daytona NASCAR Cup race Feb. 16 at Daytona for the third time in his career.
• Won the non-points Budweiser Duel NASCAR Cup race Feb. 21 at Daytona to earn a third-place starting spot in the Daytona 500.
• Won XFINITY Series race Aug. 31 at Atlanta.

2012

• Finished eighth in NASCAR Cup point standings as a member of the 12-driver Chase for the Championship.
• Won NASCAR Cup Series race Nov. 11 at Phoenix. 
• Won two XFINITY Series races – Sept. 7 at Richmond and Nov. 3 at Texas.
• Won 24th XFINITY Series pole April 27 at Richmond.
• Won NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race March 31 at Martinsville (Va.).
• Won two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series poles – March 31 at Martinsville and June 1 at Dover (Del.).

2011

• Finished third in NASCAR Cup point standings for the second consecutive year as a member of the 12-driver Chase for the Championship. 
• Won four NASCAR Cup point races – March 27 at Fontana (Calif.), April 3 at Martinsville, May 29 at Charlotte and Sept. 10 at Richmond.
• Harvick’s successive wins at Fontana and Martinsville marked the second time that he has won back-to-back NASCAR Cup races.
• Won 23rd XFINITY Series pole July 1 at Daytona. 
• Won four Camping World Truck Series races – Aug. 7 at Pocono (Pa.), Aug. 20 at Michigan, Aug. 24 at Bristol (Tenn.) and Nov. 4 at Texas. Three of those wins – at Pocono, Michigan and Bristol – came in successive fashion.
• Earned his second Truck Series pole Aug. 6 at Pocono in his 110th Truck Series start.
• Won Truck Series owner championship. It was Harvick’s third Truck Series owner championship.

2010

• Finished third in NASCAR Cup point standings as a member of the 12-driver Chase for the Championship.
• Won three NASCAR Cup point races – April 25 at Talladega (Ala.), July 3 at Daytona (Fla.) and Aug. 15 at Michigan.
• Won the non-points Clash at Daytona NASCAR Cup race at Daytona for the second straight time Feb. 6.
• Won three XFINITY Series races – Feb. 27 at Las Vegas, April 3 at Nashville (Tenn.) and Sept. 10 at Richmond.
• Won three XFINITY Series poles – April 23 at Talladega, July 9 at Chicagoland and Sept. 10 at Richmond.
• Won three Truck Series races – March 6 at Atlanta, March 27 at Martinsville and July 17 at Gateway.
• Harvick’s successive wins at Atlanta and Martinsville marked the first time that he has won back-to-back Truck Series races.
• Earned his first career Truck Series pole July 16 at Gateway in his 105th start. 

2009

• Finished 19th in the NASCAR Cup point standings. 
• Earned two second-place finishes – Feb. 15 at Daytona and Nov. 16 at Homestead. Scored five top-five finishes.
• Won the non-points The Clash at Daytona NASCAR Cup race Feb. 7 at Daytona.
• Won two XFINITY Series races – March 21 at Bristol (Tenn.) and Sept. 5 at Atlanta.
• Won two XFINITY Series poles – Feb. 13 at Daytona and Aug. 8 at Watkins Glen (N.Y.).
• Won three Truck Series races – March 30 at Martinsville, Nov. 13 at Phoenix and Nov. 20 at Homestead (Fla.).
• Won second Truck Series championship as a car owner with driver Ron Hornaday.

2008

• Finished fourth in NASCAR Cup point standings as a member of the 12-driver Chase for the Championship.
• Earned two second-place finishes – March 16 at Bristol and Sept. 6 at Atlanta. Scored seven top-five finishes.
• Earned eight top-five finishes in 22 XFINITY Series races.
• Won Truck Series race Nov. 7 at Phoenix.

2007

• Finished 10th in NASCAR Cup point standings as a member of the 12-driver Chase for the Championship.
• Won the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18 at Daytona. It was Harvick’s 11th career NASCAR Cup victory and his first on a restrictor-plate track.
• Won the non-points NASCAR All-Star race May 19 at Charlotte.
• Won six XFINITY Series races – Feb. 17 at Daytona, June 30 at New Hampshire, July 14 at Chicagoland, Aug. 4 at Montreal, Aug. 11 at Watkins Glen and Nov. 3 at Texas.
• Won two XFINITY Series poles – March 9 at Las Vegas and June 30 at New Hampshire.
• Won Truck Series driver and owners championship with driver Ron Hornaday Jr. It was Harvick’s second Truck Series owners championship.
• Won first Truck Series championship as a car owner with Hornaday. 

2006

• Finished fourth in NASCAR Cup point standings as a member of the 10-driver Chase for the Championship.
• Won five NASCAR Cup point races – April 22 at Phoenix, Aug. 13 at Watkins Glen, Sept. 9 at Richmond, Sept. 17 at New Hampshire and Nov. 12 at Phoenix.
• The successive wins at Richmond and New Hampshire marked the first time Harvick scored back-to-back NASCAR Cup victories.
• Harvick’s Watkins Glen victory was his seventh career NASCAR Cup victory and his first on a road course.
• Scored fifth career NASCAR Cup pole Sept. 15 at New Hampshire. 
• Won nine XFINITY Series races – April 15 at Nashville, April 21 at Phoenix, May 5 at Richmond, July 22 at Martinsville, Aug. 5 at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Sept. 8 at Richmond, Sept. 30 at Kansas, Oct. 28 at Memphis, and Nov. 4 at Texas.
• Earned second XFINITY Series championship on October 13, 2006. It was the earliest clinch of the championship ever in the XFINITY Series, as Harvick claimed the championship with four races remaining in the season. He ended the season with a record 824-point margin in the final standings.

2005

• Finished 14th in the NASCAR Cup point standings for the second consecutive year. 
• Won NASCAR Cup race April 3 at Bristol. It was Harvick’s fifth career NASCAR Cup win, his first of the season and his first at Bristol.
• Scored two NASCAR Cup poles – April 29 at Talladega and Sept. 9 at Richmond.
• Won four XFINITY Series races – April 4 at Bristol, July 9 at Chicagoland, Sept. 9 at Richmond and Nov. 5 at Texas.
• Won two XFINITY Series poles – July 1 at Daytona and July 16 at New Hampshire.

2004

• Finished 14th in the NASCAR Cup point standings. 
• Finished second Oct. 3 at Talladega, his best finish of the season. Scored five top-five finishes.
• Won two XFINITY Series races – March 6 at Las Vegas and Nov. 20 at Homestead.

2003

• Finished fifth in the NASCAR Cup point standings. 
• Won the Brickyard 400 on Aug. 3 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Harvick started on the pole and 33 laps en route to his fourth career NASCAR Cup victory. Harvick became the first driver to win the Brickyard 400 from the pole position.
• Won three XFINITY Series races – March 22 at Bristol, May 2 at Richmond and Aug. 16 at Michigan.
• Won five XFINITY Series poles – April 25 at Fontana, May 23 at Charlotte, Aug. 29 at Darlington, Oct. 10 at Charlotte and Oct. 30 at Phoenix. 
• Helped Richard Childress Racing (RCR) earn XFINITY Series owner championship.

2002

• Finished 21st in the NASCAR Cup point standings. 
• Won NASCAR Cup Series race July 14 at Chicagoland.
• Earned his first career NASCAR Cup pole July 5 at Daytona.
• Driving a Kevin Harvick, Inc. (KHI) truck, won his first career Truck Series race Nov. 8 at Phoenix. 
• Became the fifth driver to win at least one race in each of NASCAR’s three national series – NASCAR Cup, XFINITY and Camping World Truck.
• Secured the IROC XXVI championship with a fifth-place finish in the season finale Aug. 3 at Indianapolis. En route to the IROC championship, Harvick scored his first IROC victory at Fontana on April 27. Harvick became the first rookie to win the IROC title since Ricky Rudd in 1992.

2001

• Finished ninth in the NASCAR Cup point standings and won the Rookie of the Year title. 
• Picked to replace Dale Earnhardt after Earnhardt died from injuries suffered in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500.
• Won his first career NASCAR Cup points race March 11 at Atlanta. Harvick earned the victory in just his third career Cup start. 
• Won NASCAR Cup race July 15 at Chicagoland.
• Earned first XFINITY Series championship by 124 points over Jeff Green.
• Won five XFINITY Series races – March 31 at Texas, June 16 at Kentucky, July 21 at Gateway, Aug. 4 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Aug. 24 at Bristol.
• Won XFINITY Series poles at Bristol, Nashville, New Hampshire and Milwaukee.
• Voted XFINITY Series Most Popular Driver. 
• Became owner of a Truck Series team with Rick Carelli. 

2000

• Finished third in the XFINITY Series point standings and won the Rookie of the Year title.
• Won first career XFINITY Series race July 29 at Gateway. 
• Won two additional XFINITY Series races – Aug. 25 at Bristol and Oct. 29 at Memphis.
• Won first XFINITY Series pole June 2 at Dover in 14th race of the season. Second career pole came Aug. 25 at Bristol.

1999

• Made XFINITY Series debut for RCR on Oct. 23 at Rockingham (N.C.). Harvick started 24th and finished 42nd due to an expired engine.
• Competed full-time in the Truck Series, scoring six top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in 25 races.
• Ran two ARCA Series races for RCR – Charlotte and Talladega. Finished in the top five twice. 

1998

• Posted three top-five and five top-10 finishes in 26 Truck Series races.
• Won K&N Pro Series West championship. Won five races (Las Vegas, Altamont (Calif.), Fontana, Pikes Peak (Colo.) and Sonoma (Calif.)) and five poles. 

1997

• Ran 13 Truck Series races for Wayne Spears. Finished in the top 10 twice. 
• Competed in three K&N Pro Series West races, scoring two top-10 finishes.

1996

• Made four Truck Series starts for his family-owned team. 

1995

• Made Truck Series debut on Oct. 15 at Mesa Marin (Calif.). Harvick started and finished 27th in his family-owned truck.
• Won first Southwest Tour Series race at Tucson Raceway Park.
• Named Southwest Tour Series Rookie of the Year. 

1993

• Won NASCAR Late Model Championship at Mesa Marin Raceway.

1987

• International Kart Federation National Champion.

1985

• International Kart Federation National Champion.

1982

• Began racing go-karts in Bakersfield (Calif).