Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress Racing’s No. 29 Budweiser Folds of Honor team collected an eighth-place finish in Saturday’s Coca-Cola 600 under the lights at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Harvick started the race from the 14th position and overcame handling issues to collect his sixth top-10 finish of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. During the early laps of the race, the Bakersfield, Calif., native informed the Shane Wilson-led crew that his red, white and blue Chevrolet had developed a tight-handling condition. The Budweiser Folds of Honor crew went to work on the car during a scheduled pit stop while under caution taking four tires, fuel and pulling a spring rubber. The quick pit stop allowed Harvick to restart in the 11th position on lap 117. As green-flag racing continued the RCR driver settled into the top-10 and his Chevrolet began to shift from being too tight to too loose. The crew continued to work on the car’s handling during several scheduled pit stops and Harvick was able to maintain a position within the top 10, ultimately crossing the finish line eighth. The finish moved the No. 29 team up one position, to seventh, in the Sprint Cup Series driver championship point standings.
KEVIN HARVICK QUOTE:
“We had a solid night. We snuck up there in the top-five and got our bonus point for leading a lap. The pit crew was awesome and we were able to adjust our car. This isn’t our strongest race track, but I feel like we have a solid package to build on.”