Birthdate: Dec. 8, 1975 Hometown: Bakersfield, Calif. Resides: Winston-Salem, N.C. Marital Status: Married (DeLana) Children: None Hobbies: Radio-controlled race cars

Kevin Harvick No. 29 Shell Chevrolet Team: Richard Childress Racing Team Owner: Richard Childress Crew Chief: Todd Berrier Engine Builder: Gary Wagner Career Starts: 214 Career Wins: 10 Career Poles: 1 Best Points Finish: 4th (2006) First Full Season: 2001 First Start: Feb. 26, 2001 (Rockingham) First Win: March 11, 2001 (Atlanta) First Pole: July 4, 2002 (Daytona) Shop Address: 425 Industrial Drive Welcome, NC 27374

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2001 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year 2001 and 2006 NASCAR Busch Series champion 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year 1998 NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series champion

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished fourth in series points. … Qualified for the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup for the first time. … Also ran full NASCAR Busch Series schedule for RCR, and won that series title for the second time. … Five victories tied two others for the series’ second-highest victory total. … Victory at Watkins Glen was first road-course win in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup. … Won first Chase race, at New Hampshire, to take over the series points lead. Engine problem the fol- lowing week at Dover led to 32nd-place finish and a drop to fifth in the Chase standings. … Five victories included a sweep of the two Phoenix races.

2005 Finished 14th in series points for second consecutive season. … Sole victory of season came at Bristol spring race. … Had poles at Talladega spring race and Richmond fall race. … Season-high points position was sixth, after Bristol win. … Fell out of contention for “Chase” field with only one top-10 finish in the 10 races preceding Chase “cut-off” race at Richmond.

2004 Finished 14th in series points. … Scored career-best finish at Daytona 500 with a fourth-place finish. … Posted five top fives and 14 top 10s, his best a second-place effort at Talladega. … First season without a win. … Best qual- ifying performance of the season was fifth at both Martinsville and Phoenix. … Placed on probation in June and November for separate incidents.

2003 Finished fifth in series points, a career best. … Season highlight was winning the pole and the race in the 10th anniversary of the Brickyard 400. … Crew chief Todd Berrier replaced Gil Martin beginning with Bristol event in March. … Win at Indianapolis began a five-race streak of top-five finishes, solidifying him as a title contender. … Improved to second in points after a fourth-place finish at Dover in September. … Slid to sixth in the championship race after finishing 20th at Atlanta and 34th at Phoenix. … Posted career bests in top fives (11) and top-10 finishes (18).

2002 Finished 21st in series points. … Won at Chicagoland Speedway, his second consecutive win at the track. …. Finished season with five top fives and eight top 10s. … Started on the pole at Daytona for the Pepsi 400. … Placed on probation in April for incident in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

2001 Finished ninth in series points. … Earned Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and won the NASCAR Busch Series championship. … Competed in 35 races, taking over as driver of the Chevrolets owned by Richard Childress after the death of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt in season-opening Daytona 500. … Won in his third career start, edging Jeff Gordon at Atlanta Motor Speedway by .006 second. … Won inaugural race at Chicagoland Speedway. …Counting one start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, he ran 69 races in NASCAR’s top three series at 30 different tracks, logging more than 20,000 racing miles.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
2001 NASCAR Busch Series champion. … Won Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2000, winning three races and two poles on his way to a third-place finish in points. … Ran the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1999, with 11 top-10 finishes. … Won 1998 NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series champi- onship. … Was Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Southwest Series in 1995, winning at Tucson and finishing 11th in points. … Won the 1993 Late Model championship at Mesa Marin Raceway in his hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. … Began racing go-karts at age 5, winning seven national titles and two Grand National championships.

NOTEWORTHY
Kevin and his wife, DeLana, were married in Las Vegas in February 2001, two days after he made his debut in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. … Won the 2002 IROC championship in his rookie season. … Favorite track is Bristol Motor Speedway.