Kevin Harvick, driver, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil car

Wife: DeLana                                                      
Pets: Three dogs, two cats                                                
Career Highlights                                                                   

• 2008 marks his eighth season in the NASCAR Cup Series with 11 wins, five poles, 51 top-five and 105 top-10 finishes in 255 starts
• Won the 2007 Daytona 500 by two one-hundredths of a second over Mark Martin, the closest finish since electronic scoring started in 1993
• Won the 2007 NASCAR All-Star Challenge … first non-points victory in his career
• Raced his way to his second consecutive Chase for the NASCAR Cup in 2007, finishing 10th in the championship point standings
• Won the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship as an owner with driver Ron Hornaday Jr.
• Finished fourth in the 2006 NASCAR Cup point standings, his highest career finish in the series
• Earned his first spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Cup in 2006
• Won his second NASCAR Nationwide Series championship by a record margin of 824 points on the strength of nine wins, one pole, 23 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes in 2006
• Captured his first NASCAR Sweep at, Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, in April 2005, winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the NASCAR Cup Series race on the same weekend
• Only driver to win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis (Ind.) Motor Speedway from the pole position in August 2003
• Helped Richard Childress Racing win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Owners’ Championship in 2003
• Won the 2002 International Race of Champions (IROC) Champion during his rookie season on the strength of one win (California Speedway), three top five and four top-10 finishes
• First NASCAR Truck Series victory came at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway in November 2002, his 75th career start
• Won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship in 2001 with five wins, four poles, 20 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes
• First NASCAR Cup victory came at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway in March 2001, his third career start
• Earned 2000 Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with three wins, two poles, eight top-five and 16 top-10 finishes
• Captured the NASCAR Winston West championship in 1998
• Earned 1995 Rookie of the Year honors in the Featherlite Southwest Series, finishing 11th in the points standings
• Began racing go-karts at the age of seven, went on to claim seven national championships and two grand national championships
   

Career Firsts

• First NASCAR Cup race: February 26, 2001, North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, N.C. (started 36, finished 14th)
• First NASCAR Cup win and top-five finish: March 11, 2001, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. (started fifth)
• First NASCAR Cup pole position: July 6, 2002, at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (finished 11th)
• First NASCAR Cup top-10 finish: March 4, 2001, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev. (started 20th, finished eighth)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series, Grand National Division race: October 23, 1999, at North Carolina Speedway (started 24th, finished 42nd)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series pole position: June 3, 2000, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del. (finished sixth)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series win: July 29, 2000, at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. (started fourth)
• First NASCAR Nationwide Series top-five and top-10 finishes: February 19, 2000 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (finished fifth, started fourth)
• First NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race: October 15, 1995, Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. (started 27th, finished 27th)
• First NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win: November 8, 2002, Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. (started third)
• First NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series top-five finish: June 5, 1998, at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas (started 21st , finished fourth)
• First NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series top-10 finish: October 12, 1997, Mesa Marin Raceway (started fifth, finished eighth)