As the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship continues to heat up, so do the drivers’ attitudes, as was evident this past Thursday in the Nationwide Garages at Lowes Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick who has been winless since the 2007 Daytona 500, was once again the center of a driver on driver dispute with none other than Carl Edwards.
Carl as we all remember from last week, bump drafted his Roush racing teammate Greg Biffle a little too hard, and caused the big one on lap 174, which also included knocking Harvick, and 4 other chase drivers out of the race.
Kevin, who is no stranger to letting his fellow drivers as well his fans know exactly what is going through his mind, got into a confrontation with Edwards, after Carl approached him in the garage.
When Kevin tried to walk away, Edwards grabbed him, and let’s just say we have two very frustrated drivers.

Kevin as we all remember was thrown into the spotlight of the Winston cup series back in 2001, even though Kevin was already being prepared by Richard Childress Racing to be their next up and coming cup driver at the time.
Kevin was being groomed to eventually take over the # 3 car for Dale Earnhardt Sr, as soon as he was ready to retire.
But all of that changed, after the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr. during the 2001 Daytona 500.
Kevin, who was already racing the # 2 Busch series car, got the call from Richard Childress, telling him that his time had come, and that he would start the next race at “The Rock,” and that his transition into Winston cup series had just begun.

He was born Kevin Michael Harvick, on December 8, 1975 in Bakersfield, California.
Kevin started his racing career as most of our top stars did, at a very young age.
He was only 5 years old when his parents bought him his first go-kart as a kindergarten graduation present.
Kevin was born a natural talent, as he began to move up the ranks through the Elite division of the Southwest series which races Late Models around his hometown where he grew up.
He would eventually make his Craftsmen Truck series debut in 1999 at his home track Mesa Marin, which is in Bakersfield California.
In 2000, Kevin would move into the Busch series full time finishing the year with 3 wins, eight top five finishes and sixteen top ten finishes.
Kevin would reap the rewards of all his hard work, by winning the Busch Series Rookie-of-the year award that same year.

Kevin as we know is no stranger to on-track, as well off-track altercations with other drivers.
Probably his most famous one had to be last year when he and Juan Montoya got into a shoving match during a race at Watkins Glen.
Kevin and Juan looked like a couple of bobbleheads pushing and shoving each other while the NASCAR officials were trying to break them up.
Kevin was known for having a short temper when he first came into the series.
Many times during his first year driving in the cup series, Richard Childress had to have one of those meaningful talks with Kevin, to tell him to cool down a bit, and not let his temper get to him. What happened last week in Charlotte is just Kevin venting his frustrations of having a winless season.
When you think about it, how hard it must be for him to be a two-time Busch/Nationwide champion, and also have a championship truck team, but yet he still can’t win his first Sprint cup championship?

From an owner/driver standpoint, that has to be a hard pill to s w a l l o w.
And then you throw in knowing that Casey Mears will be your teammate next season?
That would make any driver’s blood boil.
Kevin is one of the fiercest competitors that are out there today, and all of his fans know that being winless since the 2007 Daytona 500, is starting to take its toll.
It’s not easy for a driver of his caliber to come in week after week, knowing that you have the tools to win, and just can’t get it done.
But there comes a time when you have to take a self examination of all the priorities that he has, and does he have a little too much on his plate?
With all that he has going on, it makes one wonder how he manages to find a balance between the three of them? Kevin Harvick Inc. owns the #2 and #33 Camping World Chevrolet Silverado’s in the Craftsman Truck Series, as well as the #33 Camping World and #77 Dollar General Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series, and then you add his full time ride in the Cup series?
That sounds like a pretty full plate to me. But then I’m not Kevin Harvick, either.

Hopefully what happened in Charlotte, stays in Charlotte, and doesn’t filter off into the remainder of the season, or the fans don’t start looking beyond what happened and a make big deal out of it.
What some of us tends to forget is that, these drivers are human just like us.
They breathe the same air, and eat the same food as us.
The only difference is that they like playing bumper cars at 180 M.P.H.!!!!!
So why should their outbursts be any different then ours?
How many times have we maybe done, or wanted to do the same thing as Kevin and Carl?
It’s good for them to vent, and show that they are just as human as the rest of normal folks.
Kevin Harvick will continue to be Kevin Harvick, no matter what the circumstances are.

That’s what makes him special in the eyes of his fans.
Kevin is a very real person on and off the track.
What you see is what you get with him.
There is no sugar coating, and there is no backing down from this one-of-a-kind driver.
All that we can do as fans is continue to support each and every driver, now matter how they act.
Because isn’t that how we want to see our drivers, keeping it real?
Good luck to Kevin and the #29 RCR team throughout the rest of the season.
May the racing gods show a little mercy on this hard nosed driver. I’m Out