Who’s Hot and Who’s Not in NASCAR: Dover Edition

He’s never won at Dover, incidentally. Fall short, and Harvick likely could be relegated to a spoiler role for the rest of NASCAR’s playoffs.

Both of those races might have been considered failed risks for Harvick: Not pitting to get the tire changed at Chicagoland and trying to make it to the finish line before his fuel ran out at New Hampshire.

Ahead is the concrete mile track at Dover where Harvick is 0 for 29. “Things haven’t gone precisely to plan however I promise you one factor “we won’t give up” #itaintover”. Harvick aggressively “pokes” Johnson on the chest and Johnson is seen walking away as members of Harvick’s entourage restrain him (Harvick) from a possible escalation in the dialogue between the two drivers.

Namely, elimination from additional development in the Chase. He’ll earn an automatic berth into the championship round with a victory.

Matt Kenseth: Wins way into Chase’s second round at New Hampshire and continues Joe Gibbs Racing’s domination.

“As a team, we have moved on to Dover”, he said.

Kevin Harvick figures he’s been in this kind of a situation before. That is not his only problem, however, he also needs to outrun Kyle Busch and Paul Menard by 22 positions or Jamie McMurray by 24 spots.

Neither of those races was incident-free for Harvick. “I don’t know the answer to that 100 percent”.

At Chicagoland, Johnson connected with Harvick and created a tire rub on the SHR Chevy. Harvick spun and hit the wall, ending his race and sparking a confrontation with Johnson.

Danica Patrick: Had a good run going at New Hampshire until wreck on Lap 203 knocked her out of the race. Childers said Sunday that data showed Harvick had enough fuel and it should have been a “non-issue”.