An Interview With: KEVIN HARVICK

THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to this week’s NASCAR teleconference, in advance of Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race is the Shelby American. Our guest today is the current NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader, Kevin Harvick. He drives No. 29 Shell Pennzoil Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, which has been on a great rebound early in the season. Kevin has finished 7th and 2nd in the season’s first two races, the Daytona 500 and the Auto Club 500, great start.

We are going to kick off today’s call with a question from a fan on our Twitter account. She mentioned that when the word got out that when Kevin was going to be the guest on today’s call, we got a lot of questions, great response from our fans. And we had one from Ashley Hanson in Alabama, and she wants to ask Kevin how he feels how his car and his team are going to be for the balance of the year; are they going to be strong enough to make the Chase, and maybe win the championship. Kevin, why don’t you start off with that and then we’ll go to the media.

KEVIN HARVICK: Okay. I think, you know, obviously the year has started off good. I feel like we are kind of starting how we finished the end of last year which is a good thing.

So still a lot of unknowns this year, I think you know, through the winning period here at the beginning of the year, I think we are going to be solid week-in and week-out. I still think there’s a lot of unknowns as far as what’s going to happen when the spoiler gets put on the car.

I feel, you know, we are doing the right things to know what the spoiler is going to do differently for the car, and you know, we have got a couple of tests coming up. So it’s good to have been with a team, with Gil and all of our guys are the same from last year, even though I knew most of those guys, it’s nice to have a fair amount of time working with those guys and everybody is kind of on the same page working together.

You know, as long as everything keeps going like it’s going, I think chances are as good as they have been to do both of those things with the Chase and hopefully compete for the Championship. But, you know, I think it’s probably going to be eight or ten weeks into the season until you really know where you stand with the spoiler.

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CREW CHIEF ADDINGTON GOING FOR ANOTHER LAS VEGAS VICTORY

-Miller Lite Dodge Team Leader Wants To Help K-U-R-T Busch Into Victory Lane This Time Around-

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 23, 2010) – Miller Lite Dodge Crew Chief Steve Addington tasted victory in last year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series visit to Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the leader of Kyle Busch’s team. He returns to Sin City for this weekend’s Shelby American (400) on a mission to help get older brother Kurt a Las Vegas win of his own at the Busch Brothers’ hometown track.

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KURT BUSCH CONFIDENT OF CONTINUING INTERMEDIATE STRENGTH

-Miller Lite Dodge Driver Looking For More Success In Stretch Of Races Starting At Fontana-

FONTANA, Calif. (Feb. 16, 2010) – Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch enters this weekend’s Auto Club 500 in Fontana, Calif., confident that his Steve Addington-led team can continue to show their intermediate track strength and use the next three-race stretch to establish an early-season foothold in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings.

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