Kevin Harvick was 25 years old, when he won his first Winston Cup race at Atlanta in 2001.
Kevin Harvick became famous for becoming the fastest driver winning the Winston Cup car race on March 11, 2001, breaking the previous record set by Dale Earnheart, Jr, in 2000.
In 2001, Kevin Harvick became the first and only driver to win both the Busch Series Championship and the Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award in the same season.
The following are Kevin Harvick's first wins in Nascar's top three series:Cup Series - March 11, 2001 - Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway)Nationwide Series - July 29, 2000 - Carquest Auto Parts 250 (Gateway International Raceway)Truck Series - November 8, 2002 - Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix International Raceway)
Kevin Harvick has never won a Nascar Cup Series championship. He did win the 2001 and 2006 Busch Series championships (now known as the Nationwide Series).
After the 2001 Daytona 500, Kevin Harvick replaced Dale Sr. at Richard Childress Racing.
Jeff Gordon was the 2001 Winston Cup champion.
Following Dale Sr's death in 2001, Richard Childress placed Kevin Harvick in the GM Goodwrench Chevy, using the #29. But as of today, GM Goodwrench is no longer a sponsor and the #3 is not being used in the Cup Series.
O. Winston Link died in 2001.
The closest finish in the history of the American Race is arguably the first race in 1959, or the 2007 race. In the 1959 race, it took 3 days for the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing to declare Lee Petty as the winner. In 2007, Kevin Harvick edged out Mark Martin at the finish line to win by 0.02 seconds or two-one-hundredths of a second. To see the video of the finish just click on the link below.
The cast of Screwheads - 2001 includes: Kevin Allardyce as Kevin James Whittingham as James
Kevin John Hewitt died in 2001.
Kevin Boland died on 2001-09-23.