Few venues on the NASCAR
circuit have been kinder to Kevin Harvick over the years than Virginia’s
Martinsville Speedway, and Harvick will look to add another grandfather clock
to his collection when he climbs into the No. 24 Tide Chevrolet Silverado in
Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race there.
Harvick is gunning for
back-to-back victories in the spring race at Martinsville, after recording three
wins in 15 career Truck Series starts there, along with two poles, seven Top-5
and nine Top-10 finishes. The California native has led a total of 584 laps
around the 0.526-mile paperclip-shaped Virginia track, including 248 of 250
last year to claim his 14th Truck Series victory. Should he win Saturday's
250-lap contest, it would be his third victory in the last four Martinsville
Truck starts.
He will have a new face
guiding his effort Saturday, with veteran crew chief Paul Andrews calling the
shots. Andrews, a native of Bangor, Maine, is best known for leading Alan Kulwicki
to the 1992 Winston Cup championship. In his tenure as a NASCAR Cup Series crew
chief, he has collected 12 victories and 30 poles.
“Martinsville is one of
those race tracks where I always look forward to getting behind the wheel,” said
Harvick today. “I’ve had a lot of success in the Truck Series at Martinsville,
so hopefully that trend will continue this weekend with NTS Motorsports."
Harvick will be one of two
drivers pulling double duty this weekend, logging more than 750 laps in the No.
24 Tide Silverado and his Sprint Cup Series entry, the No. 29 Budweiser
Chevrolet SS.
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