“Huge sense of pride” in Kevin Harvick’s return to the No. 29

None was bigger than when Harvick was thrust into the Cup series in 2001 following the death of Dale Earnhardt in a last-lap crash in the Daytona 500.
Harvick, who was competing in what is now the Xfinity Series for Richard Childress Racing at the time, had planned to run a handful of Cup races in 2001 and become Earnhardt’s teammate in 2002.
One week into the 2001 season, however …Keep reading