Late-race pit penalty helps Harvick to season’s best finish

After a caution on Lap 231 of 267 in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, all the lead-lap cars elected to pit, including Harvick, who was running fourth at the time.
During his stop, however, a tire got away from his team and Harvick was assessed an uncontrolled tire penalty by NASCAR, forcing him to restart from the rear of the field.
With few cautions in the race to that …Keep reading