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Kevin Harvick snapped a victory drought of nearly two years when the NASCAR Cup Series visited Michigan International Speedway on Sunday (Aug. 7), waiting through a rain delay and outrunning the field en route to the 2022 FireKeepers Casino 400 win.
His reward? A 13th consecutive postseason bid, the longest active streak in the sport. Harvick will now seek a second championship after winning one in the first year of the sport’s elimination-style playoff format in 2014.
Frontstretch’s Adam Cheek is joined by Jared Haas to break down whether Harvick’s triumph vaults him into title contention after a winless 2021 and so-far-lackluster 2022. The duo also discusses the Next Gen performed in the Irish Hills at Michigan and if the Cup Series will have 16 or more winners with just three races left until the playoffs.
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About the author
Adam Cheek joined Frontstretch as a contributing writer in January 2019. A 2020 graduate of VCU, he covered sports there and later spent a year and a half as a sports host on 910 the Fan in Richmond, VA. He's freelanced for Richmond Magazine and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and also hosts the "Adam Cheek's Sports Week" podcast. Adam has followed racing since the age of three, inheriting the passion from his grandfather, who raced in amateur events up and down the East Coast in the 1950s.
Jared Haas joined the Frontstretch staff in May 2020. During his time at Frontstretch, Jared has grown the Frontstretch YouTube channel from less than 200 subscribers to well over 23,000 subscribers.
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Didn’t even read the article. But as to the question…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. DUH
Same here, and I agree. They’ve pretty much sucked all year. Is it possible they could get hot and make a run? Statistically yes, but I don’t think SHR as an organization has it in them (this year) to get Harvick much further than maybe, maybe the first round. Kyle Busch is more likely to get hot and make a run.