33 Kevin Harvick

YEAR-BY-YEAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP

2009 -- Finished 15th in series points. ... Series Driver of the Decade via media vote. ... Won at Bristol and Atlanta with both victories coming in his own KHI equipment, the first for Harvick as a driver. ... Registered 14 top-fives, 16 top-10s and two poles in 22 races. ... Driver Rating of 111.86 would have ranked third in the series had he competed in 75 percent of the events; had only four Driver Ratings below 102.7; one of those was 99.9. ... One of only two drivers with 20 or more starts with no DNFs. ... Employed six other drivers in the No. 33 Chevrolet, which finished fourth in owner points, best in team history.

2008 -- Finished 18th in series points. ... Drove for his own KHI organization after starting every previous series race for Richard Childress. ... Five-year streak of at least two wins snapped, but finished second twice and secured one pole. ... Began season with four top-five finishes in first seven races, catapulting his KHI team to first place in the owner standings for the first time in its five-year history.

2007 -- Finished fourth in series points. ... Raced in 26 of season's 35 races, leading series with six victories driving for RCR and KHI. ... Won series' season-opening race at Daytona the day before he won the Daytona 500. ... Passed Jack Ingram for second on series' all-time victory list. ... Won four races in five-start summer span, including consecutive road-course victories at Montreal (inaugural race) and Watkins Glen prefaced by a win at Chicagoland. Only race he didn't win during those five starts was at Daytona, where he finished second. ... Ranked in top 10 in six Loop Data categories.

2006 -- Won series championship for second time. ... Nine victories, 23 top-fives and 32 top-10s were all series leading totals; top-10s were new series season mark. ... Clinched championship with four races remaining on schedule, the earliest in series history. ... Completed every lap but one.

2005 -- Finished 18th in series points. ... Competed in 21 races, registering four wins and two poles. ... Began the season with four consecutive second-place finishes, including at the historic race in Mexico City. ... All but one start came in the No. 21 Chevrolet; started in the No. 29 for RCR for his Bristol win.

2004 -- Finished 20th in series points. ... Split full season for RCR with rookie Clint Bowyer. ... Ran 22 races and collected two wins.

2003 -- Finished 16th in series points. ... Won three races and captured five poles in 19 starts. ... That, combined with Johnny Sauter's efforts in the No. 21 PayDay-sponsored entry, won the car owner championship for Childress, the first time in series history that the champion owner and driver came from different teams.

2002 -- Finished 64th in series points. ... Competed in four races for RCR. ... Posted one top-10.

2001 -- Won the series championship. ... Season was powered by five wins, five poles and 20 top-five finishes in 33 starts. ... Wins at Gateway, ORP and Bristol came during a five-race span in which he never finished outside the top three. ... Went 60 consecutive starts (March 18, 2000 - Nov. 3, 2001) without a DNF, eclipsing long-standing series record established by Sam Ard. ... Drove for Childress, who became first owner to win championships in all three of NASCAR's national series.

2000 -- Finished third in series points. ... Raybestos rookie of the year. ... Notched his first three career wins and 16 top-10 finishes overall for RCR. ... First win came at Gateway, first pole at Dover.

1999 -- Finished 134th in series points. ... Made first career start Oct. 23 at Rockingham for Childress, starting 24th and finishing 42nd.

OTHER NASCAR NATIONAL SERIES RACING HISTORY

2009 -- Finished 19th in Sprint Cup Series points. ... Won three times in six Camping World Truck Series events, including season finale at Homestead where his full-time KHI driver, Ron Hornaday, claimed the series title.

2008 -- Finished fourth in Sprint Cup points, tying his career-best standing. ... Seven top-fives -- including two runner-up finishes -- 19 top-10s for Richard Chidress. ... Ran three Camping World Truck events, winning at Phoenix.

2007 -- Finished 10th in Sprint Cup points. ... Won Daytona 500 and Sprint All-Star Challenge. ... Had six Camping World Truck starts for his KHI team, posting five top-10 finishes.

2006 -- Finished fourth in Sprint Cup points. ... Won five races for RCR, tying two others for the series' second- highest win total.

2005 -- Finished 14th in Sprint Cup points. ... Collected three top-fives and 10 top-10 finishes. ... Posted two poles. ... Competed in three Camping World Truck races, two for his KHI team and one for David Dollar.

2004 -- Finished 14th in Sprint Cup points. ... Registered five top-fives and 14 top-10 finishes for Childress. ... Also ran two Camping World Truck races in his truck, capturing top-five finishes in both events.

2003 -- Finished fifth in the Sprint Cup standings. ... Won the prestigious Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.... Totaled 11 top-fives and 18 top-10s for RCR. ... Also ran six Camping World Truck races, scoring a win at Phoenix for his KHI team.

2002 -- Finished 21st in Sprint Cup points. ... Won at Chicago, his second consecutive win at the track.... Started on the pole at Daytona in July. ... Won at Phoenix -- his and KHI's first truck victory -- and posted two other top-five finishes in five Camping World Truck races. ... Placed on probation in April for an incident at Martinsville in the trucks.

2001 -- Finished ninth in Sprint Cup points. ... Won Cup Raybestos rookie of the year title. ... Competed in 35 races for RCR, taking over as driver after the death of seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt in season-opening Daytona 500. ... Won in his third career Sprint Cup start, edging Jeff Gordon at Atlanta. ... Won the inaugural race at Chicago. ... Counting one start in Camping World Truck Series for Rick Carelli, ran 70 races in NASCAR's top three series at 30 different tracks, logging more than 20,000 racing miles in the process.

1999 -- Finished 12th in Camping World Truck points. ... Had 11 top-10 finishes, including six among the top five, in 25 starts for Rick Herrick.

1998 -- Finished 17th in Camping World Truck points while also capturing the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West crown. ... Competed in 26 of 27 Camping World Truck events for Wayne Spears, recording five top-10 finishes.

1997 -- Participated in 13 Camping World Truck races for Spears, posting two top-10s.

1996 -- Ran in four Camping World Truck races for his father, Mike.

1995 -- Made Camping World Truck debut at home track at Mesa Marin at age 19 for his father's team. ... Started and finished 27th.

NOTEWORTHY

Harvick and his wife, DeLana, own Kevin Harvick Inc., fielding teams in the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series -- they won the truck title with Ron Hornaday last season and in 2007, and finished second in 2008. ... Harvick is second all-time in Nationwide wins behind Mark Martin (48). ... The Harvicks were married in Las Vegas in February 2001, two days after he made his Sprint Cup debut at Rockingham. ... Nicknamed "Happy." ... First job was cleaning pools. ... Big fan of San Francisco 49ers and New York Yankees.