Harvick Will Sign With RCR
Nextel Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress Racing have reached a tentative agreement on a contract extension to keep Harvick in RCR's No. 29 Chevrolet for the next several years, RCR sources have told The Charlotte Observer. RCR has reserved a news conference slot Friday at 2:45 p.m. Eastern in the infield media center at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, site of Saturday night's Crown Royal 400.
A Friday "RCR press conference" was noted on several pre-Richmond race news releases issued Tuesday by RCR teams, although its purpose was not given. A contract extension with RCR would remove Harvick from the list of available, talented drivers who were slated to become "free agents" at season's end. Toyota, which will field at least six teams with three different organizations in 2007, was among Harvick's biggest pursuers.
Harvick, 30, has six Cup wins in 186 starts and won the 2001 Busch Series championship. This season, he is seventh in Cup points, with a victory at Phoenix, and already has a commanding lead again in the Busch standings.(charlotte.com)
Nextel Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick and Richard Childress Racing have reached a tentative agreement on a contract extension to keep Harvick in RCR's No. 29 Chevrolet for the next several years, RCR sources have told The Charlotte Observer. RCR has reserved a news conference slot Friday at 2:45 p.m. Eastern in the infield media center at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway, site of Saturday night's Crown Royal 400.
A Friday "RCR press conference" was noted on several pre-Richmond race news releases issued Tuesday by RCR teams, although its purpose was not given. A contract extension with RCR would remove Harvick from the list of available, talented drivers who were slated to become "free agents" at season's end. Toyota, which will field at least six teams with three different organizations in 2007, was among Harvick's biggest pursuers.
Harvick, 30, has six Cup wins in 186 starts and won the 2001 Busch Series championship. This season, he is seventh in Cup points, with a victory at Phoenix, and already has a commanding lead again in the Busch standings.(charlotte.com)