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Last Sunday at Michigan, Kevin Harvick broke a 65-race drought. Now the driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford has a two-race winning streak. Chased by runner-up Christopher Bell (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) and third-place finisher Chris Buescher (No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford) over the closing laps, Harvick threaded his way through traffic to win Sunday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway by 0.441 seconds. The NASCAR Cup Series victory was Harvick’s fourth at the 0.75-mile short track — his first there since 2013 — and the 60th of his career, tying him with Kyle Busch for most among active drivers and ninth all-time. Harvick led twice for 55 laps, passing eventual sixth-place finisher Joey Logano for the lead on Lap 334 and regaining it from Denny Hamlin on Lap 353 at the end of a cycle of green-flag pit stops. “It’s like I said last week, the cars have been running good week-in and week-out,” Harvick said, “And you see that we have a lot better understanding of what’s going on with how we adjusted on the car after the first run and were able to get our car handling a lot better. I think as it got dark, the race track really came to our Mobil 1 Ford Mustang.” Watch the race highlights here. (Thank you to Reid Spencer/NASCAR Wire Service)
Last Sunday at Michigan, Kevin Harvick broke a 65-race drought. Now the driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford has a two-race winning streak. Chased by runner-up Christopher Bell (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) and third-place finisher Chris Buescher (No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford) over the closing laps, Harvick threaded his way through traffic to win Sunday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway by 0.441 seconds. The NASCAR Cup Series victory was Harvick’s fourth at the 0.75-mile short track — his first there since 2013 — and the 60th of his career, tying him with Kyle Busch for most among active drivers and ninth all-time. Harvick led twice for 55 laps, passing eventual sixth-place finisher Joey Logano for the lead on Lap 334 and regaining it from Denny Hamlin on Lap 353 at the end of a cycle of green-flag pit stops. “It’s like I said last week, the cars have been running good week-in and week-out,” Harvick said, “And you see that we have a lot better understanding of what’s going on with how we adjusted on the car after the first run and were able to get our car handling a lot better. I think as it got dark, the race track really came to our Mobil 1 Ford Mustang.” Watch the race highlights here. (Thank you to Reid Spencer/NASCAR Wire Service)
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