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On Fan4Racing Radio: Darlington NASCAR Weekend Preview and Hot Topics Sound Off

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On Fan4Racing Radio: Darlington NASCAR Weekend Preview and Hot Topics Sound off with host Sharon Burton, co-host Jay Husmann, and the Fan4Racing Crew!

On Fan4Racing Radio is our Darlington NASCAR Weekend Preview and Hot Topics Sound Off with host, Sharon Burton, co-host Jay Husmann, and the Fan4Racing crew!

On this episode…

  • We start with Short Track news/upcoming races. Then, we update the ARCA Menards and ARCA West Series and preview the ARCA East Series race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Afterward, we’ll comment on a part of the Ford media interview with Rodney Childers, the No. 4 Stewart Haas Racing crew chief. 
  • Next, we preview the NASCAR Truck, NASCAR Xfinity, and NASCAR Cup Series races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Then, we end this episode with our Hot Topics Sound-Off conversation with the Fan4Racing crew. 

As Always, Thanks for listening!

Short-Run Speed is No Help to Kevin Harvick in a Long-Run Race

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HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 17: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Toyota, races Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Light Ford, during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Speedway on November 17, 2019, in Homestead, Florida. Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images

The Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway often is decided by a short run to the finish. That’s was part of the game plan developed by driver Kevin Harvick and crew chief Rodney Childers.

Unfortunately for the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team, the entire third stage was run without caution, and the final 101-lap green-flag run prevented Harvick from using the short-run speed built into his Ford.

Starting second at the beginning of the race, Harvick streaked ahead of polesitter Denny Hamlin and led the first 20 laps before eventual race runner-up Martin Truex Jr. ran him down. After a restart on Lap 13, Harvick again went to the point and stayed out front for 13 laps but couldn’t hold the position.

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Kevin Harvick Dominates Indianapolis as Jimmie Johnson Misses Playoff

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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – SEPTEMBER 08: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Mobil 1 Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 08, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images

SPEEDWAY, Ind. – It was a dominating victory for Kevin Harvick and a statement of superiority for his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford team as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads toward its ten-race Playoff.

It was an ignominious end to Jimmie Johnson’s unique and unprecedented streak of qualifying for every Cup Series postseason.

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Kevin Harvick Breaks Drought with Successful New Hampshire Defense

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LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE – JULY 21: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Beer/National Forest Foundation Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 21, 2019, in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

LOUDON, N.H. – The drought is over.

Blanked for 21 straight races, Kevin Harvick was winless in 2019 until he held off Denny Hamlin on older tires to win Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

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After Ninth-Place Run, Kevin Harvick has Work to Do at Best Track

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Kevin Harvick, the dominant driver at ISM Raceway with nine Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victories at the one-mile track, didn’t lead a lap in Sunday’s TicketGuardian 500.

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