In a year when Martin Truex Jr. has been the preeminent force on mile-and-a-half race tracks, Kevin Harvick cracked the code to beating Truex and punched his ticket to the Championship 4 on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
Kyle Larson may not be in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs any longer, but he served notice Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway that he can still contend at the front of the field.
A sneaky-fast Kevin Harvick pounced late to steal the opening stage of the AAA Texas 500 Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, grabbing the first green-checkered flag of the day in the hottest race ever at the Fort Worth facility.