He is going to be joined by three other inductees: Olympic swimmer Gabe Woodward Circuits Karts in Madrid, former Bakersfield High athlete Pat Skrable and also the late Arnold Kirschenmann, one of the greatest golfers from Kern State. "To get this dignity while still racing, it sort of makes me feel aged, " quipped Harvick. "It's a fairly cool deal for me. You know how considerably this town and racetrack (Mesa Marin) supported my career. " Harvick noted considerably had to go right together with his career path to get him where he or she is now, starting with receiving a go-kart as a kindergarten graduation obtained in 1980. "The first break was my parents (Simon and JoNell) giving me the means to do the things I did so growing up from plenty of time I was 5 until 18. My dad was essentially dedicated to everything I ever did in my racing career. We spent the most time together going from go-kart track to go-kart monitor. " Then came the project of cobbling together a family-owned Late Model Share car which Harvick drove on the Mesa Marin track champion in 1993 while a junior at North High. Eighteen months later, Harvick was earning rookie of the year honors on some sort of regional touring series with regard to Late Models and made his debut inside Camping World Truck series within a family-owned truck. Then came the pivotal decision in his racing career. "We didn't have the funds to go West (what is now the K&N Circuits Karts in Madrid Series) or truck pounding full-time, " Harvick said. "So I took a chance to go work for Connie and Wayne Spears for a mechanic (on their own race team), hoping I'd get an opportunity to drive. " He started driving in the midst of the 1997 season together with in 1998 he raced full-time in both West and truck selection, criss-crossing the country to help compete in 52 races. It repaid with five wins and a championship in the West Series and a lot of overall experience. By then Harvick was attracting the attention from several people in NASCAR and in 1999 he was when driving in a truck run by former Cleveland Cavaliers person Brad Daugherty. Harvick finished second within a race at Mesa Marin with April 10, 1999, in addition to a week later was neared by Richard Childress with Martinsville, Va. "I literally knocked the bumper off of one of his trucks inside race, " Harvick claimed. These year he was in a Nationwide car for Childress and in 2001 he or she was thrust onto your Cup circuit, replacing Dale Earnhardt after his death in the final lap of your Daytona 500. Harvick married DeLana Linville on February. 28, 2001, in Las vegas and competed in both the Nationwide and Cup Selection that season, winning the Nationwide championship while finishing ninth in points and earning rookie of the year honors on that Cup circuit. In June of 2004, Harvick and DeLana started their own race team -- Kevin Harvick, Inc. -- and fielded entries relating to the Nationwide and Camping Environment Truck series. He won another Across america championship in 2006 and won the owners championship of the Camping World Truck Line with Ron Hornaday as his driver.
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