In some ways, Kevin Harvick’s arrival on the NASCAR Cup Series scene feels like a lifetime ago. Those who have watched almost from the beginning include Tony Stewart, a three-time Cup Series champion and Harvick’s car owner at Stewart-Haas Racing. “It actually took me a while to get to know him,” Stewart told SPEED SPORT. Stewart’s rookie season was in 1999, while Harvick entered the premier series in 2001. He promptly won the series title during his first season under the SHR banner in 2014. While Stewart and Harvick entered the Cup Series roughly as contemporaries, Ricky Craven was well-established as a Cup Series regular when Harvick burst onto the scene.

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