Kevin Harvick: Pagkakaiba sa mga binago

Noong 2007, ang koponan ay muling hinati ang primary sponsors, ang Hersheys ay sinamahan ng bagong primary sponsor na Shell at ng kanilang Pennzoil Brand.<ref>http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/10/07/kharvick_sponsor/index.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525185223/http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/10/07/kharvick_sponsor/index.html |date=2007-05-25 }}] [http://jayski.com/schemes/2007/29cup.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104425/http://jayski.com/schemes/2007/29cup.htm |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref>. Noong Linggo ng February 18, 2007, sa season opening ng Daytona 500, kinuha ni Harvick ang kanyang unang panalo sa NASCAR Nextel Cup Series sa isang restrictor plate race sa isang madamdaming paglagpas sa final lap kay Mark Martin ng .020 segundo lamang sa isang pagtatapos sa green-white checkered flag, ang pinakamalapit na pagtatapos sa 500 simula pa noong inumpisahan ang electronic scoring noong 1993. Ang karera ay ginanap sa ika-anim na anibersaryo ng pagkamatay ng kanyang hinalinhan sa Richard Childress Racing, si Dale Earnhardt. Siya ay naging ika-apat na mangangarera sa NASCAR na ma-sweep ang kapwa Busch at Cup races sa unang linggo ng pagbubukas sa Daytona (kasama sina Bobby Allison (1988), Darrell Waltrip (1989), at Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2004) ). Si Harvick kasama si Benny Parsons, ay mayroon ding pinakakaunting bilang ng laps na pinangunahan ng isang Daytona 500 winner, na ginawa ni Benny Parsons noong 1975 (ang taon kung saan ipinanganak si Harvick) na may apat na laps. Siya ay nag-umpisa sa ika-34 (pinakamababang umpisa ng isang winner sa kasaysayan sa track), at naging ang unang Busch Series Champion na nanalo sa Daytona 500 sa sumunod na taon. Sa pananalo, si Harvick din ay naging ika-anim na mangangarera na manalo sa kapwa Daytona 500 at Brickyard 400 kasama sina Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Jarrett, Bill Elliott at Jimmie Johnson.<ref>[http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/opinion/02/19/cross.words.daytona/index.html Cross' Words: Daytona] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014234943/http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/opinion/02/19/cross.words.daytona/index.html |date=2007-10-14 }} Retrieved [[February 18]], [[2007]]</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/02/18/daytona.500.results.ap/index.html| title = Harvick edges Martin for Daytona 500 title| accessdate = 2007-02-19| last = Fryer| first = Jenna| date = 2007-02-19| publisher = Associated Press| archive-date = 2007-02-20| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070220140532/http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/02/18/daytona.500.results.ap/index.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>

Noong February 22, 2007, apat na araw matapos manalo ni Kevin sa Daytona 500 sa kanyang unang karera na ang Shell-Pennzoil ang pangunahing sponsor, ang may-ari ng koponan ni Harvick, ang Richard Childress Racing, ay sinabihan ng NASCAR na bawasan ang laki ng Shell logo sa fire suit ni Harvick at bagkus ay mag-suot ng mas prominenteng Pennzoil logo, upang bawasan ang potensiyal na kompetisyon sa SUNOCO. Sinabihan ng SUNOCO ang NASCAR na makipag-usap kay Richard Childress pagakatapos manalo ni Harvick sa kapwa Busch series at NEXTEL Cup Series races na suot ang prominenteng Shell logo sa kanyang fire suit.<ref>[http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2007/02/19/scene_daily561.html Harvick's Shell logos called into question] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224121248/http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2007/02/19/scene_daily561.html |date=2007-02-24 }} ''SCENEDAILY'' (2007-02-22). Retrieved on [[February 23]], [[2007]].</ref>

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