By Caleb Whisler, Staff Writer
The quest for three wins in a row ends early at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Kevin Harvick after he smacked the wall.
Harvick’s day started in the 39th position after he was unable to pass pre-qualifying inspection on Thursday afternoon.
Harvick quickly worked his way to the front of the field. On lap 83, the left front tire went down on the No. 4 Ford Fusion in the entrance of Turn 3. After evaluating the tire in the garage area, Harvick and his team can’t tell what happened.
“No, we stood in the garage and looked at it and I can’t tell if we ran something over. There’s enough things that could have happened right there,” Harvick said.
Despite the race ending early, Harvick was proud of how we came all the way through the pack and the performance of his team.
“We came all the way through the pack and made it up into the top three there and sometimes those things happen. I can’t complain about anything that’s happened this year,” Harvick continued.
“We have to take the good with the bad. The guys did a great job in basically guessing at where the car needed to be today with all the penalties, no practice and starting in the back. To come out and have the fastest car again was quite an honor to drive and they’re doing a great job. It was just bad luck.”
WIth Harvick’s incident, the record of three consecutive race wins still stands.