West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame names Kevin Harvick to Board of Directors
The West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the appointment of 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion and FOX Sports analyst Kevin Harvick to its Board of Directors. Harvick is a 2023 inductee into the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame.
“Having Kevin Harvick come aboard as a director is one of the most significant steps forward the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame has experienced in its 23 years,” said Ken Clapp, Chairman and CEO of the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame. “Kevin is a longtime friend and has taken a huge interest in advancing racing on the West Coast going forward. The board members are honored to have him join us.”
Harvick, a native of Bakersfield, Calif., grew up racing go-karts; won his first late model championship at the old Mesa Marin Raceway at age 17 and captured NASCAR Elite Series Southwest Series and NASCAR ARCA Menards Series West titles before joining the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series where he won 14 times.
Racing for Richard Childress Racing and Stewart-Hass Racing, Harvick notched 60 NASCAR Cup Series wins, 10th on the premier series all-time list. He earned the 2001 and 2006 Xfinity Series championships on the strength of 47 series wins, one of only three drivers to earn both a Cup and Xfinity Series championship.
The 2007 Daytona 500 winner advanced to the Championship 4 five times and is one of only four drivers to win all four of NASCAR’s crown jewel events: the Daytona 500, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Harvick retired from driving at the conclusion of the 2023 season and joined FOX Sports as an analyst, calling NASCAR Cup Series races alongside Mike Joy and former teammate Clint Bowyer beginning with the 2024 season. Prior to retirement, Harvick served as a FOX NASCAR guest analyst for multiple NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races, and during multiple NASCAR RACE HUB appearances.
Harvick operates KHI Management, LLC, a full-service sports and celebrity-marketing agency representing some of the most successful and high-profile professionals in the sports, broadcasting and music industries, as well as offering a variety of consulting and marketing services to corporate sponsors.
Harvick, a former high school wrestler and wife DeLana formed the Kevin Harvick Foundation to support programs that positively enrich the lives of children throughout the United States, and the organization has funded multiple youth development parks across the country. In 2023 it shared the Knockin’ Doorz Down Philanthropist of the Year Award by 51FIFTY with fellow West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Kurt Busch.
In January 2023, Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton and Justin Marks announced they had purchased the CARS Tour, serving as co-owners of the Southeast’s premier asphalt late model series beginning with the 2023 season. An enthusiastic late model supporter, Harvick’s primary motivation was to ensure the CARS Tour and short-track asphalt racing continue to grow and succeed for many years to come.
The Harvicks reside in Charlotte, N.C., with their two children, Keelan and Piper.
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