Dale Earnhardt's Death Changed Everything for Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing
Dale Earnhardt's Death Changed Everything for Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing Earnhardt's death at the 2001 Daytona 500 turned Childress' NASCAR plan for young Harvick upside down. By Al Pearce Robert LabergeGetty Images Kevin Harvick replaced Dale Earnhardt for the final 35 NASCAR Cup Races in 2001 f0llowing Earnhard's death at the Daytona 500. Earnhardt's death moved up Harvick's timeline to enter the Cup Series. By his third Cut start that season, Harvick proved to team owner Richard Childress that the boss had made the right call. Kevin Harvick was a 25-year-old “project...
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