Following a tough championship loss to Kyle Busch in 2015, Harvick would be determined to stay in championship form going into the 2016 season.
In the 2016 Daytona 500, Harvick stayed up front during a majority of the race, and would end up finishing 4th.
Harvick ran exceptionally well at Atlanta, where he led 131 laps, but faltered late in the race and finished 6th.
At Las Vegas, Harvick would race with the flu.
Harvick led only 1 lap, but despite not being a contender for the win, Harvick would finish 7th in the race.

Harvick would earn his first win of the season at Phoenix by beating Carl Edwards in a photo finish by a margin of 0.10, the closest finish in the track's history.
The win was Harvick's eighth win at Phoenix.
The very next week at Fontana, Harvick would dominate the race but would ultimately come up short due to an untimely caution with 3 to go.

Over the next several weeks, Harvick finished consistently in the Top 10.
His first DNF of the season would soon come at Daytona, where he was involved in a big accident on lap 90.
Another rough race would come five weeks later at Watkins Glen, due to heavy contact from David Ragan after spinning out with 7 laps to go.
The next week, Harvick would nab his second win of the season at Bristol, where he held off Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the last 50 laps of the race.
After the race, Harvick invited teammate Tony Stewart to celebrate the win with him, as the race would be Stewart's last at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Both drivers performed celebratory donuts on the frontstretch.
Harvick would follow up the win with a 5th-place finish at Michigan, and a 2nd-place finish at the Southern 500 after leading the most laps.

In the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Chicagoland, Harvick would start at the rear of the field due to unapproved body modifications, but quickly moved back up to the front within 30 laps.
He would be put a lap down due to an untimely caution while Harvick was on pit road, because he did not beat the leader, Martin Truex Jr., to the start-finish line.
He never got back on the lead lap for the remainder of the race, and ultimately finished 20th.
Harvick's third win of the season would come at the very next week at Loudon, where he passed Matt Kenseth on a late-race restart with 7 laps to go.
Next week at Dover, Harvick would have a broken trackbar and would have to go to the garage but he was already locked into the next round due to his win at New Hampshire.
The next week at Charlotte, Harvick would win the pole and would lead 155 laps before having electrical problems on lap 154 at the same time Joey Logano had a tire problem and hit the wall.
Coming into Kansas, Harvick sat 12th in the Chase standings, and would be in a must win situation to make the round of 8, but that was no problem for Harvick as he would dominate the race along with Matt Kenseth, until Kenseth would fade after tapping the wall.
Harvick would lead 267 laps to victory, late in the race, Carl Edwards, would get the lead and lead several laps, but after a few cautions and restarts, Harvick would get back the lead and while Edwards and Kyle Busch would battle hard for 2nd place, Harvick would pull away to get his 4th win of the season, and advance into the Round of 8 in the Chase but he would officially get eliminated in the Round of 8.
He would wrap up his 2016 season by winning the pole and finishing 3rd at Homestead-Miami.
Following a tough championship loss to Kyle Busch in 2015, Harvick would be determined to stay in championship form going into the 2016 season. In the 2016 Daytona 500, Harvick stayed up front during a majority of the race, and would end up finishing 4th. Harvick ran exceptionally well at Atlanta, where he led 131 laps, but faltered late in the race and finished 6th. At Las Vegas, Harvick would race with the flu. Harvick led only 1 lap, but despite not being a contender for the win, Harvick would finish 7th in the race.
Harvick would earn his first win of the season at Phoenix by beating Carl Edwards in a photo finish by a margin of 0.10, the closest finish in the track's history. The win was Harvick's eighth win at Phoenix. The very next week at Fontana, Harvick would dominate the race but would ultimately come up short due to an untimely caution with 3 to go.
Over the next several weeks, Harvick finished consistently in the Top 10. His first DNF of the season would soon come at Daytona, where he was involved in a big accident on lap 90. Another rough race would come five weeks later at Watkins Glen, due to heavy contact from David Ragan after spinning out with 7 laps to go. The next week, Harvick would nab his second win of the season at Bristol, where he held off Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the last 50 laps of the race. After the race, Harvick invited teammate Tony Stewart to celebrate the win with him, as the race would be Stewart's last at Bristol Motor Speedway. Both drivers performed celebratory donuts on the frontstretch. Harvick would follow up the win with a 5th-place finish at Michigan, and a 2nd-place finish at the Southern 500 after leading the most laps.
In the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Chicagoland, Harvick would start at the rear of the field due to unapproved body modifications, but quickly moved back up to the front within 30 laps. He would be put a lap down due to an untimely caution while Harvick was on pit road, because he did not beat the leader, Martin Truex Jr., to the start-finish line. He never got back on the lead lap for the remainder of the race, and ultimately finished 20th. Harvick's third win of the season would come at the very next week at Loudon, where he passed Matt Kenseth on a late-race restart with 7 laps to go. Next week at Dover, Harvick would have a broken trackbar and would have to go to the garage but he was already locked into the next round due to his win at New Hampshire. The next week at Charlotte, Harvick would win the pole and would lead 155 laps before having electrical problems on lap 154 at the same time Joey Logano had a tire problem and hit the wall. Coming into Kansas, Harvick sat 12th in the Chase standings, and would be in a must win situation to make the round of 8, but that was no problem for Harvick as he would dominate the race along with Matt Kenseth, until Kenseth would fade after tapping the wall. Harvick would lead 267 laps to victory, late in the race, Carl Edwards, would get the lead and lead several laps, but after a few cautions and restarts, Harvick would get back the lead and while Edwards and Kyle Busch would battle hard for 2nd place, Harvick would pull away to get his 4th win of the season, and advance into the Round of 8 in the Chase but he would officially get eliminated in the Round of 8. He would wrap up his 2016 season by winning the pole and finishing 3rd at Homestead-Miami.
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