Defending champ Harvick grabs 1st win of season at Las Vegas
Updated: 7:11 PM EDT Mar 8, 2015
Ricardo LeCompte
NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series
Defending NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick raced to his first victory of the season Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win came in just the third race of the season, and Harvick has been inching toward victory lane since he began his title defense. He finished second in the season-opening Daytona 500 and was second last week at Atlanta. Now he has a win that gives him a near-certain berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Next up? A stop at Phoenix, where Harvick has won four of the last five races. His November win pushed him into the championship race. Harvick led 142 of the 267 laps, and beat Martin Truex Jr. to the finish.
Defending NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick raced to his first victory of the season Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The win came in just the third race of the season, and Harvick has been inching toward victory lane since he began his title defense. He finished second in the season-opening Daytona 500 and was second last week at Atlanta.
Now he has a win that gives him a near-certain berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
Next up? A stop at Phoenix, where Harvick has won four of the last five races. His November win pushed him into the championship race.
Harvick led 142 of the 267 laps, and beat Martin Truex Jr. to the finish.