Monday, April 29, 2013

Kevin Harvick celebrates his win at Richmond



With a late caution sets up restart for  Ol' Happy Harvick at Richmond, he was the only driver with smile on his face after that race was done.

Kevin Harvick plowed through the traffic on the final restart like it was snow, driving from seventh to Victory Lane with just two-lap overtime.


''Just shifted gears, hit the pedal and hoped for the best,'' Harvick said. ''They all went high and I went low. The seas kind of parted there. They didn't get a very good restart, and my car launched.

''I was able to take it three-wide, those guys all drove it in hard, and I was able to get by the next two. I only had one to go by the time I got to the backstretch.''

Montoya was holding off Harvck until that last caution. He wasn't looking for caution that late in the race.

''I was like, `Really? Really?''' Montoya said about the caution. He pounded his fist on the steering wheel when the yellow flag waved.

Tony Stewart restarted in fifth, but was bumped out of the grove by Kurt Busch and faded all the way back to 18th. Stewart angrily traded bumps with Busch on the cool-down lap, even trying to force him into the wall, before the two drivers headed to the garage. Once back at their haulers Stewart and Busch shouted at each other over crew members, with Busch claiming the final two laps ''were a free-for-all.''

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