SR 80 — Commending Kevin Harvick.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24105699D I SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

80 NE Offered February 15, 2024 Commending Kevin Harvick.

––––––––––N TAgreed Patrons––Stanleyto andby McDouglethe Senate, February 22, 2024 R ––––––––––O WHEREAS, Kevin Harvick, one of the most successful drivers in the history of the National O Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, retired from racing in 2023;

and DL WHEREAS, Kevin Harvick received a go-kart at the age of five and soon after discovered his talents as a driver, going on to win several national championships on the go-kart racing circuit;

andandtalentL UWHEREAS, Kevin Harvick began racing late model cars in what was formerly the National E Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Featherlite Southwest Series while still in highChigh school and made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in 1995;

and ED WHEREAS, Kevin Harvick began competing in what was then the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series, today the NASCAR Xfinity Series, in 1999 and the following year signed with Richard Childress Racing, winning Rookie of the Year honors that year;

and become the first driver to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship and NASCAR Cup Series S Rookie of the Year honors in the same season;

and R WHEREAS, Kevin Harvick tallied 60 wins, 444 top-ten finishes, and 31 poles over his illustrious E 23-year career in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the prestigious Daytona 500 in 2007 and the Supcup championshipR inXfinity 2014Series championship in his2006; first year with Stewart-Haas Racing;

heandith wouldStewart-Haas alsoRacing; win a second NAS8AR Xfinity Series championship in 2006;

andhe 0would also win a second NASCAR WHEREAS, Kevin Harvick is third all-time for combined wins across the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the NASCAR Truck Series with 121 wins, and he holds the all-time record for most wins at the Phoenix Raceway with nine wins;

ands, and he holds the all-time WHEREAS, Kevin Harvick won a total of five NASCAR Cup Series races in the Commonwealth, once at the Martinsville Speedway and four times at the Richmond Raceway;

andandCommonwealth, WHEREAS, Kevin Harvick also won eight NASCAR Xfinity Series races in the Commonwealth, including seven races at the Richmond Raceway and the only NASCAR Xfinity Series race he entered at the Martinsville Speedway;

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36and WHEREAS, in 2023,2010, Kevin Harvick wasand namedhis onewife, ofDeLana, NASCAR'sestablished 75 Greatest Drivers as part of / 37 the autoKevin racingHarvick company'sUnited 75thStates; anniversary commemoration;

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now, therefore, be itnue to make meaningful RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Kevin Harvick, championship driver with the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, hereby be commended on the occasion of his retirement;