Kevin Harvick gets wrecked after Matt Kenseth’s car wheel hops into corner (GIF)
Kevin Harvick is in an early points hole in the third round of the Chase.
Before the halfway point of Sunday’s race at Martinsville, Matt Kenseth’s car wheel-hopped getting into turn one. (Wheel hopping is when a car’s rear brakes lock up and the car slides or snaps around) Kenseth started to slide into turn one and as he spun around, he took out Harvick, the car in front of him.
While Kenseth was able to continue with minor damage, Harvick hit the wall pretty hard and had to go to the garage for significant repairs. Harvick finished 33rd while Kenseth ended up sixth.
The good news for Harvick is that he’s been incredibly fast this season at the two tracks that make up the rest of the third round. He was potentially the fastest car at Texas before blowing an engine in April and dominated the race at Phoenix in February for his first win of the season.
Can he get a win? Barring something crazy happening to four other drivers in the third round, he’s probably going to need it. Harvick’s been the driver most capable of winning all season. He’ll just have to come through once in the next two weeks.
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