Really, there shouldn’t have ever been any doubt that Kevin Harvick would win a race this season.
But once he won Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, Harvick and the entire Stewart-Haas Racing organization could take a deep breath.
Harvick, of course, is one of the sport’s elite drivers and SHR is one of the sport’s elite teams, but until you win, you aren’t assured of making NASCAR’s playoffs. Now that he has won for the first time this season — and the 36th time in his Cup career — Harvick knows he’ll be one of the 16 drivers who will race for a championship.