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November 18, 2014 | By John Schwarb
Just a few years ago, Kevin Harvick wore multiple hats in NASCAR. He was primarily the driver of the No. 29 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, but was also tugged in other directions as the owner of Kevin Harvick Inc., which fielded teams in NASCAR's Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series. In 2011, after nine years as an owner/driver, Harvick closed KHI. The team was successful and respected, but the owner wanted to focus more on his own driving and trying to win an elusive Sprint Cup title. Three years later, Harvick is now wearing one hat: the champion's. The 38-year-old Californian finally grabbed his title on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, winning the final race of the new NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase. An "elimination" format was implemented for the final 10 races of the season, emphasizing consistency and winning with a few sudden-death moments, and Harvick answered the call each time. Coming to the penultimate race in Phoenix, Harvick had to win to make the finale. He did. In the finale, Harvick had to finish ahead of fellow title contenders Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman to take the title. He did that and more in winning the race. "These moments are what you live for when you're racing or a professional athlete," Harvick said. "You want these moments. You want to capitalize on these moments and get that feeling of gratification, of being able to do things that other people can't do." Harvick did all of it in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Chevrolet, the other noteworthy move he made in recent years. Last year, after spending his entire 13-year Sprint Cup career with Richard Childress Racing, he jumped into a new seat at Indiana native Tony Stewart's growing team. "Coming over here and racing this year has given me new life and a new perspective on the way that things work," Harvick said. "Gene (Haas) and Tony, they give us a lot of resources to draw from within our own company and from a financial standpoint they've made a huge commitment to make this race team right, and then you add in the Hendrick (Motorsports) engines and support and chassis and everything that those guys do. "It's like a dream. You lay it all out on paper and you say, 'this is what we want to do and we want to race for wins and championships,' and all of a sudden you're a week away from everything that you talk about and dream about and dream up and want it to be like, and here we are." Harvick's title came full circle in a sense with who he held off for the win at Homestead – Newman, who moved to RCR when Harvick left after driving for Stewart-Haas. "I think it's just a good example that change isn't always a bad thing, you know, and especially in this sport, it's just a performance based industry," Stewart said. "You know, it's gratifying for me. I had two of my really good friends run first and second in the points this year. How they got there and who they got there with doesn't matter. The fact that they just got there – and I’m happy for Ryan and I'm happy for Kevin because of that." The happiness was abundant late into the night on Sunday, from Harvick to wife DeLana to 2-year-old son Keelan. Every move, on the track and off, had worked. "To be part of building something (at Stewart-Haas) – it really changed my life in a new direction," Harvick said. "Really, my son started that just – in evaluation of DeLana and I looking at things and saying 'what’s going to make us happy?' Because in the end if you’re not happy, nothing is going to work like it should "I don’t think I’ve ever been happier in my whole life than I have been this year."