harvick_house_fireVIA @KevinHarvick on Twitter: Last night the local fire department was called to the Harvick’s house where a fire started in the basement in the early morning hours. There was structural and smoke damage within the area. Kevin, DeLana and Keelan were not injured. Thank you all for the outpouring of concern.

Kevin, Delana, Keelan Harvick PhoenixIt may be a longshot, but Kevin Harvick could win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in his final race with Richard Childress Racing thanks to the Bakersfield, Calif., veteran’s fourth victory of the season on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick enters the final race of the 2013 season 34 points behind Chase leader Jimmie Johnson. He trails second-place Matt Kenseth by six points and by taking another position Harvick would post the highest championship finish of his NASCAR Sprint Cup career.

kevin-harvick-burnout-coca-coca-600-nascarJimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick are the only members of the current top 10 in the standings – and provisionally Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup™ eligible – to have won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Harvick’s victory came in 2003. Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard are former Brickyard winners battling for Wild Card entry into the Chase although Menard – 20th – is only 36 points outside the top 10.

Via the couple’s Twitter Feeds

@KevinHarvick Busy night! Excited to let everyone know the baby news!

@KevinHarvick Yes it does!“@JimmieJohnson: Now all of those random parenting questions make sense @KevinHarvick So happy for you and @DeLanaHarvick.”

@DeLanaHarvick Well the cat’s out of the bag! thank you all so much for the kind words. @KevinHarvick & I are thrilled to start a new chapter of our lives

Notes: Kevin announced at the RCR Media Day that Delana is 14 weeks pregnant

UPDATE: It’s a boy!

FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s truck teams shed jobs as Kevin Harvick shutters KHI

Author: Dwight Drum racetake.com

Kevin Harvick nixed summer rumors when he announced the merger of KHI and RCR in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, a new two-car team, and shuttered his Camping World Truck Series team for 2012. Many suspected lurid causes, but Harvick was specific about his thoughts and reasons.

“The reactions have just been crazy as far as the way the rumors have spun out of control. DeLana and I have just kind of sat back and laughed at a lot of them. But I feel like as a couple, and as a group at KHI, we’ve made a lot of good business decisions over the course of the years. And it’s going to allow us time to explore other business opportunities as well.”

KHI is not the only team to notify crew members that they will be cutting back. Germain Racing minority owners Mike Hillman, Sr., and Mike Hillman, Jr., informed their NASCAR Camping World Truck Series employees of shutdowns. Team members, like many at KHI, are free to pursue options for the 2012 season.

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