PERSONALITY
In the hunt for a championship Bakersfield native Kevin Harvick focused for a title win this year
N By Stephen Lynch
Photo by Davis Turner
NASCAR has taken Kevin Harvick far from his Bakersfield roots and into the national spotlight. But that doesn’t mean the Sprint Cup driver has changed much since winning the 1993 Late Model championship at Mesa Marin Raceway while still a student at North High. A decade into his Cup career, Harvick is still as intense and focused as he was coming up the ranks at the now-defunct track on the east side of town. That innate desire for success plus his obvious talent behind the
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Bakersfield Life
March 2011