Kevin Harvick, in only his 2nd race with Stewart-Haas Racing, posted a dominating win at Phoenix International Raceway. However, he was most-happy to have beaten the cars of Richard Childress Racing, exclaiming his joy in Victory Lane.
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"I beat RCR--I've never been this happy!", Harvick said upon exiting his car with a custom-made "4>3" ballcap. "Well, really *WE* did it--this whole SHR crew showed what a driver can do when he actually has a team behind him!"
Harvick was sure to work his sponsors into his post-race victory speech.
"I just gotta thank Jimmy John's--we were Freaky Fast, but more importantly, we were Freaky FastER than those guys from Welcome, North Carolina", Harvick said, stomping his foot on an Austin Dillon diecast car. "Anytime you can beat one of those damn legacy kids, that you can pull that spoon out of their mouths, that makes it all worthwhile to put up with Kurt Busch every day."
Harvick left his longtime home at RCR after last season, claiming that the team was putting most of its resources into team-owner Richard Childress's grandsons, Austin and Ty Dillon.
"We beat that punk Austin today", said Dillon, grabbing the microphone from the post-race interviewer. "We beat those other two guys. Hell, if Ty and his giant face were in this race we'd have beat him too! Vengeance is mine!"
The win by Harvick capped off a solid weekend for 3/4ths of the SHR team.
"Everybody at SHR has done their best to help me exact my revenge against those two Dillon boys, and we've shown the world a valuable lesson--sports has no place for legacy boys. Just legacy girls."