What started as an after-hours project in the fall of 2001, by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, has quickly become one of the premier Truck and Busch Series operations in NASCAR racing today. The Harvicks have made a serious commitment to winning, demonstrated in the last six years, and that vision will continue to grow in the 2007 season.

Kevin Harvick Incorporated (KHI) is a 70,000 sq. ft. facility in Kernersville, N.C. that is home to the No. 33 Camping World Truck Series team, and the No. 33 Old Spice/Bounty/Camping World/RoadLoans and No. 77 Dollar General stores Busch Series teams. In just six short years, KHI has amassed an impressive on-track record with 13 victories and a Truck Series Championship already in the books.

Team co-owner, Kevin Harvick competed in one Truck Series event in 2001 and earned the first victory for KHI in 2002 after competing in five events. Harvick’s first Truck Series victory put him in an elite group of drivers who have won a race in all three of NASCAR’s premier divisions. Harvick was the fifth driver to complete this task. Rick Carelli, who now holds the title of KHI general manager, also competed in one Truck Series event for KHI in 2002.

Harvick returned behind the wheel of a KHI truck entry in 2003, racing in six events and earning a second Truck Series victory for KHI. In 2003 KHI also fielded a car for Ed Berrier, Brandon Miller and Randy LaJoie.

In 2004, sponsor GM Goodwrench came on board for KHI’s first season of full-time NASCAR Truck Series competition with Matt Crafton. The team finished fifth in points that year on the strength of six top-five and 17 top-10 finishes. Two-time (1996, 1998) Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday joined KHI for the 2005 Truck Series season. Hornaday earned a fourth-place finish in the points in 2005, turning in seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. KHI also earned its first victory of the season with a thrilling, at-the-line finish that saw Hornaday win by .008 seconds ahead of runner-up Bobby Labonte at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway on March 18, 2005.

The KHI truck returned in 2006 with a new number - 33 - but with veteran Hornaday still at the wheel.  This time around, he finished seventh in the points standings, earning two victories, five top-five and 12 top-10 finishes to round out the 2006 season.

One year later, Hornaday burst onto the Truck Series scene, charging his way to one pole, four wins, 13 top-fives and 22 top-10s - a feat that earned him the 2007 NASCAR Truck Series Championship.  In a battle for the Series title that came down to the wire, Hornaday went to the season finale in Homestead with a 29-point deficit to Mike Skinner.  While Skinner suffered mechanical issues and went numerous laps down, Hornaday drove a solid race, finishing seventh and clinching the title.

”We ran the first KHI entry back in 2001, which was a truck we built in Ed Berrier's garage," said Harvick.

"With a lot of hard work and dedication we now have this new facility and three full-time efforts in two of NASCAR's premier divisions. It's hard to imagine all we've accomplished in such a short period of time."

Tony Stewart drove KHI's first Busch Series effort, the “Kid Rock Chevrolet”, in May of 2004 at Lowe's (N.C.) Motor Speedway. He started sixth and finished fifth, giving KHI its first top-five finish in the Busch Series.

"With the team Kevin has put together, I know we'll be competitive right from the get-go," said Stewart. "His own Busch Series record speaks for itself, so he knows what his teams need to be competitive. I wouldn't be here if I didn't think we could win some races together."

KHI kicked off its first full-time Busch Series effort in 2005, winning the season-opener at Daytona with two-time Cup champion Tony Stewart behind the wheel. The No. 33 team competed in all 35 events earning five top-five, 13 top-10 finishes and finished 10th in owner standings.

Expanding to two full-time Busch Series teams in 2006, The Outdoor Channel and Old Spice returned as co-primary sponsors of the No. 33 Chevrolet, while Dollar General joined KHI as the sponsor of the No. 77 Chevrolet of Burney Lamar.

Stewart returned behind the wheel of the No. 33 Chevrolet for KHI in 2006 at the season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Stewart won KHI its second Busch Series victory with rookie driver Burney Lamar finishing second, in a KHI sweep of the first and second positions. Finishing out the season the No. 33 team finished 10th in the point standings, earning one victory, five top-five and 13 top-10 finishes.

The No. 77 Dollar General stores team raced with rookie driver Burney Lamar for 29 events, Jeff Burton for one event and Bobby Labonte for five events in 2006. The No. 77 team finished 24th in the NASCAR Busch Series owner standings, with the No. 77 team earning one top-five and five top-10 finishes.

KHI returns to action in 2007 with an impressive driver lineup that includes former Busch Series and Cup Series Champion, Bobby Labonte, two-time Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart, Truck Series veteran Ron Hornaday and road course master Ron Fellows. 

On April 28, 2007, KHI earned its second 1-2 finish, this time at Talladega Superspeedway.  Bobby Labonte drove the No. 77 Dollar General Chevrolet to its first victory, passing teammate Tony Stewart and the No. 33 Old Spice Chevrolet in the final 200 yards to see the KHI Busch Series cars cross the finish line less than a car length apart. 

Co-owner Kevin Harvick will pull on the driving gloves for KHI as well, running several races for his company in both the Busch and Truck Series.  Harvick, one of only seventeen drivers that have won a race in each of NASCAR's three national touring series, undertakes team ownership with the same enthusiasm and competitive spirit he has displayed on his climb from Late-Model wins in Bakersfield, Calif., to Victory Circle at Indy's Brickyard 400.

Harvick's ability to concentrate on multiple programs was clearly demonstrated in 2001 when he completed a grueling 70-race schedule to win both the NASCAR Busch Series Championship and NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie-of-the-Year honors, and finished ninth in the Winston Cup point standings driving for Richard Childress Racing. Harvick reinforced that dedication in the 2006 season by winning the NASCAR Busch Series Championship for the second time and finishing fourth in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings. Harvick pulled “double-duty” in both the NASCAR Busch and Nextel Cup Series’, competing in 71 events and visiting victory lane 14 times.