After the 2001 Daytona 500, Kevin Harvick replaced Dale Sr. at Richard Childress Racing.
At the Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte Kevin Harvick won passing Dale Earnhardt Jr. after he ran out of gas on turn 4.
Steve Park won at North Carolina Speedway (Rockingham) on Febuary 26 2001 driving the #1 Pennzoil car owned by Dale Earnhardt Sr. Park started the Duralube 500 in second with Jeff Gordon on the pole. The race was scheduled for Sunday but due to rain was held on Monday. Dale Earnhart Jr. didn't finish the first lap.
Following Dale Sr's death in 2001, Richard Childress placed Kevin Harvick in the GM Goodwrench Chevy, using the #29. But as of today, GM Goodwrench is no longer a sponsor and the #3 is not being used in the Cup Series.
Currently, Kyle Busch has 29 wins and Kevin Harvick has 25 wins in the Nascar Cup Series.
Jimmie Johnson; Matt Kenseth; Denny Hamlin; Kevin Harvick; Dale Earnhardt, Jr.; Jeff Gordon; Jeff Burton; Kasey Kahne; Mark Martin; Kyle Busch.
The 2009 Daytona 500 was won by Matt Kenseth, racing for the Jack Roush team. Kenseth had been winless for the entire 2008 season. This was Roush's first Daytona 500 win after 21 years of NASCAR racing.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin.
Dale Jr. wanted to keep the #8 when he made his move to Hendrick Motorsports in 2008, but his former team owner wouldn't allow it. Junior originally drove for Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI), who was owned by Junior's stepmother Teresa Earnhardt. She refused to release the #8, so Junior chose #88.
Kevin Harvick became famous for becoming the fastest driver winning the Winston Cup car race on March 11, 2001, breaking the previous record set by Dale Earnheart, Jr, in 2000.
No, he came close in 2011 though, he was leading the last lap of the Coca-Cola 600, when, in the last turn, he ran out of gas. Kevin Harvick passed him and won. Jr. finished 7th.
Kevin Harvick, racing in the #29 Pennzoil car for Richard Childress Racing won the 2007 Daytona 500 in a down to the wire finish against Mark Martin. This was the first Daytona 500 win for Harvick and the first for Richard Childress Racing since the 1998 victory of Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the 500.