Kevin Harvick using runner-up Texas chassis at Chicagoland

Kevin Harvick is the 9/4 favorite to win Sunday at Chicagoland.

KEVIN HARVICK, Driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion for Stewart-Haas Racing: 

You’ve worked with Jimmy John’s for a few years. What makes Jimmy John’s unique? 

“I’ve known Jimmy since 2009 and I’ve personally seen how driven he is and how his work ethic is embraced by everyone who works at Jimmy John’s. They’re freaks about the details just like he is and want to be the best, period. And he’ll outwork everyone to be the best. That’s the same mindset we have in racing.” 

You’ve won four of the last seven races on 1.5 mile racetracks. Do you feel your team has become the favorite at 1.5-mile tracks since the start of the year? 

“I think Atlanta is its own beast, but I think we answered a lot of those questions for ourselves. And now it’s about navigating the rest of it, and how do you push yourself forward, what do you need to work on, even though things are going well. Sometimes you have to trick yourself and everybody else into thinking, ‘OK, well, everything is going well. Well, I can promise you that the 78 (Martin Truex Jr.), the 18 (Kyle Busch), the 2 (Brad Keselowski), the 22 (Joey Logano) – everybody – is going to work, and they’re going to get better.’ I mean, we did that last year. We’ve been in this position before and you have to keep pushing forward to try to keep your advantage of things that are working well for you, but you also have to find out what your weaknesses are. So, we have to figure out how to motivate everybody to keep pushing forward to not sit idle in the things we’re doing and become complacent in the things we’re doing that are good enough right now because they won’t be when the playoffs start.

Chassis Selection:
Chassis No. 4-010: Kevin Harvick will pilot the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Kickin’ Ranch Ford Fusion built on Chassis No. 4-010 Sunday in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Built new in 2017, Chassis No. 4-010 made its NASCAR Cup Series debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Brickyard 400, when Harvick started second and finished sixth. In its only appearance of 2018, Harvick started second, led 87 laps and finished runner-up to Kyle Busch by .3 of a second at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth