Kevin Harvick Has 1 Issue With Current NASCAR Drivers
Former NACAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick isn't afraid to share his unfiltered thoughts about the sport, that's for sure.
There's been plenty of drama this season in the Cup Series. Back in June, there was a lot of drama surrounding Carson Hocevar and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. due to their collision at the Cracker Barrel 400 in Nashville. Things got so ugly that people accused Hocevar of being a reckless driver.
We also can't forget that Joey Logano and Ross Chastain exchanged words after the Chicago street race earlier this month.
During this Tuesday's episode of the "Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour" podcast, Harvick addressed all the drama surrounding the Cup Series.
Harvick made it clear that he wants drivers to stop talking trash and start retaliating when they feel cheated on the track.
"I don't know about the fights, but if you're going to call somebody out on the radio and you're going to talk a bunch of [expletive], at least go do something, or immediately just hammer them," Harvick said, via On3. "Just all the [expletive] talking that happens on the radio, and then nothing happening on the racetrack. There's just no better message that you can send than just wiping somebody out in retaliation. Then they know you'll do it, right? When they know that you'll do it, they're not going to wipe you out. Because they don't want to deal (with that).
"That's one reason why, back when I drove, you just — every once in a while, you just had to wipe somebody out. You had to just send a message. You had a bunch of chaos — do you want to deal with the chaos, and do you want to get wiped out? Fine, let's do it. But I don't know that anybody is going to do that."
Harvick obviously doesn't want NASCAR's product to become an utter mess each week, but the sport could benefit from some fireworks.
The Cup Series will resume on July 20 at Dover International Speedway.Kevin Harvick Has 1 Issue With Current NASCAR Drivers first appeared on The Spun on Jul 16, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 16, 2025, where it first appeared.
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