| | | | | seemed to be very prudent. Some went to the |
| Kevin Harvick came in first in Daytona after one | | | | pits zone to change tires or make small |
| exciting race filled with crashes and constant | | | | adjustments to their racecar. |
| passes in the front. | | | | At a given point, the rain was so intense that the |
| Harvick was the winner of the Coke Zero 400 | | | | race had to be suspended by the officials for |
| last weekend in the Daytona International | | | | over one and a half hours. This was the moment |
| Speedway. Harvick was the bravest racer in the | | | | when the racer stopped at the pits and changed |
| competition; he managed to keep track of all the | | | | tires to fit the humid conditions. They knew that |
| other racers and fight fiercely to take on the first | | | | once the race was restarted they had very little |
| place. | | | | time to take on the front. |
| This is Harvick's second win in this season's | | | | The star restarted with much water over the |
| Nascar Sprint Cup. The Driver behind the | | | | front. The racers kept on pushing that hard trying |
| Chevrolet Impala #29 had his first win in the | | | | to put on the best show for all the fans in the |
| series at the Aaron's 499 last April in Talladega. | | | | speedway. |
| Harvick's desire to pursue the finish line took him | | | | As soon as the race came back to full speed, the |
| to yet another win in his career as a professional | | | | incidents begun. There were many changes in the |
| racer in Nascar's most prestigious series. In | | | | front. Harvick was cautious and kept safe from all |
| Daytona, the talented and experienced racer of | | | | the incidents. |
| the Richard Childress Team kept on pushing hard | | | | Some of the big racers had some trouble in the |
| throughout the race. | | | | crashes. The defending champion Jimmie Johnson, |
| The Coke Zero 400 was a very intense race. It | | | | the Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya and some |
| was filled with action and it developed with many | | | | other racers were troubled by the crashes. They |
| accidents over the racetrack. The rain was a | | | | were stumped in the back and couldn't manage to |
| very important factor in the race. | | | | recover the best spots in the race. |
| Because of the strong rains during the weekend | | | | Harvick on the other hand stayed in front of the |
| and on the days before the race, it was not | | | | car, he kept on opening spaces in the front and |
| possible to qualify to the race. This gave Harvick | | | | still managed to stay in front of the racers in the |
| a big advantage as he was able to take on the | | | | last tracks. |
| poll position without much effort. | | | | Right at the last couple of turns Harvick went on |
| Harvick was quite clear that he was going full on | | | | the front of the race. There was a bad crash |
| in his attempt to take on the lead. He speed up | | | | that involved over 20 cars. Harvick managed to |
| from the front and stayed atop the racer for the | | | | stay in front. |
| best part of the race. He kept on making quite an | | | | Harvick went to the front. He was the first to |
| effort to avoid the many crashes in the race. | | | | make it to the finish line. He was followed closely |
| The rain kept pouring down and the surface | | | | by Kasey Kahne and by Jeff Gordon who came |
| became very slippery. The changes up front | | | | in third. With this win, Kevin Harvick stays in front |
| happened often and even the guys in front | | | | of the Sprint Cup board with 2684 points. |