NASCAR Announcer Kevin Harvick Sends ‘Warning’ To Drivers originally appeared on The Spun.
Following Shane van Gisbergen’s win at the NASCAR Mexico City race, the number of wildcard spots available in the Cup Playoffs has shrunk by one. For former NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick, this puts more pressure on the remaining contenders.
On the latest episode of his Happy Hour podcast, Harvick warned that the drivers sitting in 14th place and beyond need to be “concerned” – especially Josh Berry. He believes that from this point forward they need to race with the intention of winning and can’t just settle for points.
“I think everybody from 14th back in the current point standing needs to be concerned,” Kevin Harvick said. “So Briscoe, Bowman, Buescher, Kyle Busch, Ryan Preece, Carson Hocevar, Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, anybody in between, I think they’re worried.
“The guy that’s in the points right now that I’m worried about right now is Josh Berry. Where did that 21 car speed and just everything that they started the year go? So I’m a little bit worried about him, but I think that those guys need to race like they need to win. I know they all want to win, but if you’re talking about points in your shop, you are having the wrong conversation if you’re 14th and back.”
Harvick’s not far off. There’s a logjam of great drivers at 11th place and beyond that are all reasonably close to each other jockeying for position in the coveted points-qualifying spots in the NASCAR Cup Playoffs.
Harvick spoke at length about how Shane van Gisbergen’s big win in Mexico City shook up the standings.
“He’s a world-class racer,” Harvick said after the race. “We thought this was coming, and now we see it with the standings and everything that it mixes up with the points. I still believe we’re going to have a couple more winners.
“Right now, Briscoe is 14th. That puts Bowman and Buescher, if that were the case, out if they’re not one of the winners. But from SVG’s standpoint, he’s a world-class road racer, and I think he continues to get better on the ovals, and I think that will make his road racing even better as he gets more comfortable in the cars.”
One thing seems certain: Whichever driver is the first one on the outside looking in won’t be inviting van Gisbergen to Thanksgiving dinner anytime soon.
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NASCAR Announcer Kevin Harvick Sends ‘Warning’ To Drivers first appeared on The Spun on Jun 17, 2025
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