Reporter: Dennis Carter
Richard Childress Racing had just one
of its four drivers make the Chase last year.
Kevin Harvick has finished a strong
third in points two years running but any racer will tell you, third isn't good
enough. Harvick hopes new crew chief
Shane Wilson can help take him to the top. "Obviously, Shane and I have had a lot of
success on the Nationwide side, we have a great relationship off the race
track," Harvick said.
Not only does Harvick have a new crew
chief, he's got a new addition on the way.
His wife Delana is 14 weeks pregnant with their first child, expecting
in July. "We're excited, Delana and I are obviously expecting in July, July
23rd if you're keeping track at home."
Our Dennis Carter asked Harvick
teammate Jeff Burton, "Any advice now for the expectant Dad?"
Burton said, "Hunker down man,
whatever she says do, you need to do for a few months, I can tell you
that."
Burton has a new crew chief, Drew
Blickensderfer, and is eager, as he says, to become relevant again after a
frustrating 2011. "If anybody around me thinks last year was
acceptable, they need to go somewhere else because last year was, it was embarrassing
to be quite honest."
Last year's Indy winner Paul Menard
will again drive the 27 Chevy. The 33 is
sponsored the first five races, Elliott Sadler gets the Daytona 500, Brendan
Gaughan the next four races.
Sadler said, "We're going there to win and
honestly we've got a pretty good track record at the Daytona 500 the last 10
years. So I think we can go down there
and be very, very competitive."
