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Harvick Takes Sam's Town 300 at LVMS

With 25 laps left before the end of the race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and despite having to battle slow stops on pit road and countless tire strategies thrown in the game by competition, Richard Childress Racing driver Kevin Harvick managed to pass Denny Hamlin for the lead, beating him in the end by 1.361 seconds.

The first victory of the Nationwide season for the team and the 35th-career Nationwide Series victory for Harvick came after a rain delay at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Harvick started second in the 200-lap race. After leading lap one, Harvick found himself in third by lap 170. By avoiding late-race wrecks, he moved to second on lap 175 and finally passed Hamlin on lap 176.

“We had a good car from the time we unloaded,” Harvick said following the Sam’s Town 300. “We didn’t make any major changes in practice; we just tweaked the car to make it better in race trim."

"The race started great and ended great, but the middle wasn’t so good on pit road. We had a fast car from the start of the weekend and the restarts seemed to be one of our strong points during the race. The guys stuck with it and fortunately, we were able to get the victory. Very excited to finally got Rheem their first win.”

Denny Hamlin finished second behind Harvick followed by Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski and Brian Vickers.
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