{"id":1530310,"date":"2022-09-22T11:51:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1530310"},"modified":"2022-09-22T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T15:52:21","slug":"if-kevin-harvick-didnt-like-chase-elliott-before-he-likely-hates-him-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/if-kevin-harvick-didnt-like-chase-elliott-before-he-likely-hates-him-now\/","title":{"rendered":"If Kevin Harvick Didn\u2019t Like Chase Elliott Before, He Likely Hates Him Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Given the choice of Kevin Harvick<\/a> or Chase Elliott<\/a>, see if you can associate the theory with the appropriate driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old theory: NASCAR\u2019s \u2018crappy parts\u2019 are why Harvick didn\u2019t survive the first round of the Cup Series playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New theory: Some guys haven\u2019t figured out how to handle their cars, even after 783 starts and 60 victories in the top series since 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeah, that\u2019s not a tough one. Elliott may not have named names this week, but the 2020 Cup Series champion did a better job of tagging Harvick than Harvick did of tagging him last fall at the Roval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A frustrated Kevin Harvick is making sure he\u2019s being heard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick have a heated conversation after an incident late in the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept. 18, 2021. | Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Harvick has been pitching more in the past two weeks than Mike Marshall did for the 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. After behaving quieter than an American submarine in Russian waters, Harvick has been all over Twitter and traditional media and being very opinionated. The most dangerous place to stand in NASCAR nowadays is between the 2014 champion and a reporter with a microphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's not as though Harvick doesn\u2019t have a reason to be upset. After securing a playoff berth with back-to-back victories a month ago, he wrecked late at Daytona and then watched his championship hopes go up in flames once the playoffs started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvick had to abandon his burning car on Lap 274 at Darlington, wrecked almost immediately at Kansas, and got knocked out of contention late in the must-win race at Bristol when his pit crew couldn\u2019t fasten the left-front tire on the first try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, Harvick has been on a loud and persistent campaign against \u201ccrappy parts\u201d supplied by NASCAR. He\u2019s even selling T-shirts for a faux parts supplier, \u201cHappy\u2019s Crappy-Ass Parts 4 Less.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chase Elliott is floating a different possibility for recent issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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