Stewart-Haas Racing made history Sunday with the team’s finish in the AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway.
Three SHR drivers finished in the top-five Sunday for the first time in the team’s existence led by Kevin Harvick’s fourth win of the season. Harvick scored the team’s fifth win of the year, the earliest SHR has ever had five wins as an organization.
“It’s a testament to the hard work and determination of the entire organization,” Harvick said. “Gene Haas and Tony Stewart have put together a tremendous group and we’re seeing everything pay off now.”
Harvick outdistanced teammate Clint Bowyer at the checkered flag who came home for his best career Dover finish in second.
“Hats off to everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing,” Bowyer said. “These Ford Fusions are fun to drive. The Haas Automation Demo Day was fun to drive. We won with this paint scheme in Martinsville and thought we were going to win with it again today. We keep knocking of the door like today we’ll get another win.”
Kurt Busch continued his recent roll with a second straight top-five finish to follow his run last week at Talladega Superspeedway.
“It’s all about the team effort,” Busch said. “Good day for us. The way that the pit stops went we had to come back from a penalty. Restarts went fair the early part of the race and went good in the latter part. Those restarts are close quarters and you need to grab spots then. These cars are really aero-sensitive. Thanks to Haas Automation and Ford we had a top-five day.”
Just outside the top 10 was Aric Almirola with an 11th-place finish.
