HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kevin and Delana Harvick were an extremely happy couple Friday night.
Kevin Harvick made a late pass to cap a dominating show to win the season-ending Trucks Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and wife Delana clinched the owners' championship when Ron Hornaday Jr. finished eighth.
“That's the way to put an end to a year, right there!” Harvick shrieked into the radio as he crossed the line.
Kevin Harvick entered the pit after Ryan Sieg went into the wall and brought out a caution flag with seven laps left. Harvick took four tires, exited pit road first and lined up just behind Timothy Peters for a green-and-white checkered finish.
Harvick passed Peters in the very first turn after the restart and cruised to the win. And then Harvick and Hornaday went side-by-side after the checkered fell, sending thick plumes of white burnout smoke into the air.
The celebration was on.
“To close out the season like this, it's really what we wanted to do,” said Harvick, also the winner last week in Phoenix.
For Hornaday, adding the owners' title for Kevin Harvick Inc. made his championship complete.
“To win the owners' title, you've got to do that,” Hornaday said. “It's everything. You can't just win the drivers' title, because it takes a whole team.”