CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When a 25-year-old Kevin Harvick was tapped to run in replacement of Dale Earnhardt the week after the legend died in the 2001 Daytona 500, he remembers who visited his trailer before the race.
Among them were Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Dale Jarrett.
A few months later, when Harvick spun Bobby Hamilton out of contention for the 2001 Martinsville win, Harvick remembers how “that little spat” had “turned us into great friends.”
