‘The Closer’ nears his final act

Kevin Harvick embarks on his last NASCAR season at this weekend’s Daytona 500, a race that made his name and his epithet

CHARLES BRADLEY

My first trip to the Daytona 500 produced the best finish to a race that I’ve ever witnessed live: Kevin Harvick’s duel to the stripe in 2007 with Mark Martin seemed to last forever, as thousands of race fans in the seats in front of me took to their collective feet and whooped them home. Harvick won by 0.02 seconds, the second-closest finish in the Great American Race’s history. Out of the corner of my eye, Clint Bowyer hove into my view inverted, as a huge wreck kicked off behind the leaders, and he somersaulted across the finish line in flames. Thankfully, Bowyer clambered out unhurt. This weekend, Kevin Harvick will start his last Daytona 500, as the analytical yet often-outspoken Californian retires from full-time NASCAR racing to join Bowyer (a…

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