Ex-Cup champion boldly claims “only one HMS car” will make it into the Championship-4
2014 Cup winner Kevin Harvick has given a concerned verdict on Hendrick Motorsports’ championship-4 chances.
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Kyle Larson and William Byron (Via IMAGO)
The 2024 NASCAR Cup season has seen Hendrick Motorsports producing some solid runs, with their star driver Kyle Larson leading the charge with six race wins spread throughout the season. But now they find themselves in a tough situation, with one more race left in the Round of 8 and all three of their drivers not securing their finale spots.
Ex-Cup champion Kevin Harvick has assessed the HMS situation and asserted that more than one HMS driver will make it into the finale. He pointed out that the track and the championship situations are odds stacked up against them, and the drop in their consistency might hurt them as well.
I mean, realistically, it looks like 1 Hendrick car, which I would have bet against that. I would have bet against that week after week after week after week up until right now, because of the racetracks that we were going to, the performance that they had all year, and it’s just hard to make it all line up.
Kevin Harvick said via Happy Hour podcast.
While further talking about the situation, Harvick predicted that William Byron will most probably outrun Kyle Larson, considering their past. He insisted that though the past history doesn’t matter in the championship situation, Byron who is 7 points ahead of Larson has the best shot of making into the finale.
I mean, based upon past history, I would predict that Byron outruns Larson. Based upon past Martinsville history. But these are not normal moments. These are not normal moments, where guys can step up and teams can step up and you can put all that past history behind you. So, if I had to pick, I would pick the 24 over the No. 5.
Kevin Harvick added.
Kevin Harvick also gave concerning verdict about Denny Hamlin
While talking in the same podcast, Kevin Harvick pointed out that Denny Hamlin is currently in a tough spot seeing his 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick in the championship-4 while he is struggling. The No:45 driver won the race last Sunday with his impressive overtake on the last corner.
He pointed out that Denny Hamlin knows his 2024 championship chances are slipping away and he hasn’t gotten the opportunity celebrate his drivers win. Hamlin might be able to really celebrate 23XI’s success once he makes into the finale.
I think he knows that they’re slipping away. For him, and he said it, there’s no good emotions yet about anything that happened with Tyler Reddick, which shows me the determination that he had from the driver seat, and he just hadn’t gotten to the point of being happy for Tyler yet.
Kevin Harvick said.
The JGR veteran does have the opportunity to make into the finale on points, but it’s a long shot and winning his way seems to be the best way in the championship chase for him. It will be interesting to see how the No:11 team will perform at Martinsville.
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