Kevin Harvick backs veteran to win this year’s NASCAR Cup Series championship

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Kevin Harvick gives his prediction for NASCAR championship (Source: Getty Images)

Former driver turned commentator Kevin Harvick makes his prediction whom he thinks will win the prestigious NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2024 as 10 races postseason kick-off this weekend. Harvick went with NASCAR veteran and his former fellow competitor to win this year’s championship.

On the latest episode of “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour,” podcast, Harvick believes Denny Hamlin is going to win his first NASCAR Cup Series championship this year. Harvick has been backing the #11 Joe Gibbs Racing driver to win the championship from the beginning of the season.

Harvick stated that winning the regular season championship as an owner of 23XI Racing could add extra motivation for Hamlin to push even harder for the title.

Revealing his 2024 championship pick, Harvick said:

“I’m sticking to my guns, Denny Hamlin. I think when Denny looks at the way that they run this year, the way that they ran at Phoenix, he’s got to know he’s running out of shots. When he sees that regular-season trophy in the shop of 23XI, I just got to believe there’s some sort of motivation there.

Kevin Harvick believes that Hamlin and crew chief Chris Gabehart’s experience of being in the playoffs before makes them a strong contender to win the championship.

“I think when he and [Chris] Gabehart look at all the things they have accomplished and been together and can do, I think that that experience of being able to have been there before, I just think that eventually it’s got to happen,” Harvick continued.

Hamlin suffered a big penalty last month that hurt his playoff position. He currently stands sixth in the Cup Series championship standings with 2015 points.

The #11 Joe Gibbs Racing driver had made into the playoffs in every season since 2014 and came close to winning a championship multiple times in his career. He finished inside the top five in the final championship standings each year since 2019. His best finish came in the 2010 season, losing to NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson.


Kevin Harvick predicts winner of first playoff race at Atlanta

This week, the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series championship picks Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff opener at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

In the aforementioned podcast, Kevin Harvick said:

“I think it needs to go right for William Byron. I'm going to go with him two weeks in a row, and they ran well there before, but they're like, I think it's either going to go super good or it's going to go super bad for them, and it's going to be right here.”

Can Denny Hamlin win his first NASCAR championship this year? If not, comment down your 2024 NASCAR Cup Series championship and Atlanta playoff race pick.

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