AVONDALE, Ariz. - Kevin Harvick will moonlight in a NASCAR regional series race Thursday night in his hometown of Bakersfield as part of a goal to infuse grass-roots racing.
So to see a track such as ISM (formerly Phoenix) Raceway not have one of those events rubbed Harvick and fellow former Cup champion Tony Stewart the wrong way.
From 1988-2015, the track promoted at least one annual race on its 1-mile oval in what is currently known as the NASCAR K&N West Series. After winning the NASCAR Cup race Sunday at the track, Harvick insinuated that NASCAR's sanction fee is so big in Xfinity and trucks for support races during its NASCAR Cup weekends that the track opted to save money by not having the regional race.