The veteran driver, winless in 38 previous starts at the Tricky Triangle, held off Denny Hamlin to win the Pocono Organics 325, the first of back-to-back NASCAR Cup Series races this weekend in Monroe County.
The 44-year-old Harvick won the rain-delayed race that was held without fans, the first time in 85 races dating back to 1974 that no one was in the grandstand for a NASCAR race.
“It’s great to finally check Pocono off the list,” the Bakersfield, California, native said after collecting his 52nd win in stock car racing’s premier series. “Stewart-Haas Racing has done such a great job with all of our cars every time we’ve come here over the last seven years.