• This Week’s No. 29 Pennzoil Platinum Chevrolet at Bristol Motor Speedway … Kevin Harvick will pilot Chassis No. 238 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stable. Built new for the 2008 season, this is the same Pennzoil Platinum Chevrolet Impala SS that Harvick drove to a 12th-place finish at Michigan International Speedway in June. Additionally, the Bakersfield, Calif., native drove this chassis to a 14th-place finish at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, to a seventh-place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway and to an eighth-place finish at Auto Club Speedway of Southern California.

• Bristol Stats … In 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at NASCAR’s fastest half-mile, Harvick has one win (2005), seven top-five and nine top-10 finishes. Additionally, “Happy” has led 390 laps and has a 9.9 average finishing position.

• Change of Scenery … Harvick is going platinum for the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The 2007 Daytona 500 winner will transform his bright yellow and red Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet into a shining platinum colored paint scheme in recognition of his sponsorship from Pennzoil Platinum full synthetic motor oil. Pennzoil Platinum full synthetic motor oil has adaptive molecules to manage the constant mechanical stresses inside an engine. Along with its additive package, Pennzoil Platinum motor oil is designed to survive the searing heat, intense pressures and shearing forces of today’s precision-made engine parts. For more information visit: www.pennzoilplatinum.com.

• Keeping It on the Track … Harvick has been running at the finish of all 23 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races this season. Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth are the only three drivers in the top 12 in points to have no DNFs (did not finish) so far this season.

• Three to Go … The 11-time NASCAR Sprint Cup series winner currently sits eighth in the championship point standings with three races remaining in NASCAR’s “Race to the Chase.” The 12 Chase contenders will be determined once the checkered flag waves Sept. 6 at Richmond International Raceway on. Over the same three races last season, Harvick had an average starting position of 12.6 coupled with a 12.3 finishing average.

• RCR at Bristol … In 105 Cup Series starts at Bristol, RCR boasts nine wins – seven with Dale Earnhardt, one with Kevin Harvick and one with Jeff Burton– three poles, 29 top-five and 49 top-10 finishes. In March, RCR-prepared race cars swept the top three positions in the Food City 500 when Burton took the checkered flag, Harvick finished second and Bowyer rounded out the top three. Additionally, in 41 starts, RCR Nationwide Series teams have claimed six wins – one with Bowyer, four with Harvick and one with Jeff Green – four poles, 18 top-five and 22 top -10 finishes.

• The RCR Collection … In 23 races this season, RCR-prepared Sprint Cup Series entries have notched two wins (Burton – Bristol, Bowyer – Richmond), 12 top-five and 30 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.,-based race team has completed 19,139 laps in 2008 with four different drivers including Bowyer, Burton, Harvick and Ken Schrader. Meanwhile, RCR teams have logged 28,106 miles of competition this season and been on top of the leaderboard for 311 laps. Combined, all four RCR teams have earned just over $ 9.9 million in purse money this season.

• Childress, A Champion for Children … Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the Richard Childress family has teamed up to form what will become the nation’s most comprehensive Institute for Pediatric Trauma. The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma will focus on key areas in treatment, education and training, research and prevention of pediatric trauma. The Institute’s goal is to help pave the way for others in the nation searching for ways to help save the lives of severely injured children and help those who survive on the road to recovery. The Childress family has donated $5 million to the Medical Center to initiate the project, which will get underway later this year. Wake Forest Baptist and the Childress family are currently working with a number of corporations and individuals to raise the additional $20 million to help establish the Childress Institute. This institute has a goal to become the most comprehensive research center in the country as it develops new research initiatives and partners with other investigators throughout the nation. Additionally, the Institute will also work with national and regional research groups to pool knowledge and data that can be shared with healthcare providers nationwide. To learn more and help children across the nation by donating, please visit www.childresspediatrictrauma.org or call 866-635-8190.

• Bristol Sweep … Harvick captured his first NASCAR sweep in April 2005 at BMS, winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in the same weekend. Since then, Harvick has added three more weekend sweeps to his resume (Phoenix International Raceway in April 2006, Richmond (Va.) International Raceway in September 2006 and Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February 2007).

• Summing Up the Season … In the season’s first 23 events, Harvick has earned four top fives, nine top 10s and has led 88 laps. He has recorded a 17.9 starting average to go along a respectable 14.7 finishing average. He has completed 6,152 of the 6.342 laps (97 percent) run this season and earned just over $3.4 million in purse money.

• Did You Know? … For the first time in Harvick’s NASCAR career, he will not be running the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at BMS. The two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion’s Bristol stats include four wins, 10 top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 16 starts. Additionally, Harvick has a 9.1 starting average coupled with an impressive 8.2 finishing average and has led 938 laps.

• Keep on Keepin’ on … Harvick has not recorded a DNF in 67 consecutive races, which is the modern era record (1972-present). Harvick’s RCR teammate Bowyer currently has the second-longest active streak at 60.

• Don’t Miss A Beat … This weekend Harvick’s Pennzoil Platinum Chevy will be one of four cars featured on DIRECTV’s HotPass Coverage. With a channel dedicated solely to the Pennzoil Platinum Racing team during the Sharpie 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway, fans will be able to watch all the action through DIRECTV’s multiple camera angles, real-time car telemetry and listen to in-car audio communication. NASCAR HotPass, Only on DIRECTV, features four driver channels including dedicated announcers for each team. The service, combined with race day telecasts and NASCAR.com coverage, gives race fans the most comprehensive and powerful NASCAR experience possible. Harvick’s team will be showcased on DIRECTV channel 790 and DIRECTV’s HD channel 795.

• Meet the Press … Harvick will be available inside the BMS’ infield media center Friday, Aug. 22 beginning at 2:30 p.m. to field questions from the gathered media.

• Catch all the Action … The Sharpie 500 from Bristol Motor Speedway will take the green flag Saturday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. EDT. Race coverage will be televised live on ESPN beginning at 7 p.m. EDT and broadcast worldwide the Performance Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 24th race on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule will be televised live on SPEED Friday, Aug. 22 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

KEVIN HARVICK QUOTES:

What is your mindset going into Bristol since it’s a track that anything can happen?

“Bristol has always been a pretty good track for us. We had a good run at Bristol at the beginning of the year and, obviously, we’re excited about going back. Bristol, like any short track, is tight and you can easily get into trouble. You just have to stay clean and focused. As long as you are there at the end, you have a shot at winning the race.”

Did you like racing better at Bristol when it was more bumping and single-wide racing or do you like it better now that there are multiple grooves and you can pass a whole lot more?

“I think Bristol did a great job with the race track and making more racing grooves. The first time we went there, I think the tires were a little too hard and you could run all the way up at the wall. The last time we went there, it was more like the old Bristol, but you still had a couple of options from the bottom to the middle. I think once they got the tires squared away, the race track kind of came back around and the racing was a lot more normal in the fall.”