Harvick struggled for observe place all through the race, and acquired caught up in a restart melee late within the occasion.
Nonetheless, the Lap 281 wreck wasn’t the top of his day. He saved the automotive pointed straight and NASCAR allowed him to restart contained in the top-five. After the race leaders collided on the next restart, he immediately discovered himself on the entrance row in his broken No. 4 machine.
“We acquired towards the top and missed all of the wrecks,” stated Harvick post-race. “Effectively, we got here out the opposite facet of the wrecks. We have been within the wrecks, however simply didn’t have any harm to the wheels and tires, simply structural harm.”
Though he could not mount a problem towards William Byron for the win, he managed to carry his broken automotive residence within the runner-up place. It was Harvick’s finest results of the 2023 season.
“We had automotive all day,” added Harvick. “We simply might by no means rise up towards the entrance. Our Sunny Delight Ford Mustang struggled in site visitors as we speak, however we have been actually good on the second half of the run and simply struggled at first of the run. We had good observe place after which had a nasty pit cease beneath inexperienced, however had the whole lot work out on the finish. I didn’t have something for WIlliam. The entrance is tore up fairly good, however they did an awesome job and simply type of saved ourselves within the sport and also you by no means know what’s gonna occur.”