Kevin Harvick has lived up to his nickname “The Closer” again, by finding speed at the end of the year and punching his ticket to the Championship round via his win at Texas.  Harvick won the championship in 2014, and was a finalist in 2015.  Harvick’s team, Stewart-Haas Racing, switched over from Chevrolet to Ford for 2017, and haven’t had the speed they’ve had in recent years until the playoffs started.  Harvick is back to being the Kevin Harvick you don’t want to race around because you know he’s going to be hard to beat.  He has two wins this season, and 22 top 10’s this year.  Harvick also has the best Homestead stats of the four contenders, with 1 win, 8 top 5’s, 14 top 10’s, and an average finish of 6.9 in 16 starts at the track.  Can Harvick live up to his nickname and claim a 2nd title?

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