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Kevin Harvick Drives No. 4 Nascar Ford To Win At Michigan 2022: Video

The last time Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Nascar Ford Mustang ended up in Victory Lane was back in November 2020, but on Sunday, he snapped a 65-race winless streak at Michigan International Speedway and secured his place in the Playoffs.

Harvick’s No. 4 Mustang snagged the lead on a restart on Lap 166 after a collision between the No. 1 Camaro of Ross Chastain and the No. 20 Camry of Christopher Bell, the two race cars that dominated the race until that point. On the restart, Harvick’s No. 4 Mustang outperformed the No. 22 Mustang of Joey Logano and the No. 23 Toyota TRD Camry of polesitter Bubba Wallace on his way to victory. Harvick never looked back, despite several on-track incidents that could have changed the course of the race, but ultimately, nobody was able to best the No. 4 Mustang.

“Everybody who doubted us doesn’t know us,” said Harvick after the race. “They, obviously, know we thrive in these types of situations. And a lot of things went our way today, which we haven’t had all year long – have things go our way and have things fall our way.”

Harvick’s victory comes in the wake of a statement by Mark Rushbrook, global director of Ford Performance Motorsports, who expressed displeasure with the performance of Nascar Ford teams this year. It will certainly be interesting to observe how The Blue Oval’s racing efforts turn out the rest of this year.

While Harvick’s No. 4 Mustang is now locked into the Playoffs, Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 12 Mustang, is barely hanging onto the final Playoff position with three regular season races left, just 19 points ahead of Martin Truex Jr., driver of the No. 19 Toyota TRD Camry.

Nascar Cup Series Race Results, Michigan International Speedway, August 7, 2022
Finish Start Car Number Driver Team Laps Run Laps Led Car
1 16 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Apple #BuschelOfBusch Ford 200 38 Ford Mustang
2 1 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald's Toyota 200 22 Toyota TRD Camry
3 9 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 200 38 Toyota TRD Camry
4 4 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
5 24 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Cardell Caninetry Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
6 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 200 0 Toyota TRD Camry
7 8 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
8 10 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 200 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
9 30 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
10 11 45 Ty Gibbs(i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 2 Toyota TRD Camry
11 13 9 Chase Elliott UniFirst Chevrolet 200 0 Chev
12 20 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
13 26 3 Austin Dillon Dow MobilityScience Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
14 25 42 Ty Dillon Ferris Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
15 33 6 Brad Keselowski Castrol Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
16 19 17 Chris Buescher LeBron James Family Foundation Ford 200 1 Ford Mustang
17 21 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
18 31 33 * Austin Hill(i) Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
19 32 7 Corey LaJoie Schluter Systems Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
20 23 14 Chase Briscoe Rush Truck Centers/Cummins Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
21 35 77 Josh Bilicki(i) Michigan State/Zeigler Auto Chevrolet 200 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
22 34 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 200 0 Ford Mustang
23 36 78 BJ McLeod(i) Blaster Ford 199 1 Ford Mustang
24 22 1 Ross Chastain Advent Health Chevrolet 199 29 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
25 15 99 Daniel Suarez Worldwide Express Chevrolet 198 33 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
26 2 20 Christopher Bell Sirius XM Toyota 193 31 Toyota TRD Camry
27 37 38 Todd Gilliland # First Phase Ford 188 0 Ford Mustang
28 14 34 Michael McDowell Martin Transportation Systems Ford 187 0 Ford Mustang
29 6 8 Tyler Reddick Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet 110 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
30 12 16 Noah Gragson(i) Chevy Accessories Chevrolet 109 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
31 17 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 94 0 Ford Mustang
32 27 21 Harrison Burton # Ford 20 Year Sr Master Techs Ford 29 0 Ford Mustang
33 28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger Health/SweetLeaf Chevrolet 25 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
34 18 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 25 0 Ford Mustang
35 29 15 JJ Yeley(i) RWR Ford 24 0 Ford Mustang
36 3 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 24 0 Toyota TRD Camry
37 5 2 Austin Cindric # Discount Tire Ford 24 0 Ford Mustang
38 14 10 Aric Almirola Mobil 1/GEARWRENCH Ford 24 0 Ford Mustang

#- Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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Comments

  1. November 2022, eh? Maybe Kev’s a bit faster than we thought…

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  2. How did Almirola manage to finish both 34th and 38th? Especially odd since there were only 37 cars entered…

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  3. Good for Kevin Harvick and Ford, taking it to Toyota and Chevy.

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