Kevin Harvick may have been watching this past weekend’s race at Iowa Speedway from home, but he has an opinion on the wreck between Kyle Larson and Daniel Suárez that also collected Denny Hamlin in the process.
Looking to get back to the lead after dominating much of the race, Larson went three-wide after a restart, and Suárez got loose and clipped the No. 5’s left-rear, which in-turn sent Larson into an unsuspecting Hamlin. It ruined the evening for both Larson and Hamlin, but Suárez still secured a top-ten.
In also praising Ryan Blaney for taking advantages of Larson’s misfortune and dominating the remainder of the race, Harvick assessed blame for the incident between the No. 5 and the No. 99 on the latest episode of his Harvick’s Happy Hour show.
“I think, going back to Blaney though. Those guys have been on the cusp. You look at St. Louis, and some of the races that they’ve been apart of. It’s definitely been a good performance from the No. 12 car lately, from a speed standpoint, and they just hadn’t capitalized on any of the days that they’ve been in position to win those races. I mean, end of the race, he just dominated the end of that race. I think, really when the No. 5 car fell out, that was pretty much going to be the closest competition that (Ryan Blaney) had, in my opinion,” Harvick explained. “You know, the situation with the No. 5 and the No. 99, that was kind of a weird deal. You know, you could definitely see the No. 99 come up the race track, and get into the left-rear corner-panel of the No. 5, and wrecked him.
“But you know, the No. 5 definitely shot in a hole that was pretty tight. But once the No. 5 car was out, I felt like it was Blaney’s race to lose at that particular point, and they just had a great weekend all around, and they were able to finally put themselves in Victory Lane.”
Evidently, Harvick doesn’t believe either Larson or Suárez are blameless in this situation. While Suárez did in fact make contact with the No. 5, Harvick relented that Larson was being ultra-aggressive at that stage in the race, putting his car in a precarious position in the process.
Regardless, Kevin Harvick’s opinion won’t ease the pain of a win slipping through Kyle Larson’s fingers, which feels like it’s happened a ton this season, even though he has three victories. At least Daniel Suárez was able to hold on for a solid finish in Iowa on Sunday.
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