SHR Driver Kevin Harvick Calls for “Common-Sense” Amidst Challenges of NASCAR Next Gen Era

With the introduction of the Next Gen car, all NASCAR teams and drivers are going through a sort of tough phase in having to adjust to it. But it’s only natural. The new car is so radically different that the only thing common between the old car and this one are the seats. So getting up to speed with it is a process that will not only take time but should be done with “common sense”. At least that’s what Kevin Harvick feels.

In an interview with Speedway Digest, Harvick spoke about the ‘benefit’ his 22 years of experience in the sport has with stepping in the new car.

“Today’s sport is so engineering-minded that the simple, everyday things sometimes get forgotten. It’s very important to do all the little things right, and you have to execute the simple things right too,” Harvick said.

“Don’t overcomplicate it, because sometimes overcomplicating results in a worse result than just say, ‘OK, today we finished fifth and next week we’re going to try to do two or three things to finish first, not 20 or 30 things and finish 30th.”

Kevin Harvick feels simplicity is the key to getting the best out of what’s at hand

The Stewart Haas Racing driver emphasized the importance of keeping simplicity in the middle of the front-and-center engineering-centric process.

“It used to be trial and error when you tested. Nowadays, it’s try it and, prove it or debunk it, so that it’s either right or wrong,” Kevin Harvick said.

“But there are going to be a lot of decisions that we’re going to have to make this year that are just going to be simple-minded, common-sense decisions in order to just get the best out of what you have”

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