NASCAR’s finest driver ever, Kevin Harvick’s retirement, is certainly a big loss the sport has incurred in a long time. The 2014 Cup Series champion did shower the fans with some of the most memorable moments in NASCAR history, and by the looks of it, he is not going away from the beloved sport. Thankfully, we will be able to see a lot of Harvick in NASCAR as he takes up the role of analyst at Fox Sports in 2024.

With a career that spanned over 20 years, it is only a given that statistics would chase an icon like Kevin Harvick. He has a total of 60 NASCAR Cup Series wins and ranks 10th in the all-time wins list. This is just scratching the surface when speaking statistics on Harvick’s NASCAR career, but interestingly, after his retirement, he shared a unique stat with one of the greats of the sport, Jeff Gordon, and this one was interesting, to say the least.

Were Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon calculating days for their last win?

It was 0.06 seconds, the finest of the margins involved in deciding the winner at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2001. The words, ‘Harvick by inches, Harvick by inches’ sure sound like it was just yesterday as he claimed his first Cup Series win, beating who else but Jeff Gordon.

A NASCAR statistic geek compared Jeff Gordon and Harvick’s first and last wins. In doing so, it was found that, surprisingly, both racers had exactly 7,826 days in between their first and last Cup Series wins. The stat was shared by Trey Ryan via his social media handle on X. “Interesting Stat: Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick’s 1st and last win came exactly 7,826 days apart.”

Jeff Gordon registered his first Cup Series win on May 29, 1994, at Charlotte Motor Speedway and his last at Martinsville Speedway on November 1, 2015. Gordon certainly has the edge against Kevin Harvick when speaking in terms of championships, but the former Stewart-Haas Racing driver can always flex on his win against the four-time champ.

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The statistic shared was indeed interesting and this sparked the fans in sharing their memorable moments and insights.

Fans react to a unique shared stat between Harvick and Gordon

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NASCAR fans are always up to share their thoughts and viewpoints on a raging debate but this once they felt appreciated after Kevin Harvick’s long and illustrious career. Moreover, the unique stat brings Jeff Gordon into the conversation and also allows fans to turn the pages back to the memorable win of 2001 by Kevin Harvick.

Adding another interesting to this post, a user mentioned Richard Petty’s days apart between his first and last win. “Richard Petty had 8894 between his first and last (February 28, 1960 to July 4, 1984). Is that the record?”

Another fan who acknowledged the unique stat went on to speculate both the driver’s drinking capabilities hilariously. “That is an interesting stat. What would be amazing if they determined that they drank equal amount of beers in the same time frame”.

The absence of the two great drivers on the NASCAR tracks is sure going to be a major miss and a user commented expressing this exact sentiment. “thats pretty cool they were both good racers miss seeing them out on the track.”

While a fan did remember the exact words from the commentator box when Kevin Harvick clinched the win against Gordon in 2001, the user wrote, “GORDON GOT LOOSE ITS HARVICK, HARVICK BY INCHES”.

Needless to say, Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon’s absence on the NASCAR tracks will surely be missed as they don’t make racers like them these days.

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