Kevin Harvick Busch Series competition during his NEXTEL Cup career :
- In 2002, Kevin Harvick would spend this season concentrating on running the Cup Series and would only start 4 races. He would only have one top ten in those 4 starts, being at Texas Motor Speedway. He finished 64th in the Driver's Standings.
- In 2003, Richard Childress would team up both Kevin Harvick and Johnny Sauter, whom Richard had moved over from the #2 car in favor of Ron Hornaday, Jr. driving the #21 Hershey's sponsored PayDay car. The two would combine for 3 wins, 16 top 5's and 24 top 10's, with Kevin posting all three wins. They would give Richard the NASCAR Busch Series Owner's Championship that season, with the Driver's Championsip going to Brian Vickers. It would be the first time that the championship would be split between two teams, and to date, the last. Kevin would drive in 19 of the 34 races and Johnny would drive in the other 15. Both drove a Payday sponsored car in the final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the Ford 300, with Kevin driving the #21 and Johnny driving the #29, a gift by Richard Childress thanking them both for the Owner's Championsip. Kevin also scored 8 pole positions and finished 16th in the Driver's Standings.
- In 2004, Kevin would again be paired with another driver, rookie Clint Bowyer, as Johnny Sauter would take over the #30 America Online Nextel Cup Series car for Richard Childress. They would combine for 1 win, 13 top 5's and 20 top 10's in the #21 Hershey's sponsored Reese's Peanut Butter Cup car. Kevin would drive the #29 EGSR/Coast Guard Busch Series car in the final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the Ford 300, which he would claim his second win of the season. He finished 20th in the Driver's Standings. The #21 car finished 4th in the Owner's Standings.
- In 2005, Kevin, paired this time with rookie Brandon Miller, as Clint Bowyer would take over the #2 AC Delco Busch series car from Ron Hornaday, Jr. Kevin and Brandon would combine for 3 wins, 15 top 5's and 19 top 10's to give the #21 its second 4th place finish in the Owner's Standings. Kevin would also drive the #29 Reese's Chocolate Lovers car to victory in the first "sweep" of his career on Monday, April 4, 2005 in the rain-delayed Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway to go along with the Food City 500 win the day before, to give him a record tying 4th Busch Series win at the track (with Morgan Shepard). Kevin finished 18th in the Driver's Standings.
- In 2006, Kevin decided to run both of NASCAR's top two series full time. In the Busch Series, Kevin would be scheduled to run 35 races, with three different cars (#21, #33, #29) and two different teams, Richard Childress Racing and his own team, Kevin Harvick, Incorporated. Harvick had 9 wins, 23 top 5's and 32 top 10's. He clinched the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Championship on October 13, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. It was the earliest clinch ever in the Busch Series, locking up the title with four races still to be run. He would end the season with a record 824 point margin in the final standings.
- In 2007 Kevin Harvick began the season by winning the Orbitz 300 at Daytona, claiming his first win in a restrictor plate race, as well as the first win for new sponsor Autozone in NASCAR Busch Series competition.
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