Kevin Harvick clinched his first regular-season title during Sunday’s Cup race at Dover International Speedway, NASCAR confirmed.
Harvick clinched the title — and the 15 playoff points — with one race left in the regular season and the win in Sunday’s Dover race.
Harvick’s regular-season crown ends the run by Toyota drivers. NASCAR began awarding a regular-season championship in 2017. Martin Truex Jr. won the regular-season crown that year. Kyle Busch has won it past two years.
The regular-season champion has gone on to win the Cup title in the same year in two of the three previous years. Truex won the 2017 Cup title. Busch won the 2019 championship.
The regular-season champion has made it to the championship race each of the previous three years.
Harvick won both stages of Sunday’s race at Dover and the race.
