One of the more outspoken members of the NASCAR community, Kevin Harvick has had pressure on his shoulders right from the moment he stepped into the Nextel Cup Series five years ago in place of the late Dale Earnhardt. Having proved his wares, Harvick shows that as far as speaking your mind goes, he has picked up a lot from ‘The Intimidator.’
Q.
On pushing the rules and taking risks, are the penalties worth it?
KEVIN HARVICK:
I think you have to be willing to take a risk. I just don't know that the risks are always worth the penalty. I think in Todd's (Berrier, crew chief) case, he's a little bit under the microscope, so I think his risks are going to be more -- they're going to result in more of a penalty than what it would be from somebody else.
You know, you have to kind of balance the risks worth the gain. I think Todd learned a little bit last year of how to balance that. But I don't think that's going to stop him from taking chances. I don't expect him -- I would hope he doesn't stop taking chances.
Q.
That's a double standard.
KEVIN HARVICK:
Yeah, I mean, there's a little bit of a double standard. There's probably a reason why Chad Knaus maybe has been brown-nosing too much. I don't know. Maybe we need to brown-nose a little more.
Q.
On reviewing his situation at RCR in April
KEVIN HARVICK:
I don't think we've had a specific date. That's just a date that we've decided to talk about things going forward. You know, just to try to get everything off to a good start this season, and really focus on the beginning of the year. We both know it has to be addressed. We both know it has -- the circumstance has to be addressed and it has to happen at some point early in the year.
But we want to make sure that we do everything we can for the sponsors, the people working on the cars and ourselves, to focus on what we need to focus on going forward.
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