Harvick on Allmendinger

Kevin Harvick was asked what he thought about A.J. Allmendinger being the latest open-wheel driver to make the jump to NASCAR. Allmendinger will make his Cup Series debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend and will drive full-time for Team Red Bull in 2007.
Harvick was more confident about Allmendinger's abilities than some of the stock-car prospects who have been getting a chance to race at the Cup level in recent races.
Allmendinger has raced in two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race for Bill Davis Racing in addition to the entire Champ Car World Series this year.
"Well, he's done a good job in both of the truck races that he's run," Harvick said. "At Talladega he did an extremely good job. Obviously I don't think he wants to get started off on the same foot that David Regan got started off on at Martinsville and running into everything on the race track and spinning out and causing half the cautions that the race had. I don't think that's the right way to do it. It's going to be tough."
Even though Harvick sees potential in Allmendinger, Harvick also said it's going to take more than talent to get into races.
" I mean, they're starting a new team and they had Bill Elliott in the car at Charlotte and missed the race, and the learning curve is going to be pretty steep," Harvick said. " I think the best thing he can do is just go out and try to gain all the experience he can and concentrate on just trying to make the races for the first little bit."