Harvick fighting boredom in the Nationwide Series

Kevin Harvick has NASCAR teams in the Craftsman Truck Series and the Nationwide Series. Every once in while, he races one of his own trucks, but never the cars on his Nationwide Series team, and formerly the Busch Series.
Until now.
When Harvick did race in the Busch Series, it was usually one of the Richard Childress Racing cars, the No. 21 more often than not.
But he will be in his own No. 33 Chevrolet for today's Nationwide Series race at the newly named Auto Club Speedway.
He was asked about why he decided to race his own car after racing for Childress all these years.
"I will be honest with you, I just got bored," Harvick said. "I know it is all about winning races, but Saturday is something that I don't have to do, but I was bored. I know that sounds funny but I really wanted the challenge of driving my own car."
His Truck Series team won the championship last year with Ron Hornaday Jr. as driver. It is a two-truck operation with Hornaday and Jack Sprague who have a combined six Truck Series championships.
"If we can succeed, I know how rewarding it was with the truck program to get it to the point with Ron," said Harvick, who drives the No. 29 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. "To me that was as rewarding as anything I have ever done. So that is what I wanted to do with the car. The ultimate goal is to win the Cup championship. The Saturday is something that I enjoy, well I thought I did, well; I think I do."
Juggling driving for one NASCAR owner and running two NASCAR teams can be challenging. Harvick said he embraces the challenge, even though it can be overwhelming at times.
"It is something I enjoy to put all of those pieces together and the people together with the challenges of getting a sponsor," Harvick said. "Participating in the sport. I like being around the cars, I like being around the people and I like what I do. I enjoyed winning races and championships with Richard; he is probably the greatest boss in this sport that you could drive for. Saturday wasn't something that I necessarily had to do and just needed to do something different."