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Kevin Harvick said his wife still gets chills watching him win last year's Daytona 500. Harvick took his first test laps Monday at Daytona International Speedway in defense of his Daytona 500 title.
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There was a time when Kevin Harvick thought the Brickyard 400 would be the biggest win a NASCAR driver could achieve.
Not anymore. Not since winning the Daytona 500 last year.
Harvick told members of the media during testing at Daytona International Speedway that he walked into his wife's office the other day and she was watching the end of last year's Daytona 500. Harvick narrowly beat Mark Martin in a last lap drag race, one of the more dramatic finishes at Daytona in recent years.
Harvick said watching the last few laps of that race still gives his wife chills.
"We've been fortunate enough to win a few of the big races," said Harvick, driver of the No. 29 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. "I always thought I wanted to win the Brickyard, but I was wrong."
After winning the Daytona 500, Harvick said he fully understands why it's such a big deal to any NASCAR driver or team.
"Everywhere you go, that's all anybody wants to talk about is winning the Daytona 500," Harvick said. "That's why this is such a big deal for all the race teams and all the sponsors. This one race can carry you for a long time. That's what everybody works all winter for and comes down to try to win. It's definitely something that you never forget."

A seventh-place finish was enough for Ron Hornaday Jr. to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
It was the third career Truck Series championship for Hornaday and his first since 1998. He also won the Truck Series championship in 1996.
His first two Truck Series championships came when he was driving for the late Dale Earnhardt. Hornaday was in the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado for Kevin Harvick Inc. for his latest Truck Series championship.
"Coming to the race track with a truck like we've got every weekend, these guys have done an awesome job with this Chevrolet truck," said Hornaday. "I think the whole change was when Camping World came on board. I won a lot of races with that blue and yellow and it comes back right now. So this is really cool."
For Harvick, it was his first Truck Series championship as an owner. He was in the Truck Series season finale and finished fourth in the team's No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado.
"It's taken us six years to get the truck team to where it's at and we have a great driver in Ron Hornaday," said Harvick, a driver in the Nextel Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing. "It's hard to race and race in that position and try to win the race and that's what we tried to do there at the end. I was a little tough on my truck, but man, the coolest part about this whole thing is just being able to stop and be the first one to congratulate Ron Hornaday on the back straightaway. He's done so much for my racing career and to be able to win a championship with him and a lot of the guys that grew up with me in my racing career is something I'll never forget. So that makes it pretty special."
Rick Ren, Hornaday's crew chief, won his first Truck Series championship.
"Well, you know they don't give these things away and we've been trying for an awfully long time," Ren said. "I told Ron Hornaday earlier this year, I said, 'I know you've got some of those rings but I don't have one and I think we need to work really hard to get one,' and I don't know what else to say. This is what we do this for and it's like a dream come true."