This team ran full-time in 2011 with former Sprint Cup driver Elliott Sadler driving and Ernie Cope as the crew chief.
The team struggled the early portion of the season, but soon found momentum and battled with Roush Fenway Racing driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the Nationwide Series points lead.
[2] He won his fourth consecutive season opening race with a last lap pass on teammate Clint Bowyer to score his 2nd victory in a row with the No.
In July 2011, Tony Stewart raced a fourth KHI car at Daytona with clothing brand Tapout sponsoring.
Kevin Harvick purchased the team and it made its debut in the 19th race of the season at Chicagoland Speedway with Clint Bowyer behind the wheel.
Tony Stewart won the team's first NASCAR Busch Series race in 2005 by winning the Hershey's Take 5 300 at Daytona International Speedway in February.
33 during the 2006 season, including Stewart, Harvick, Hornaday, and development drivers Sean Caisse and Aaron Fike.
The 33 was driven by Harvick, Stewart, Ryan Newman, Ron Hornaday Jr. along with Gale and Kelly Bires in one race deals.
Kevin Harvick finally drove his own equipment to victory in the Scotts Turf Builder 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 21, 2009.
KHI first entered its second Busch Series team in the 2004 fall race at Atlanta Motor Speedway when Tony Stewart piloted the No.
He opened the season with a runner-up finish at Daytona, and had two additional top-tens and led the Rookie of the Year standings until summer.
Newman drove this truck to victory lane in the final fall race at Atlanta with a late pass on Ron Hornaday Jr. Former motocross champion Ricky Carmichael was signed to KHI in 2009, which changed its number to No.
Carmichael was set to make 14 of the 25 Camping World Truck Series races, with J. R. Fitzpatrick filling out the rest of the schedule.
In 2010, the truck returned to being the 2 with Harvick driving, along with Elliott Sadler, Clint Bowyer, Ken Schrader, and Shelby Howard sharing the duties.
The 2 team garnered 5 wins, 3 by Harvick (Atlanta, Martinsville, Gateway), 1 by Clint Bowyer (Phoenix), and 1 by Sadler (Pocono).
[8] For 2011, Bowyer, Sadler, and Harvick primarily drove the 2 truck, and Cale Gale returned for six races with Rheem on board.
At Martinsville, Harvick intentionally spun Coy Gibbs causing NASCAR to park the team for the balance of the event.
When Harvick lied to reporters, his sponsors and fans; about not intentionally crashing Gibbs, this led to a suspension from the cup race the next morning, a $25,000 fine and a 25 points loss for the truck series.
Harvick competed in five races and picked up his first career Truck win at Phoenix International Raceway.
Crafton was replaced by two-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr., who captured a win at Atlanta Motor Speedway and was named the series' Most Popular Driver.
Hornaday Jr. began the year unsponsored but won at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway and finished seventh in points after obtaining sponsorship from Allstate Employer Services.
He began 2007 with new sponsorship from Camping World, picked up four victories, and won the 2007 Craftsman Truck Series championship.
The 33 team brushed off the bad luck with a win at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis where he would hold off Kyle Busch.
Harvick's Cup team Richard Childress Racing restarted its Nationwide Series program by merging it with that of KHI, moving the No.
[11] While Nelson Piquet Jr. moved to Turner Scott Motorsports, development driver Cale Gale and longtime sponsor Rheem went with the No.
[16] Kevin Harvick Incorporated currently operates as a sports marketing and management firm, which includes MMA fighters as well as former teammate Jeff Burton.
[17] They now represent Harrison Burton, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Preece, Shane van Gisbergen and Ty Dillon along with others.
[18] On January 9, 2023, a consortium consisting of KHI, DEJ Management, Jeff Burton Autosports, Inc., and Trackhouse Racing purchased the CARS Tour.
[21] On March 22, 2023, it was announced that Harvick would run select CARS Tour races, starting at North Wilkesboro Speedway, in the No.
They will also run select Super Late Model events, with Berry, Sawalich, Lewis, and Ryan Preece behind the wheel.