{"id":446655,"date":"2026-02-01T05:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446655\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:56:08","slug":"kevin-harvick-stands-on-the-table-implores-nascar-to-be-its-bad-ass-self-in-23xi-lawsuit-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446655\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick stands on the table, implores NASCAR to be its bad ass self in 23XI lawsuit aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Harvick has been a part of NASCAR<\/a> for over three decades. The NASCAR he walked into back in 1995 isn\u2019t the same NASCAR he\u2019s seen of late, he said on Friday\u2019s \u201cHappy Hour<\/a>\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n

The 2014 Cup Series champion called for a return of the \u201cbad ass culture\u201d that once existed. He explained why it\u2019s important for the sport to stay rooted in what makes it great, adding he\u2019s beginning to see a shift back to what he once knew. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just believe that the culture I was brought up in this sport \u2014 that bad ass, don\u2019t care about what everybody else thinks, we are NASCAR racing, we are different than everybody else, we don\u2019t need to care about everything that\u2019s happening in the world, we need to stay in our lane and not react to every single situation that happens \u2014 I think that\u2019s important,\u201d Harvick said. \u201cI think that bad ass culture that we are and not trying to soften that up to make it fair for everybody like we did, we don\u2019t need to fit in another box. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to keep that bad ass culture that\u2019s always been NASCAR racing and not try to fit into every box that falls along the way. Let\u2019s stay in our lane and do the things that make us great. I think that just watching and listening to people inside the sport, it feels like the sport is gonna head back down that direction and that is good for the sport and being able to be who we are and not worry about being something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin Harvick wants \u2018bad ass culture\u2019 back in NASCAR<\/p>\n

NASCAR underwent significant changes throughout the 2000s and 2010s as it aimed to attract a newer audience. First, it was the introduction of the Chase championship format in 2004, which ultimately led to the 10-race postseason in 2014. Along the way, stages were brought into competition and horsepower decreased.<\/p>\n

This offseason has seen a kick back in the opposite direction. A revamped Chase style format is back. Horsepower has been put back into the race cars. <\/p>\n

Harvick likes what he\u2019s seeing and wants to see NASCAR continue to stick to its identity. That, Harvick said, isn\u2019t complicated: \u201cFire the cars up, go on the racetrack and put on a race.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t wanna be basketball; basketball is falling apart, you\u2019re not the NFL<\/a>,\u201d Harvick said. \u201cIt is the most simple identity ever. All you have to do is fire the cars up, go on the racetrack and put on a race and just be yourself. It\u2019s just not to overcomplicate things, but I think that culture needs to live from the top all the way through the PR department. <\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not worry about what somebody else did. Keep it simple, keep it in our lane and don\u2019t get outside the box too far. I think we\u2019re better off trying to be ourselves.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick has been a part of NASCAR for over three decades. The NASCAR he walked into back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-446655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}