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Article: HARVICK'S VICTORY A TRIBUTE TO DALE ROOKIE CAPTURES CRACKER BARREL 500 IN EARNHARDT'S CAR.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- March 12, 2001
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The race started with a tribute to Dale Earnhardt, and Kevin Harvick offered one of his own at the end, driving The Intimidator's car to victory.
Harvick, a 25-year-old ((age)) rookie from Bakersfield, Calif., who took over for Earnhardt after his death in the season-opening Daytona 500, won for the first time in his Winston Cup career, beating Jeff Gordon by inches in the Cracker Barrel 500.
In the same Chevrolet that Earnhardt drove to a second-place finish here last November, Harvick beat Gordon to the finish line at Atlanta Motor Speedway by .006 seconds - the edge of his front bumper.
"I don't know how you could script it any different," ...