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Kevin Harvick celebrates
with the trophy after winning
the NASCAR Cup Series auto
race at Kansas Speedway
on Saturday, May 12, 2018, in
Kansas City, Kan.
Harvick passes

Truex with

1 to go to

win at Kansas

Speedway

By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports
Writer
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) —
Nobody has been able to
keep pace with Kevin Har-
vick this season.
Not even the reigning se-
ries champion on a track
where he swept both races
last season. Webb Simpson wins The Players
Harvick surged past Mar-
tin Truex Jr. with one lap to in TPC Sawgrass runaway
go Saturday night at Kan-
sas Speedway, winning for
the fifth time in what has
turned out to be a record-
setting start to the year.
His total matches a career
high for Harvick, who still
has 24 chances to win a
few more Monster Energy
Cup Series races.
Nobody had ever won five
of the first 12 races in NAS-
CAR’s top series.
“Man, that was wild the
last few laps,” said Har-
vick, who deftly dodged a
couple late-race cautions,
then used four fresh tires to
roar to the front on the final
restart with 10 laps remain- Webb Simpson celebrates winning The Players Championship
ing. golf tournament Sunday, May 13, 2018, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
“That was so fun,” he Associated Press
said, “hearing those fans
screaming and yelling. It
was a great race.”

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