Stewart-Haas Racing 2014 Preview
By Richard Tix
The 2014 season will bring a new feel to the SHR Garage with new Fresh Faces joining the team. This upcoming season Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick will be joining up with Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick to try and create a dream team (or a nightmare team). These guys can drive, but will the personalities jump to the forefront and distract them?
2013 Team Stats *Only current members included. (Harvick and Kurt) Excludes Newman
- Wins: 5
- Top 5: 25
- Top 10: 46
Tony Stewart
- Smoke's season was cut short after he broke his leg in a Sprint Car crash. Before the bad break (pun intended) Smoke looked to be poised to go on another Summer run. Instead he finished with 1 win, 5 top 5's, and 8 top 10's in 21 races. He will start 2014 2 wins short of career win #50 and will look to get back on track early.
- Some fans may not like him because of his past, but they cant say with a straight face the man cant drive. In 2013 we saw just that, a speptical of driving. Kurt made a small team somewhat relevant but never got over the winning hump. However, you have to applaud what he did; 11 top 5's and 16 top 10's. Now he gets another shot with SHR in 2014 and maybe a trip or two back to Victory Lane.
- Harvick, a lifer at Richard Childress Racing, has moved out and move into SHR with his buddy Tony Stewart. Will this move be a good thing? Or will he miss his security blanket of being with the same team for his whole career? Anyways, his last year at RCR was pretty good. He finished 3rd in the standings with 4 wins, 9 top 5's, and 21 top 10's.
Danica Patrick
- 2013 marked Danica's Rookie season and it started with a bang! She won the Daytona 500 Pole and finished 8th, but that was her peak on the season. That 8th place finished ended up being Danicas only top 10 finish of the year as she struggled to learn each new track. She will use 2013 as a measuring stick on how well 2014 is going for her.
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