{"id":69145,"date":"2024-09-04T15:16:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T20:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=69145"},"modified":"2024-09-04T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T20:16:51","slug":"kevin-harvick-predicts-first-teams-to-be-eliminated-from-nascar-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/kevin-harvick-predicts-first-teams-to-be-eliminated-from-nascar-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick predicts first teams to be eliminated from NASCAR playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Round of 16 gets underway for the NASCAR<\/a><\/strong> Cup Series this weekend, Kevin Harvick<\/a><\/strong> and the Kevin Harvick\u2019s Happy Hour<\/a><\/em> crew made their predictions for which teams will be eliminated after the first three races. <\/p>\n

There were a couple of surprise drivers to make the playoffs, and it\u2019s evident Harvick believes their run will be short in the playoffs. While it\u2019s commendable they made the Top 16, Harvick doesn\u2019t see wheelmen like Harrison Burton<\/a><\/strong> and Daniel Suarez<\/a><\/strong> moving on to the Round of 12.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think Harrison Burton\u2019s out. I think that, you know, they did a fabulous job of getting themselves in position, but you still have this Atlanta factor that goes with this, right? We saw a three-wide finish with \u2014 Kyle Busch was in that finish, right? That changed Daniel Suarez\u2019 season. So, I think that it\u2019s Suarez out, Harrison Burton\u2019s out,\u201d Harvick stated<\/a>. \u201cI think you\u2019re going to have a surprise, I think Alex Bowman<\/a><\/strong> is out.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Harvick\u2019s co-host Kaitlyn Vincie, she was blunt while choosing her four<\/a>, unwilling to move Darlington winner Chase Briscoe<\/a><\/strong> on to the Round of 12: \u201cI\u2019m going to Austin Cindric<\/a><\/strong>, Burton, Briscoe, Suarez. As much as I want Briscoe to continue the momentum, and he may well do that, but those are probably mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moreover, Mamba Smith put two drivers who don\u2019t have wins on the chopping block in Martin Truex Jr.<\/a><\/strong> and Ty Gibbs<\/a><\/strong>. While he recognizes their immense ability behind the wheel, the duo could be in trouble due to their lack of a cushion moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ve got HB unless he wins at Atlanta, which Fords have been so fast at Atlanta, they\u2019ve almost sat on the pole every time we go there with this configuration. I think Daniel Suarez, the No. 99 just hasn\u2019t really had the speed, but maybe, since they\u2019re the only car in, they\u2019ll get some help. You know, looking at it, I think Cindric, they make a lot of mistakes, the team does. Like, take away the speed part, the execution, they just end up having a lot of mistakes. I think that might bite them,\u201d Smith stated<\/a>. \u201cAnd MTJ, man. It\u2019s gonna be him or Ty. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a struggle with finishing the races where they\u2019re running, it seems like. [Truex Jr.] is pretty good at some of these tracks. I wouldn\u2019t put it past him to win one, but like, if I\u2019m just looking at from what the year has been, they\u2019re in position, in position, something happens to the end. Backing your way into the playoffs, that\u2019s not great. Ty did a great job all day, but he got in a wreck too. Those things happen to them a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Harvick isn\u2019t moving Truex Jr. or Gibbs out of the Round of 12 yet, this weekend\u2019s race at Atlanta will be huge for them, he relented<\/a>: \u201cI think that a lot of this is going to come down to what happens at Atlanta. For those two guys, I think a lot of this \u2014 for Ty Gibbs and Martin Truex Jr., a lot of this is going to come down to whether they finish Atlanta or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alas, a clearer picture will certainly be painted after Atlanta this weekend. Time will tell if we receive any surprises throughout the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, but Kevin Harvick knows from experience that anything can happen over the next ten weeks.<\/p>\n

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