{"id":273241,"date":"2025-04-02T15:32:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/kevin-harvick-picks-joe-gibbss-ace-driver-as-a-favorite-to-win-the-2025-darlington-cup-race\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:00","slug":"kevin-harvick-picks-joe-gibbss-ace-driver-as-a-favorite-to-win-the-2025-darlington-cup-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/kevin-harvick-picks-joe-gibbss-ace-driver-as-a-favorite-to-win-the-2025-darlington-cup-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick picks Joe Gibbs&#8217;s ace driver as a favorite to win the 2025 Darlington Cup race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4854056\" data-slug-id=\"2452145\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to Darlington Raceway, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/kevin-harvick\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Kevin Harvick<\/a> has shared his insights and predicted the winner for the upcoming Goodyear 400, which is set to take place this weekend. He\u2019s going with a Joe Gibbs Racing veteran driver to win Sunday\u2019s (April 6) Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>On the latest episode of the <em>Happy Hour <\/em>podcast, the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion Harvick and his co-hosts, Kaitlyn Vincie and Mamba Smith, shared their picks to win at the Darlington Throwback weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Harvick picked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/denny-hamlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Denny Hamlin<\/a> to win at Darlington Raceway. He believes Joe Gibbs&#8217; star driver can win back-to-back races. The #11 Toyota driver took the checkered flag at last weekend\u2019s Martinville short track race. Hamlin is a four-time winner at this track.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Picking the driver to win the 2025 Goodyear 400, Kevin Harvick said [55:50]:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think I&#8217;m gonna pick a Toyota. I&#8217;m gonna pick Denny Hamlin. Look two weeks in a row. I mean Martinsville and Darlington. You could go back and forth as to which one is his best track.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\">                    <noscript><iframe title=\"Denny Hamlin Conquers Martinsville! 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He won this event in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI&#8217;m also taking someone from the Hendrick Motorsports Camp William Byron who I feel like after this weekend they&#8217;ll have a little additional motivation for him after the tough pit stops,\u201d Vincie said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, co-host Mamba Smith picked Kyle Larson to win his second race of the season this weekend. He won the Darlington fall race in 2023. Smith said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI&#8217;m going with Kyle Larson, picking him first all year. Yeah, but he also has one of the best throwbacks second year in a row; he&#8217;s got the frosted flakes one. Terry&#8217;s gonna be there, and Kyle really wanted to win in the Corn Flakes car.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><strong>How has Kevin Harvick\u2019s top pick performed at the Darlington Raceway?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Denny Hamlin has had a good track record at the Darlington Raceway, securing four wins and 13 top-five finishes, with an average finish of 8.2 in 25 races.<\/p>\n<p>After seven races in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, Hamlin has amassed a win, three top-fives, one top-10, and three outside top-20 finishes in seven races so far. He&#8217;s sixth in the points table with 218 points and a favorite in the odds table to win the fifth Darlington race.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how Kevin Harvick and his co-hosts&#8217; predictions fare at Darlington Raceway. 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