{"id":276335,"date":"2025-05-14T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/kevin-harvick-predicts-team-penske-driver-as-favorite-to-win-the-2025-nascar-all-star-race\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:29","slug":"kevin-harvick-predicts-team-penske-driver-as-favorite-to-win-the-2025-nascar-all-star-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/kevin-harvick-predicts-team-penske-driver-as-favorite-to-win-the-2025-nascar-all-star-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick predicts Team Penske driver as favorite to win the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4916893\" data-slug-id=\"2517895\">\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 North Wilkesboro Speedway, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/kevin-harvick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Kevin Harvick<\/a> has shared his insights and predicted the winner of the 2025 All-Star Race, which is set to take place this weekend. Harvick picked a Team Penske driver to win Sunday\u2019s (May 18) All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>On the latest episode of his own \u2018Kevin Harvick\u2019s Happy Hour\u2019 podcast, the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion-turned-commentator Harvick and his co-hosts, Kaitlyn Vincie and Mamba Smith, dropped their winner\u2019s prediction for this week\u2019s North Wilkesboro Cup race.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Harvick picked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/ryan-blaney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ryan Blaney<\/a> to win at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Harvick picked Blaney because he believes that the NASCAR All-Star Race can serve as a turning point for the #12 Ford driver to reset his season and get back on track.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Picking the driver to win the 2025 All-Star Race, Kevin Harvick said [47:12 onward]:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think as you look at the All-Star Race, it&#8217;s a chance for people to get themselves back where they want to be and change the course of their season. We saw it with Joey Logano last week or last year when he went to the All-Star race, hadn&#8217;t done squat to start the year went dominated changed the rest of his season and put him back on track. So with all that being said, Mr. Bad Luck himself, Ryan Blaney, I&#8217;m picking.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\">                    <noscript><iframe title=\"Kyle Larson DOMINATES at Kansas &amp; NASCAR makes HUGE Championship Change! 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Smith said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI&#8217;m a believer now in this guy. I&#8217;m a believer now. Give me Josh Berry on a short track short for a million bucks after what he did at Bowman Gray and banging to get himself into that race and then coming through the field and now they got swagger and confidence and momentum, Wood Brothers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><strong>How has Kevin Harvick\u2019s top pick performed at the North Wilkesboro Speedway?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Kevin Harvick\u2019s pick, Ryan Blaney, has strong finishes at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, recording P5 and P6 finishes in two starts at this track.<\/p>\n<p>After 12 races in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, the #12 Team Penske Ford driver has amassed five top-five and six top-10 finishes and led 200 laps with an average finish of 16.08. He\u2019s fifth in the Cup Series points table with 362 points and ranked high in the odds table to claim his first win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how Harvick and his co-hosts&#8217; predictions fare at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/nascar-all-star-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">All-Star Race<\/a> on FS1 at 8 pm ET. 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