Kevin Harvick to run 2014 tribute Budweiser scheme at Homestead-Miami

With Kevin Harvick’s NASCAR Cup Series career soon coming to a close, it’s only fitting to offer a toast.

Anheuser-Busch will do just that this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing driver’s longtime partner’s flagship brand returning as his primary sponsor for the 4EVER 400 Presented by Mobil 1 (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).

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The iconic beverage that adorned the sides of his No. 4 en route to the 2014 Cup championship will once again add its red and white colors to Harvick’s livery, with the scheme itself harkening back to the look the 60-time winner sported the night he won the title at the 1.5-mile facility.

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Budweiser, AB brand Busch Light — Harvick’s typical weekly sponsor  — and SHR came together to surprise Harvick with the throwback Budweiser paint scheme and fire suit for his final race at the South Florida oval after a nearly decade-and-a-half-long partnership.

“Kevin Harvick has been an iconic Anheuser-Busch partner and cornerstone of our sports portfolio since we first started working together in 2011,” said Matt Davis, vice president of partnerships at Anheuser-Busch. “Through our partnership with Kevin, we have been able to connect with 21-plus NASCAR fans across the country, giving them unparalleled access to the sport. This surprise paint scheme is just another way we are celebrating Kevin, his loyal fans and his storied career on the track.”

Harvick, who also ran a throwback paint scheme during the All-Star Race weekend at North Wilkesboro, fondly recalled his 2014 march to the Cup Series title with his red-and-white No. 4 entry.

“I think the single best race has to be Homestead of 2014, just with the way everything went and the great call and the race at the end and everything that happened with coming to Stewart-Haas Racing that first year,” Harvick said. “All the adversity that we had at the beginning of the year, how fast the cars were, and then putting it all together in one day to win the championship, I think that single race is probably the one that I would circle just because of everything that happened and everything that it summarized and wound up, ultimately, with a championship at the end.”