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NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick, who drives the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, according to the NASCAR website, doesn’t make all his money from NASCAR winnings, although that represents a substantial portion of his income. CelebrityNetWorth reports that Harvick has a total net worth of $70 million. Read on to find out more about his wealth and career.
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Kevin Harvick’s Career
Harvick got his first big win in 2007 when he won NASCAR’s Daytona 500, with the driver and team earning “a minimum of $1,445,250” of the total $18.7 million purse, according to the Daytona International Speedway website. Sports Casting noted that NASCAR drivers typically take home 40% to 45% of winnings, while the team gets the rest.
Harvick joined Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in 2014 after racing for 13 years with Richard Childress Racing and won his first Cup Series title. To date, Harvick has 60 career wins at NASCAR’s top level, including victories in the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400 and Southern 500, in addition to 47 wins in the Xfinity series and another 14 in the Truck series.
In 2020, Harvick was the fourth-highest-paid NASCAR driver, earning a $10.9 million salary, including prize winnings, and garnering another $1.3 million annually in licensing and endorsements, according to Forbes. He has appeared in commercials for Coca-Cola and Subway.
Forbes recently reported that Harvick plans to retire after the 2023 NASCAR Cup season, his 23rd racing at the top level.
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Charity
Harvick gives back, focused on enriching the lives of U.S. children, through the Kevin Harvick Foundation, where he seeks to help underprivileged children realize their dreams, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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All information is sourced from CelebrityNetWorth unless otherwise specified and accurate as of Feb. 15, 2023.
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