BAKERSFIELD, CA -- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Kevin Harvick came back to Bakersfield for some drive time before the hometown fans. But the two-time Mesa Marin track champion and 1998 NASCAR Winston West Champion doesn't get into a race car unless he plans to win. He did just that in last night's NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series and "almost" made it two for two in Sunday's Late Model Stock Car "Mechanix Wear 100".

Starting on the pole, he jumped to an early lead. ike Alsup, Mike Duncan and Kevin Vernon were his closest competitors, but he never gave any of them an advantage until lap 97 when his right front tire went down and he found himself up against the turn four wall.

Harvick went to the garage and Mike Alsup went to Victory Circle for his second win of 1999 and keep him in first place in points in the NASCAR Winston Racing Series.

Harvick changed cars to go on to race the NASCAR Winston West "Forum Marketing 200."

WINSTON LATE MODELS Division

Race Results

PLACE	CAR #	DRIVER	HOME TOWN	MODEL
1	61	MICHAEL ALSUP	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
2	9	MIKE DUNCAN	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
3	51	KEVIN VERNON	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
4	26	BOBBY ALDRIDGE	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
5	13	BARRY BRADSHAW	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
6	20	BRENDAN GAUGHAN	LAS VEGAS, NV	MONTE CARLO
7	43	THANE ALDERMAN	- - -	- - -
8	2	BRIAN BRANSON	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
9	59	STEVE REAVES	LEONA VALLEY, CA	CHEVY
10	10	KRISTI SCHMITT	THORNTON, CO	MONTE CARLO
11	90	MICHAEL BURROW	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
12	14H	KEVIN HARVICK	BAKERSFIELD, CA	MONTE CARLO
13	65	SHAWN CALDERWOOD	BAKERSFIELD, CA	CHEVY

Point Standings

CAR #	DRIVER NAME	POINTS	POLES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
61	MICHAEL ALSUP	334	1	2	6	7
51	KEVIN VERNON	329	2	3	5	7
9	MIKE DUNCAN	329	0	1	7	7
26	BOBBY ALDRIDGE	243	0	0	2	5
13	BARRY BRADSHAW	241	0	0	3	5
59	STEVE REAVES	228	0	0	1	4
98	GREG PURSLEY	184	4	0	3	4
83	LESLIE LIPSCOMB	173	0	0	1	4
14	JASON SMALL	144	0	0	1	2
20	BRENDAN GAUGHAN	121	0	0	1	3
47	CHARLIE WATLER	103	0	0	0	3
90	MICHAEL BURROW	86	0	0	0	1
81	JR JONES	86	0	0	1	2
65	SHAWN CALDERWOOD	82	0	0	0	1
16	DAN HOLTZ	75	0	1	1	1
43	THANE ALDERMAN	74	0	0	0	2
2	BRIAN BRANSON	70	0	0	0	2
17	TERRY HENRY	60	0	0	0	1
44	BOYD MAGDALL	59	0	0	0	1
10	KRISTI SCHMITT	46	0	0	0	1
98V	JAMES VERNON	45	0	0	1	1
82	RICK BOGART	44	0	0	1	1
11	LES DENHERDER	44	0	0	1	1
7	JERRY CAIN	35	0	0	0	1
45	JOHN BAUMGARTNER	32	0	0	0	1
14H	KEVIN HARVICK	28	0	0	0	0
35	RODNEY PEACHER	26	0	0	0	0
09	GARY JENKINS	25	0	0	0	0
12	AUSTIN CAMERON	20	0	0	0	0
56	BOB CARON	18	0	0	0	0

Source: Mesa Marin Raceway
Posted: 6/1/99