Over the last two weeks, Harvick either tweeted or retweeted another account asking fans to vote for him about eight times, and they came through for him. In 2014, he won five races, had six runner-up and 14 top-five finishes, and tops the Sprint Cup standings again this season.

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But even on the slowest sports day of the year, Harvick couldn’t remember to tune in to see if he won.

His excuse? A pretty good one, we suppose.