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Kevin Harvick is stock car racing’s equivalent of a big-game quarterback. Consider the 2007 season, when Harvick swept the season-opening Daytona 500 and Orbitz 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Three months later, with another million-dollar jackpot sitting on the table, Harvick scored his first-ever victory in the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge at Lowe’s (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Harvick also is part of a new NASCAR generation that pledges its allegiance to racing anything, anywhere, at any time. Pull all those clues together and it’s no surprise that Harvick has announced his entry into the 2008 TD Banknorth 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway.

The 35th annual short track extravaganza is set for Sunday, July 20. It is again an off-weekend for NASCAR’s premier series, ensuring that at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup driver will enter the TD Banknorth 250 for the fifth consecutive year.

“I was delighted when Kevin contacted us about competing in the TD Banknorth 250,” said OPS owner Bill Ryan. “When you look at the last four events, the bar was set extremely high with champions such as Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch and Terry Labonte and a future champion like Kyle Busch choosing to compete at Oxford. Kevin is a tremendous addition to that list and an immediate threat to win the race.”

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