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Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Kevin Harvick’s BIG Announcement! Plus, Ryan Preece Wins the Clash Amid Weather Madness

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8523 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Harvick, Kaitlyn Vincie, and Mamba Smith kick off this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour with a big announcement, revealing a free live show ahead of the Daytona 500 on Thursday, February 12 at the NASCAR Fan Experience Set, featuring the full crew, potential special guests, and live fan Q&A, with the episode airing on YouTube and across podcast feeds for anyone not in Daytona. From there, the crew breaks down a chaotic NASCAR Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, reacting to Ryan Preece’s emotional win, William Byron’s runner-up speed, the Suárez–Shane van Gisbergen tension after on-track run-ins, Denny Hamlin’s strong finish and comments on wet-weather racing, and the fuel and late-race issues that bit Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott. They also dive into the race’s record 17 cautions, NASCAR’s late refuel decision, weather delays, and what it all revealed about who came out swinging and who left with concerns. The episode closes with Mamba’s Social Sips and burnout grades for Preece. 0:00 - Intro 3:59 - LIVE Show Ahead Of Daytona 6:50 - The Clash Recap 34:50 - Mamba’s Social Sips 40:41 - Last Call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We can't just be one foot in.

0:01.5

This particular situation turned into a shit show.

0:03.7

For him to go through all the things that he's gone through,

0:06.1

that is not easy.

0:07.2

This was at my house and my wife was operating that excavator.

0:10.5

She'd be laughing her ass off.

0:11.8

We will be doing a live happy hour show.

0:14.6

I have been so excited.

0:16.5

Caitlin is so giddy about that.

0:18.7

Nice.

0:19.7

You're on the race. Caitlin is so giddy about it. Yes.

0:32.7

Welcome to Kevin Harbock's Happy Rour, presented by NASCAR on Box.

0:33.5

I'm Kevin Harvick.

0:36.2

She's Caitlin Vincy, and you're still mama.

0:37.2

Yeah.

1:47.7

Yeah. Just dad. New England. Ooh, New England. That doesn't do. Well, listen, you might as well lock in the Patriot's bed because we had a New England guy win over the weekend so it's going to keep it. I'm so confused on that day it is. I don't know. We're in what, yeah. My schedule is a complete chaos. Trying to move. move we got, it is a disaster. Kevin, so this is his moving attire. Is that what you were doing earlier today? Yeah, we were moving boxes today, so I just figured I'd wear this today. Did you guys, did you guys wake up like today and think, oh yeah, Daytona's in two weeks? And then I have to remember that it's actually like. Yeah, we're leaving in like less than a year. I was driving home last night and I was thinking to myself, I'm like, oh, Sunday. And then I realized that Piper had to go to school. I had to go to the gym. I mean, it's just you're in the middle of the week, but when you go to the racetrack, your brain is trained and it's Saturday or it's Sunday. And Wednesday just totally screwed me up. At least Piper is in school. My kids have been home for almost like two weeks because of the snow. She's gone twice. And I've had to be a teacher, which I realized, I forgot to how to tell time on an old clock. Oh, yeah. She was learning about clocks. And I'm like, I don't remember even. I don't do this.

2:18.1

That's pretty funny. Yeah. Well, it's even better with Piper. She's in the middle of learning all of her states. You want to, you want to test your, am I smarter than a third grader? Yeah. How many did you get? Oh, I can get them all now. I can get them all now. Yeah, it's been interesting. But yeah, you didn't go out to the class. You said you were cozied up in your house. I was inside cheering you guys on. I was texting Josh Sims when I saw him. So Josh, obviously, he had his hat on and his gloves. I'm like, Josh,

2:35.7

you're making us look bad. He's got, Jamie's out here, raw dog in the weather and the elements. And he's like, bro, it is not. It wasn't worth it. It was too cold. I knew we were in trouble when we walked up in the wardrobe room and there were beanies, down jackets, gloves, hand warmers. and I learned something that there are actually lap warmers.

2:36.4

There you go.

2:37.4

I had no idea.

2:52.6

It's like a heated blanket. I told you guys last week, I came in and showed you exactly what you needed for the race. You did. You did say. I needed nothing. It was fine in the booth. Yeah, Kevin was nice and cozy in there. From the time we started practice until the time when the race was over, I didn't know it was going to be like six hours. Yeah.

2:53.6

But it was a bit long.

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