DeLana Harvick

Who is DeLana Harvick?

DeLana Lynn Harvick is the wife of NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick. She is a former co-owner and manager of Kevin Harvick Incorporated, a racing team in NASCAR's Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series. It was announced in September 2011 KHI was being sold to Richard Childress, owner of Richard Childress Racing.

A native of Kernersville, North Carolina, DeLana Harvick has been around auto racing for practically all her life. Her first visit to a race track came at three weeks old. She is the daughter of veteran NASCAR Busch / Nationwide driver John Paul Linville and grew up around garages and race tracks. After high school she earned a college degree from University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

DeLana Harvick first met husband Kevin in 2000 during a race at Michigan Speedway. At the time she was working in public relations for fellow driver Randy LaJoie. DeLana had worked in a similar capacity for Jeff Gordon previously and had even dabbled in race driving herself. DeLana and Kevin Harvick were married on February 28, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unlike many NASCAR wives, she can often be seen during a race on top of the pit box wearing a custom-made fire-suit.