Kevin Harvick Brings Out One More Young-Gun As Daughter Piper’s Ready To Follow In Keelan’s Footsteps

It is nearly impossible for Kevin Harvick to stay away from the NASCAR circuits. Remember when Harvick was about to retire back in 2023, and he was working in the commentary booth side-by-side? It turned into a full-time role, didn’t it? Racing is in his blood.

And it seems his son, Keelan, has followed in his father’s footsteps. Having made his debut on a racetrack at just seven years of age, Keelan is on track for success, and that can only happen with consistent practice.

So, when Kevin Harvick shared a tweet about his racing prodigy on the track, most didn’t expect to see Piper join him. That’s right! Kevin is not raising one racing prodigy, but two of them! To longtime fans, it seemed to be much more than that. It quietly confirmed their suspicions. With Keelan’s racing career already underway, the most recent development might have just raised DeLana’s eyebrows as she might wonder if there are three racers in the family.

Spotted in her purple-colored helmet, she drove the car around the circuit. The racing gene pool proves to be strong once again. DeLana, daughter of former Busch Series driver John Linville, hails from a racing family and has been spotted getting behind the wheel from time to time.

“Had fun at the kart track training with Piper and Keelan,” Harvick wrote in an X post. For fans, this isn’t the first time Piper went karting. Last year, Harvick revealed his daughter and Audrey Larson went on a racing adventure. He explained, “Best day she’s ever had. And the reason that it was that way is because she could be the teacher. She wanted to teach Audrey how to go around the racetrack. And so, she took instruction in front of her very well. Piper had the best day she’s ever had at the Go-Kart track. Ran as faster than she’s ever run at the Go-Kart track. Looked like she knew what she was doing. Ran every session, we had no issues, no complaining. Had a great time.” 

As for Keelan, he takes after his father quite perfectly. It might just seem that Keelan could find himself following a very similar trajectory to Chase Elliott, as Keelan is currently competing in Late Model Racing. And karting is the perfect place to perfect that talent. Even Kyle Busch got his son Brexton a race kart to learn control. In the past, it has helped drivers like Larson come up the ranks. As of now, Keelan is set to continue racing within the Cars Tour West and made his Pro-Lead Model debut just two months ago.

This is what Harvick has to say about his son’s future. “Having him in a full-bodied car at this point was a little bit quicker than we probably anticipated, but I’ve never wanted him to stay in one spot, so we’ve just chased his progression. He was more than ready to move on, so we moved him on and kind of recalibrated the plan, and we’ll do that at the end of every year. He’s done a great job, and he’s definitely learning along the way. As long as we’re learning, it’s a success.” 

While the young racers of the Harvick family take to the karting track, let’s take a look at what their father has to say about the upcoming All-Star Race

Kevin Harvick makes a drastic call for the All-Star race

NASCAR had big plans for its visit to North Wilkesboro. They suggested a variety of different ideas. The Run What You Brung id

ea was one of them, and on paper, it seemed great. Teams could experiment with aerodynamic setups, and we could have gotten great racing. However, on a more practical note the idea was scrapped. While it could have solved the short-track problem, it would be expensive.

Harvick thinks that NASCAR should cancel the race. You read that right! Cancel the race. He explained, “I think we should nix the All-Star Race. I just think, with all the effort that goes into it, we can’t find a format that everyone likes. I think we should honor our guys. I think we have to figure out how to make the Clash be the Clash and the All-Star Race and make it all work together. I think North Wilkesboro deserves to be a points race. I think it would be a fantastic points event. 400 laps, all the cars on the racetrack, full weekend. I don’t think North Wilkesboro should go anywhere, but I think the All-Star Race has run its course, personally.”

Instead, he believes it should be a non-points scoring race. “I think you need the same number of races because you probably already signed your TV contracts and all the things that go with it. I think you just make it the 37th race.” 

Only time will tell whether NASCAR heeds the words of the legend.