Part Three: Kari Osep catches up with Kevin Harvick ahead of NASCAR's return

Part Three: Kari Osep catches up with Kevin Harvick ahead of NASCAR's return

YOU BEEN ABLE TO TAKE AMINUTE AND JUST KIND OF REFLECTON WHERE YOUR CAREER HAS GONEFROM THE KID THAT WAS BRACING ITHINK YOU STARTED OUTWITH GO KARTS RIGHTTHERE TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY?YEAH, YOU KNOW SO MAKERS, THOSEARE RACING DOWNYOU COULD PLUCK BAKERSFIELDRIGHT OUT OF CALIFORNIA ANDPUT IT RIGHT IN NORTH CAROLINA,AND IT WOULD SIT RIGHT IN HEREJUST BECAUSE OF YOU KNOW HOWMANY RACERS THERE ARE THEREBUT FOR ME I WAS VERY FORTUNATETO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOT OFSUPPORT IN TOWN AND STILL HAVE ALOT OF SUPPORT IN TOWN FROM,YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THATWATCH ME RACE NOW BUT A LOT OFTHE SAME PEOPLE THAT HELPED MEGET MY CAREER STARTED ANDKEEP IT MOVING INTO THEDIRECTION THAT IT THAT IT ISTODAYSO IT'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, ABIG PART OF MY RACINGBACKGROUND AND THE THINGS THAT IWAS ABLE TO DO THERE AND THATSTILL EXISTS IN TOWN TODAY FORALL THE YOUNG RACERS ANDMOTORCYCLE RIDERS AND ALL THEPEOPLE THAT ARE IN TOWN, IMEAN THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANTTO RACE STILL THERE,KO: OUTSIDE OF PEOPLE BECAUSETHAT'S ALWAYS THE GO TOANSWER WHAT DO YOU MISS THE MOSTABOUT BAKERSFIELD?KH: AS YOU GROW UP, YOU KNOW,YOU KIND OF BECOME ACREATURE OF HABIT AND I THINKFOR ME IT'S YOU KNOW ALL THOSELITTLE FAST FOOD JOINTS ANDRESTAURANTS AND MEXICANRESTAURANTS THE MEXICAN FOOD ISA LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTHERE THAN IT IS ON THE WESTCOAST SO I DEFINITELY, IDEFINITELY MISSED ALL THOSE ALLTHOSE GREAT MEXICANRESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE THERE.KO: SO, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU THATEXACTLY YOU GUYS THATARE MEXICAN FOOD BECAUSE I SAWTHAT ON ONE OF YOUR BIO ISYOUR FAVORITE KIND OF FOOD AND IWOULD SAY BAKERSFIELD HAS SOMEPRETTY GOOD MEXICAN FOOD.KH: THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH, YOUKNOW, EL SOMBRERO AND I GREW UPINOILDALE, ONE SPOT IS ELTAPATILLO.

I JUST WENT THERE ACOUPLE, BUT I GUESS IT'S BEEN ACOUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW, ICOULD PROBABLY JUST MAKE A LISTI, IF YOU JUST TELL ME SOMEWHERETHAT, YOU KNOW, AS MEXICAN THREEAND I'VE PROBABLY BEENVERY NICE.KO: WELL, KEVIN, IF YOU HAVE AMESSAGE FOR YOU KNOW ALL OFKERN COUNTY OUT HERE.

OBVIOUSLYIT GOES WITHOUTSAYING IT'S BEEN A TOUGH TIMEFOR A LOT OF DIFFERENTPEOPLE.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TOTHEM?KH: YOU KNOW I THINK AS WE GOTHROUGH THESE TIMES.

YOU KNOWTHE THING THAT WE HAVE TRIED TODO IS JUST TRY TO TAKE THEPOSITIVES OUT OF SOMETHING,CREATE YOURSELF, YOUKNOW SOME SOME SITUATIONS THATARE THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHATYOU'VE DONE BEFORE BECAUSE YOUHAVE THETIME TO DO THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW,CREATE SOME NEW HABITS FORYOURSELF, CREATE SOME NEW GOALS,AND TRY TO TAKE THISTIME AND TURN IT INTO A POSITIVEBECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOTHINGTHAT YOU CAN CHANGE ABOUT IT SOTAKE TAKE YOURSELF INTOYOUR OWN HANDS.

THERE'S NOBODYCARES MORE ABOUT YOUTHAN YOU.KO: WITH RACING JUST AROUND THECORNER FOR YOU AND YOU'REGETTING BACK IN THE CAR AND KINDOF FEEL AGAIN.

I THINK IT'SGONNABE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, GETTINGBACK TO SPORTS AFTER THIS PAUSE?KH: I WOULD HOPE WE SEE A LOTMORE SMILES.

NO, I THINK A LOTOF US DO YOU TAKE THAT FORGRANTED JUST BECAUSE IT'S WHATWE'VE DONE FOR SO LONG, HAVE TWOROAD GAMES OUT FROM UNDERNEATHYOU AND IT'S NOT THERE TOMORROWOR THERE'S NOT ANOTHER TOMORROW,THERE'S NOT ANOTHER CHANCE ITMAKES YOU.

IT MAKES YOU WANT TO,YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HAVE ANOTHEROPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND TAKEALL THOSE SIGHTS, SOUNDS ANDSMELLS IN YOU WON'T GET THATINTERACTION WITH PEOPLE LIKELIKE YOU WANT TO BUT YOU KNOW ITHINK BEING IN THAT RACECARSWHERE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BEMY WHOLE LIFE, KNOWING THAT IGET