"It was a complete sh*t show" - Kevin Harvick slams NASCAR's DVP handling during Talladega chaos

Kevin Harvick slammed NASCAR’s Damage Vehicle Policy (DVP) following the record-breaking 28-car wreck at Talladega Superspeedway, describing the situation as a “complete sh*t show.” Harvick is a NASCAR driver-turned-broadcaster who hosts a show on FOX.

The 48-year-old California native retired from the Cup Series last year, concluding a two-decade-long career, underscored by a championship won in 2014.

On the latest Happy Hour episode, Kevin Harvick talked about NASCAR's deployment of the DVP after 28 cars were collected in The Big One at Sunday’s YellaWood 500.

“I have a lot of information but I don’t think I need to go too far because it was a complete sh*t show,” Kevin Harvick said.

The former professional race car driver believes cars should be towed back to their respective pits for the pit crews to repair them.

“Let's remember Ryan Blaney talking about, you know, being able to have his car towed back so that they could at least look at the team, make the determination at this point, just tow all the damn cars back, put them in their pit stalls, and if you got to tow them again, fine," the 48-year-old added.

The record-breaking wreck saw drivers such as Chase Briscoe staying in their cars while hoping to get towed to avoid a DNF despite the marshals telling them to come out.

Kevin Harvick continued:

“Well, sh*t, we've wrecked enough cars that if we don't pull all 28 or 25 or how many cars are sitting in the infield, hell, I don't even know if we can have a race. So you know what? Let's tow this one back. Let's tow that one back. Let's leave this one here. Like whose decision is it? Just by the decisions that NASCAR made, we could completely screw up the whole point system in the way that this all worked out because of who they decided to tow and who they didn't decide to tow.”

The Happy Hour host concluded by saying:

“Terrible, terrible situation.”

Introduced in 2017, DVP is a set of regulations for cars that have sustained damage during a race. The rule states that pit crews are given seven minutes to repair a damaged car and if cars couldn’t drive to the pits on their own, they would be forced to retire.

However, the rule has become more controversial after the last two races. Josh Berry wasn't towed to his pit box for repairs after crashing at Kansas Speedway but multiple wrecked cars were towed to the pits at Talladega Superspeedway.

NASCAR has vowed to re-evaluate the DVP in the off-season.

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Kevin Harvick’s pick to win at Talladega got wrecked and did not finish

Kevin Harvick picked Ryan Blaney to win the YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superwayspeed on Sunday, October 6. However, Blaney’s race ended early after Alex Bowman bumped him from behind, causing his No. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang to lose control and hit the outside wall.

Following his DNF at The Brickyard, Blaney expressed his frustration, saying (via journalist Bob Pockrass' X):

"We were in the middle lane, I don't think it was terrible, probably still around fifth or sixth, and 48 just drove straight through me in the tri-oval. Just wrecked the fu*k out of me, I don't know what he's thinking.” [0:09]

Ryan Blaney dropped from second to sixth in the playoff standings. He is +25 above the cutline, followed by Tyler Reddick (+14) and Chase Elliott (+13).