Kevin Harvick is serving…well, never mind.
The 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion stepped out from behind the wheel after last season, hanging up his helmet after 23 full-time seasons and 60 wins in NASCAR’s top series.
But Harvick is still serving as a face of the sport on Sundays since moving to FOX and joining their broadcast booth for Cup Series races.
The addition of Harvick as a full-time announcer has been a great change for NASCAR on FOX, bringing not only Harvick’s 23 years of experience behind the wheel but also his dry humor that made him such a fan-favorite while he was driving (and somebody to balance out Clint Bowyer’s high-energy personality).
And since joining the booth, the 48-year old Harvick has been doing his best to appeal to the younger crowd: He keeps hilariously slipping in teenage slang during his broadcasts.
Last week while talking to Bubba Wallace during the race at Las Vegas, Harvick told him that his car looked “pretty lit” – and Bubba called him out for it:
“You’re too old to be talking like that.”
🔥 @KevinHarvick knows all the cool lingo the kids use. No cap. pic.twitter.com/kXMMKAJ4FQ
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) March 3, 2024
And just now, during the Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway, Harvick slipped in some more of the youth’s lingo when he said that Denny Hamlin’s crew chief Chris Gabehart has “got that dog in him.”
"He's got that DOG in him." – @KevinHarvick@MambaSmith34 | @KaitlynVincie | #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/TanrEZXZpG
— HarvickHappyHour (@HarvickHappyPod) March 10, 2024
His fellow announcer Clint Bowyer clearly enjoyed Harvick trying to relate to the younger audience – and the internet got a kick out of it too:
My favorite bit on tv right now might be them having Kevin Harvick trying to say current phrases/words like he isn’t 80 years old 😂😂
— Connor Moore happens to be Black (@ConnorMoore_7) March 10, 2024
Harvick talking like he's 16 once a week during the broadcast is easily one of my top five moments of every week 😂😭😭😂 #ShrinersChildrens500 #NASCAR
— Andrew Natalizio (@anatalizio0523) March 10, 2024
“He’s got that dawg in him” – Kevin Harvick
Harvick is getting in with the hip kids#NASCAR pic.twitter.com/cKRhhiQIMK
— Inside Auto Racing (@InsideAutoRace) March 10, 2024
Hearing Kevin Harvick say "He's got that dawg in him":#NASCAR pic.twitter.com/u0T17PJ9C7
— Gabe McDonald (@GabeMcDonald_) March 10, 2024
Harvick saying ''He's got that dawg in him'' is truly an all time moment
— Nightfall (@StarfallGT) March 10, 2024
Harvick be like… pic.twitter.com/zHQpRgORYg
— Derek J. Yoder (@DerekYoder_) March 10, 2024
I don’t know if this is just a bit that Harvick came up with himself, or if it’s something his 11-year old son Keelon and 6-year old daughter Piper dared him to do.
But either way, I can’t get enough of hip Harvick.
He’s got this whole broadcaster thing on fleek. (Did I use that right? Do kids still say that? I’m too old for this).
