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Local NASCAR driver, Kevin Harvick announced he is coming back to Bakersfield.
Harvick, who won NASCAR's championship in 2014, will be running the KNWest race at Kern Raceway on March 15, 2018.
He took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that he'd be racing in front of the home fans next year.
Here’s the big news… I’m heading to Bakersfield to run the #KNWest race at @KernRaceway w/ Jefferson Pitts Racing on 3/15/18. #HappyHours pic.twitter.com/06tFhtJCNn
— Kevin Harvick (@KevinHarvick) October 24, 2017
