This year's Chase has not exactly gone as planned for Richard Childress Racing's Kevin Harvick. Heading into New Hampshire at the outset of the ten-race shootout, Harvick was tenth in the standings and looking for more. However, three finishes outside the top-10 has kept the driver of the No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet mired mid-pack in the standings with no real shot at the title. Going into this weekend's race at the Phoenix International Raceway, Harvick hopes to rekindle some of his past success at the one-mile track in the desert.

In eleven Cup Series events at Phoenix, Harvick has two wins, three top-5s and five top-10s. Those two wins came in his 2006 campaign when he swept both events. Growing up out west - Harvick is from Bakersfield, California - Phoenix is not only a great track for the RCR driver, it also holds a special place in his heart and his racing career.

"I like going there. I grew up racing at Phoenix," Harvick explained. "That was kind of like our Daytona every year for the Southwest Tour and Winston West. Good place to race and always a lot of fun to go back and see friends and families you don't get to see a lot. A lot of things have happened at Phoenix. We have been fortunate to win in all three divisions. I ran one of my first truck races there that we built ourselves. I have a lot of memories on the track and off the track."

On the entry list for all three series this weekend, Harvick expects to turn the heat up on the rest of the competition.

"Anytime we go there, we expect to be able to compete for a win in all three divisions," he added. "It is the same this time going out there."

Leaving the Lone Star State, Harvick and the No. 29 team are currently stuck in a heated battle for position in the series standings. With just two races remaining in the 2008 season, Harvick finds himself seventh in the Chase - despite a seventh-place finish last week in Texas.

While the battle for the series title seems to be a two-man battle, Harvick is only sixty-seven points behind Jeff Burton in fourth. With a one hundred and fourteen point lead over Matt Kenseth in eighth, Harvick has only one way to go - up.