Coming into Sunday, just 13 drivers have won at least 50 NASCAR Cup Series races over the course of their storied careers. These 13 weren’t just fluke drivers either. The names on this list are staggering.

Names like Petty (Richard and Lee), Pearson, Gordon, Allison, Waltrip, Johnson (Jimmie and Junior), Yarborough, Earnhardt, Busch, Wallace and Jarrett have done so. 11 of those 13 drivers are already inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The only ones not are Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch. The reason they’re not inducted yet is because they’re still racing.

Now, they have company – Kevin Harvick.

In Sunday’s The Real Heroes 400 at the Darlington Raceway, Harvick dominated the first race back in 70 days, in leading 159 of 293 laps en route to his 50th career Cup Series win.

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“When you say those two names, obviously they’re a huge part on who helped this sport,” Harvick said in a post race zoom call. “Obviously Hall of Famers.  It’s just an honor to have your name next to them.”

Harvick, says it’s a bit surreal to be in that category with those all-time greats and an honor to have his name next to theirs. He notes that experience and having a team like Stewart-Haas Racing is big reason behind this success.

“I’ve been fortunate, especially since I’ve come to Stewart-Haas Racing,” Harvick continued. “This was 27 wins together with this group of guys.  I think that experience today going into our seventh year here has really paid off, getting our car right, making adjustments on our car, rebounding from the adversity of a bad pit stop, all the things that came with today, turned into a race win.

“That says a lot about the experience of our team, the depth we have with everything that Gene and Tony give us.  It’s been a lot of fun to drive fast racecars. To have your name next to those guys goes to show you how fortunate I am to be able to ride in those fast racecars.  We’ve been able to capitalize on a few.”

Harvick, won 23 races in 13 years at Richard Childress Racing. He’s now won 27 races in seven years at SHR. His legacy is becoming clearer and that’s he will go down when it’s all said and done as one of NASCAR’s best to ever do it.

The Bakersfield, Calif native, isn’t ready to think about that part quite yet though.

“Look, I just want to have a good impact on the sport,” said Harvick. “I may not have thought about that in the first 25 wins.  Actually probably need to back up a few wins before that.  I think for me going to Stewart-Haas Racing, I kind of had a new approach in how I wanted to represent myself.  Kids have really changed the way you want to be presenting yourself.

“Look, I’ve been on a number of different sides of this sport.  I’ve been on the ownership side of it, I’ve been in trouble, been the good guy, the bad guy.  I’ve driven for RCR, now Stewart-Haas Racing.  I’ve got to experience a lot of things.

“I mean, it’s really hard to define ‘legacy’ until it’s over, right?  I think you’re still writing the book of what you want to do, how you want things to go going forward.  I know for me, it’s super focused on competition and doing exactly what we did today.  That’s winning races and putting yourself in a position to win a championship.

“I think my ownership days really allowed me to kind of diversify how you think about things and how you approach things, from the sponsorship side, how you relate to the team, how you understand people.  I thrive on communicating with people, being around people, trying to make things different, better, whatever the case may be going forward.

“As far as the legacy goes, I don’t know how you determine that until you’re done.”