Kevin Harvick purchases Ricky Bobby's 'Talladega Nights' North Carolina mansion for $6.75 million
Kevin Harvick is in his Talladega Nights era, as he enters retirement from the NASCAR Cup Series.
While his former Stewart-Haas teammates Chase Briscoe and Ryan Preece had all the fun a couple of months ago, when the duo rocked Ricky Bobby and Cal Naughton Jr. themed paint schemes at the track earlier this fall, it’s Harvick who will be living within the world of the movie for the foreseeable future.
According to the Charlotte Business Journal, Harvick purchased a mansion on Lake Norman in Cornelius, North Carolina for $6.75M, and it just so happened to be the same one used in the Talladega Nights flick.
“A Cornelius mansion that made the big screen, appearing in ‘Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,’ has sold to none other than a newly retired NASCAR driver,’ wrote Jenna Martin of the Charlotte Business Journal, revealing the news that Harvick has a new home.
Hopefully Harvick doesn’t start hearing ghosts, like Naughton Jr. did when he moved into the mansion during the movie.
Regardless, it seems as if retirement is going well for Kevin Harvick. The beautiful new home seems like the perfect place to unwind, and it also makes for an unbelievably cool story. Win-win for the former NASCAR champion.
Kevin Harvick will never race in the Cup Series ‘ever again’
Moreover, Kevin Harvick is retired. But does that mean he’s done completely with racing? It depends on what you want to see him race in. For those hoping for a one-off return to the NASCAR Cup Series, don’t hold your breath. He’s not doing it, “ever again.”
Unlike most drivers, Kevin Harvick has had a lot of time to think about retirement and was able to plan it out exactly how he wanted. Many drivers simply fade away, they don’t get a new contract, sponsor, whatever it is.
For The Closer, things have ended. He’s not going to pull a Ryan Newman and jump back into a car in the Cup Series again. He’s done with that chapter of his life. Harvick is not against an Xfinity start possibly. However, he’ll let the best drivers compete at the highest level.
“I’m not sure yet [what I’m doing],” Harvick said on the Dale Jr. Download. “The door’s open [for racing]. Yeah, I’m not going to drive Cup ever again. Ever again. I can’t be competitive, I can’t make myself go there and say, ‘I’m looking for a top-30 today.’ That’s what it would be, I’m telling you.”
It shows how competitive the Cup Series is when you have a future Hall of Famer and a former champion talking like that. Harvick just wouldn’t look right in a part-time car that finishes in the top-25 week in and out. If he is going to race at the highest level he wants to be ready for it and he can’t in retirement.