According to Kevin Harvick’s wife, DeLana, 7-year-old Keelan brought a bit of good luck with him to the Consumers Energy 400 — his father’s race-winning Michigan checkered flag from a year ago.

Some models that were only able to manage the former include icons like the Chevrolet Chevelle, Ford Thunderbird, and the Dodge Challenger. Sure, two of those nameplates were resurrected periodically.

It’s only natural, then, that the Corvette logo has incorporated a checkered-flag motif since day one—a reminder of its ties to the grassroots racing that spurred its early development and the ...

His father also works as a body mechanic at a truck equipment company, right across the street from a distribution center for Menards, Blaney’s primary sponsor on his Team Penske No. 12 Ford.