Kevin Harvick sets track record, wins at Stateline Speedway in Post Falls

Kevin Harvick made Post Falls feel like a national stage, turning Stateline Speedway’s Road to the 200 into a night of record speed and family drama. The 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion set the Pro Late Model track record in qualifying at 13.080 seconds, then went on to win the CARS Tour Northwest Pro Late Model race.

The race gave Kootenai County fans a clear reason to lean in. Harvick’s 13-year-old son, Keelan Harvick, spent much of the night near the front before crashing on lap 142, a turn that added an immediate human edge to a show built around elite lap times and a father-son draw. Stateline Speedway had promoted the appearance as one of the biggest race nights of the season, with Kevin and Keelan Harvick both part of the lineup.

The event was billed as the CARS Tour Northwest RaceCals Pro Late Models Road to the 200 and was presented by The Club at Prairie Falls. Stateline Speedway framed it as a build-up to the 27th Annual Idaho 200, scheduled for July 16-18, 2026, at the Post Falls track. Practice was listed for June 11 and June 12 before the June 13 race weekend, underscoring how the venue has become more than a one-night stop on the calendar.

That attention landed on a track with deep local roots. Stateline Speedway first opened in 1974, and Luke Kjar bought the property in 2018 after four previous sales. Its 0.250-mile paved oval has long served as a familiar North Idaho venue, but the Harvick appearance pushed it into broader view, with the Pro Late Model feature broadcast on FloRacing for a wider audience.

The photo feature also showed how the night stretched beyond the top tier of stock car racing. Brooklyn Score of Rathdrum, who races in the Bandoleros class, greeted fans at the fan fest, putting a local young racer on the same stage as one of NASCAR’s best-known names. Fans lined up for autographs from drivers young and old, giving the evening the feel of a community gathering as much as a competition.

For Post Falls, the draw was bigger than a single race. Harvick’s record lap and win gave Stateline Speedway a headline-grabbing moment, while the presence of Keelan Harvick, Brooklyn Score and the Idaho 200 buildup pointed to a track that keeps pulling summer attention back to Kootenai County.