Harvick not ready to quit NASCAR Stewart-Haas seat for TV role

Darrell Waltrip will end his 19-year spell in Fox Sports broadcast booth at the end of 2019, after joining in 2001 following the end of his racing career that yielded three Cup titles.

Harvick would be considered a logical replacement as he has already branched out into NASCAR media with his popular radio show, but he has contracts running through 2021 with SHR.

The 43-year-old has previously hinted his interest in a TV role in his post-racing career but says he has no intention of retiring just yet.

"I'm not getting out of the race car," said Harvick

"I feel really comfortable with where I'm at, in the race car, where my home life is.

"I feel fairly confident that being a part of TV side of things is something I want to do in the future but it's not going to happen in the next couple of years, I can tell you that.

"We have a lot of things that are going really well, the race car is one of them."

Harvick has become increasingly competitive in the twilight of his career, winning his first title in 2014 at the age of 38 and securing 22 of his 45 Cup wins since then.

The SHR driver says his competitiveness plays a part in his desire to continue racing.

Harvick said: "The more you talk to people who retired and did things it's always like, 'Man, I wish I would have just stayed in the competitive situation I was in and not tried to do something different or quit too soon'.

"There's so much to do with being competitive in this sport, there's so much to do with experience.

"If it's going good, why wouldn't you want to keep going?

"There are too many things that I still enjoy about it."