In response to Kevin  Harvick's vehicle fire, a  NASCAR executive is  direct. 

In response to Kevin Harvick's vehicle fire, a NASCAR executive is direct.

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This weekend, NASCAR's new NextGen cars received harsh criticism from star driver Kevin

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Harvick, who attributed his car fire to the "crappy-a** components" that teams were required to utilise

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and said that "nothing has been rectified.” It appears that a NASCAR executive has heard about Harvick's remarks.

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Scott Miller, senior vice president of competition for NASCAR, addressed Harvick's remarks during an

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interview on "The Morning Drive" on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Tuesday.

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Miller acknowledged that there is a "unacceptable” issue with the vehicles and insisted that NASCAR cares about addressing it.

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According to NBC Sports, Miller stated that it was "about as far from the truth as you could go" to claim

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that NASCAR didn't care. | honestly don't have anything further to say about that.

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