Harvick, the current NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader, is in the final year of his contract to drive for Richard Childress Racing. Along with Kasey Kahne, Harvick tops this season's free agent class, and as such will command a sweetheart new deal, whether he stays at RCR for 2011 and beyond or moves on to another team.

Already, Harvick's name has been linked to close friend Tony Stewart's squad, Stewart-Haas Racing, among others, as a possible next destination.

And Harvick is in an enviable spot as a NASCAR team owner as well, with Kevin Harvick Inc., the team he and wife DeLana founded and co-own. KHI already has won a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship with Ron Hornaday Jr. behind the wheel, and KHI is one of the stalwarts of the NASCAR Nationwide Series as well.

KHI also has a booming fabrication business in the Truck and Nationwide Series, where it builds race vehicles for teams as well as doing repair work and custom one-offs.

So far this year, Harvick has steered away from talking much about his 2011 plans, although at the moment, it doesn't sound as if moving KHI up to the Cup level next year is likely to happen.

Asked about his ultimate plans for KHI, Harvick said he was uncertain at this point.

"I think it could go anywhere," Harvick said Wednesday morning at RCR's headquarters in Welcome, N.C. "I think it could be whatever it needs to be. Right now, it's important to stay focused on the trucks and the Nationwide car like we are."

Beyond that, the future is wide open.

"There are a few things that are unknown, to decide a direction today, but we're very focused on what we're doing now," Harvick said. "As far as what the future holds, it could go a number of different directions if it had to."

What about moving KHI up to the Sprint Cup Series, the pinnacle of NASCAR racing?