For at least 37 weekends out of the year, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers are at a racetrack making a living by turning left - and occasionally right - all while trying to beat their fellow competitors. But during the roughly three-month period that makes up NASCAR's short offseason, it's time to relax with family, have fun with their kids and, yes, even travel a bit. Such is the case for Casey Mears, driver of the No. 13GEIC0 Chevrolet for Germain Racing. A husband to Trisha and father to two children under the age of 7, Mears has learned to savor the…

Kevin Harvick is an old-school traditionalist. To him, routine and status quo are as comfortable as an old shoe. What he doesn't like is change. To deviate from a comfort level and deal with the uncertainty and consequences that potentially come with change are not among Harvick's favorite things in the world. That's why it took him not weeks nor months, but years to ultimately make what was arguably the most difficult decision of his career: to leave Richard Childress Racing after 13 seasons and move to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014. At least twice during his 13-year tenure with RCR, Harvick considered…