Kevin Harvick Sets New Track Record In Sprint Cup Qualifying

Kevin Harvick took the Coors Light Pole Award for the 5-hour ENERGY 400 Benefiting Special Operations Warrior Foundation with a new track record of 27.799 seconds or 194.658 mph. This is Harvick’s eighth pole in 477 Sprint Cup Series races and his second in 17 races at Kansas Speedway. This is his second pole and sixth consecutive top 10 finish in 2014.

“Just have to thank everybody on my Jimmy John’s Chevrolet for all that they do,” Harvick said. “It was ‘Freaky Fast’ today so just have to put it all together tomorrow night when it counts. The pole is great, these guys have done a great job for qualifying.  It makes life a lot easier when you can have pit stall one.  Hopefully we can have a good night tomorrow night, but the weekend has gone good we had a great test here a few weeks ago and everything has carried right over.”

Qualifying was uneventful with the exception of Aric Almirola’s brush with the wall in the final seconds of the final round of qualifying. The Richard Petty Motorsports Team will make repairs to the Farmland Industry’s No. 43 for tomorrow evenings race.

Standouts that did not advance to the final round of qualifying include Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne and Austin Dillion.

The only driver that did not qualify was Dave Blaney who missed the final position by .317 seconds.

5-Hour Energy 400 at Kansas Speedway Starting Lineup