Kevin Harvick will lead the field to the green flag on Saturday night in the Queen City.
The driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet scored the pole for the Bank of America 500 after posting a time of 27.547 and a speed of 196.029 mph.
It’s his 16th career pole in 568 Sprint Cup Series starts, first of 2016 and first at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Alex Bowman will start second in his No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after posting a time of 27.551 and a speed of 196.000 mph. Chase Elliott will start third in his No. 24 HMS Chevrolet after posting a time of 27.585 and a speed of 195.759 mph. Kyle Busch will start fourth in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after posting a time of 27.660 and a speed of 195.228 mph. Tony Stewart will round out the top-five starters in his No. 14 SHR Chevrolet after posting a time of 27. 660 and a speed of 195.228 mph.
AJ Allmendinger will start sixth in his No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet. Martin Truex Jr. will start seventh in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota. Carl Edwards will start eighth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota. Denny Hamlin will start ninth in his No. 11 JGR Toyota. Joey Logano will round out the top-10 in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford.
Jimmie Johnson will start 11th and Kasey Kahne will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.
Matt Kenseth will start 17th, Austin Dillon will start 19th, Brad Keselowski will start 20th and Kurt Busch will round out the Chase drivers in 23rd.
Twenty-two Chevrolet’s, 11 Ford’s and seven Toyota’s will comprise the 40-car field for Saturday night’s 500-mile race.
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