Breaking a streak that hadn’t seen him win a pole since 2006, Kevin Harvick set the fast time (187.526) in qualifying Friday for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.
NASCAR Kansas 2013 qualifying results: Kevin Harvick speeds to first Cup pole since 2006
Kevin Harvick claimed his first Sprint Cup pole position in seven years Friday at Kansas Speedway.
Jared C. Tilton
It was just the sixth pole in Harvick’s career, which began in 2001 and spans 460 starts, and the first for Richard Childress Racing since 2007, when Clint Bowyer won the pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
“It’s been forever, I think 2006,” Harvick said. “... I think the most exciting thing is just the first pit stall. We know this race is going to have a lot of pit strategy and being able to have that down there is definitely going to be worth qualifying first.”
Rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Penske Racing’s Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano round out the top five.
Sprint Cup Series points leader Matt Kenseth, who leads Johnson by eight points, qualified seventh. Third-place Kyle Busch, who has never finished better than seventh at Kansas in 13 career starts, qualified 18th.
Hollywood Casino 400 starting lineup
1) Kevin Harvick
2) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
3) Jimmie Johnson
4) Brad Keselowski
5) Joey Logano
6) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
7) Matt Kenseth
8) Paul Menard
9) Carl Edwards
10) Denny Hamlin
11) Brian Vickers
12) Juan Pablo Montoya
13) Martin Truex Jr.
14) Jeff Gordon
15) Kasey Kahne
16) Jeff Burton
17) Ryan Newman
18) Kyle Busch
19) Kurt Busch
20) Aric Almirola
21) Justin Allgaier
22) Clint Bowyer
23) Mark Martin
24) Jamie McMurray
25) Marcos Ambrose
26) Greg Biffle
27) David Reutimann
28) AJ Allmendinger
29) Danica Patrick
30) Cole Whitt
31) Michael McDowell
32) David Ragan
33) JJ Yeley
34) David Gilliland
35) Timmy Hill
36) Travis Kvapil
37) Casey Mears
38) Josh Wise
39) Joe Nemechek
40) Reed Sorenson
41) Dave Blaney
42) Tony Raines
43) Landon Cassill
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