NASCAR Cup Series: Kevin Harvick takes pole for 2019 Pennzoil 400

Kevin Harvick took the pole position for the third race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Pennzoil 400, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Alex Bowman and Chase Elliott closed out the third and final qualifying session for the third race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in first and second place, respectively, on the speed chart.

But the lap before they recorded the lap times that sent them to first and second place, both drivers just barely missed getting to the timing line before the clock hit 0:00.

As a result, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick took the pole position for the 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) high-banked Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. He did so by recording a top lap time of 29.914 seconds (180.517 miles per hour) in his #4 Ford in the race’s third and final qualifying session.

Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were the highest qualifying Toyota drivers for the race. They qualified in second and third place in their #11 Toyota and #18 Toyota, respectively.

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Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon and Daniel Hemric, a rookie, were the highest qualifying Chevrolet drivers for the race. They qualified in fourth and fifth place in their #3 Chevrolet and #8 Chevrolet, respectively.

Front Row Motorsports’ David Ragan qualified for the race in sixth place in his #38 Ford. He has not started a Cup Series race in the top six since he started in fifth in the September race at Richmond Raceway in the 2015 season when he was driving for Michael Waltrip Racing.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson and Team Penske’s Joey Logano rounded out the top 10 by qualifying in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #42 Chevrolet, #17 Ford, #48 Chevrolet and #22 Ford, respectively.

Bowman and Elliott ended up finishing the third and final qualifying session for the race as the slowest two drivers. They qualified in 11th and 12th place in their #88 Chevrolet and #9 Chevrolet, respectively.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Qualifying Results
1st – Kevin Harvick
2nd – Denny Hamlin
3rd – Kyle Busch
4th – Austin Dillon
5th – Daniel Hemric
6th – David Ragan
7th – Kyle Larson
8th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9th – Jimmie Johnson
10th – Joey Logano
11th – Alex Bowman
12th – Chase Elliott
13th – Ryan Blaney
14th – Ty Dillon
15th – Paul Menard
16th – Michael McDowell
17th – Clint Bowyer
18th – Erik Jones
19th – Brad Keselowski
20th – William Byron
21st – Darrell Wallace Jr.
22nd – Daniel Suarez
23rd – Martin Truex Jr.
24th – Ryan Preece
25th – Aric Almirola
26th – Matt DiBenedetto
27th – Chris Buescher
28th – Kurt Busch
29th – Ryan Newman
30th – Corey LaJoie
31st – Landon Cassill
32nd – Parker Kligerman
33rd – Cody Ware
34th – B.J. McLeod
35th – Matt Tifft
36th – Joey Gase
37th – Reed Sorenson
38th – Ross Chastain

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Be sure to tune in to the live broadcast of the third race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube. This race is scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 3 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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