NASCAR Cup Series: Kevin Harvick takes pole for 2019 Digital Ally 400
By Asher Fair
Kevin Harvick took his third pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season for the season’s 12th race, the Digital Ally 400, at Kansas Speedway.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick took the pole position for the 12th race on the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, the Digital Ally 400, at Kansas Speedway.
This pole position is Harvick’s third pole position of the 2019 season, and it made him the first driver to take three pole positions so far this season as he continues to pursue his first victory and even his first top three finish of the year.
Harvick took the pole position for this 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas Speedway oval in Kansas City, Kansas by recording a top lap time of 30.131 seconds (179.217 miles per hour) in the single-car qualifying session for the race in his #4 Ford.
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Harvick led a top four sweep by Ford drivers and by Stewart-Haas Racing drivers in this qualifying session, as his three teammates also qualified in the top four. Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer and Daniel Suarez qualified in second, third and fourth place in their #10 Ford, #14 Ford and #41 Ford, respectively.
Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver for the race. He qualified in fifth place in his #9 Chevrolet. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. was the highest qualifying Toyota driver for the race. He qualified in sixth in his #19 Toyota.
Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson, Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski and Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman rounded out the top 10 by qualifying in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #24 Chevrolet, #42 Chevrolet, #2 Ford and #88 Chevrolet, respectively.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Qualifying Results
1st – Kevin Harvick
2nd – Aric Almirola
3rd – Clint Bowyer
4th – Daniel Suarez
5th – Chase Elliott
6th – Martin Truex Jr.
7th – William Byron
8th – Kyle Larson
9th – Brad Keselowski
10th – Alex Bowman
11th – Erik Jones
12th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
13th – Kyle Busch
14th – Kurt Busch
15th – Ty Dillon
16th – Paul Menard
17th – Denny Hamlin
18th – Jimmie Johnson
19th – Ryan Blaney
20th – Joey Logano
21st – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22nd – Austin Dillon
23rd – Michael McDowell
24th – Corey LaJoie
25th – Landon Cassill
26th – Daniel Hemric
27th – Chris Buescher
28th – Ryan Newman
29th – Matt DiBenedetto
30th – Tyler Reddick
31st – Ryan Preece
32nd – Bayley Currey
33rd – David Ragan
34th – Quin Houff
35th – Matt Tifft
36th – Ross Chastain
37th – Cody Ware
38th – Joey Gase
39th – Timmy Hill
40th – Reed Sorenson
The Digital Ally 400 is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 from Kansas Speedway beginning tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. ET, so be sure not to miss the 12th race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.