NASCAR Cup Series: Kevin Harvick takes pole for 2019 Gander RV 400

Kevin Harvick took his series-high fourth pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season for the Gander RV 400 at Pocono Raceway.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick took the pole position for the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 21st overall race and second race at Pocono Raceway, the Gander RV 400. This pole position is his fourth pole position of the season, and it makes him the first driver to take four pole positions this season.

Harvick took the pole position for this 160-lap race around the three-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Pocono Raceway oval in Long Pond, Pennsylvania by recording a top lap time of 51.707 seconds (174.058 miles per hour) in his Generation X-themed Busch Beer #4 Ford in the single-car qualifying session for this race.

Harvick led a top three sweep by Ford drivers in this qualifying session, as Team Penske’s Joey Logano qualified in second place in his #22 Ford and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola qualified in third in his #10 Ford. Harvick’s top lap time was more than two tenths of a second faster than Logano’s, which was 51.910 seconds (173.377 miles per hour).

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Joe Gibbs Racing’s Erik Jones was the highest qualifying Toyota driver for this race. He qualified in fourth place in his #20 Toyota. Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver for this race. He qualified in fifth in his #3 Chevrolet.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch, Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez are set to round out the top 10 of the starting grid for this race after qualifying in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #48 Chevrolet, #18 Toyota, #24 Chevrolet, #1 Chevrolet and #41 Ford, respectively.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Gander RV 400 at Pocono Raceway.

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

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NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast the Gander RV 400 live tomorrow afternoon beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET, so be sure to tune in to the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 21st race from Pocono Raceway.

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