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

Kevin Harvick took his series-high fifth pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season for the regular season finale, the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick broke the tie atop the pole positions list with Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron by taking his fifth pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season for the 26th and final race on the regular season schedule at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard.

Had Byron taken the pole position for this race, more commonly known as the Brickyard 400, he would have become the first driver in Cup Series history to take the pole position for each of the four crown jewel races on the schedule in a single season. Instead, he qualified in 29th place in his #24 Chevrolet.

Harvick ultimately took the pole position for this 160-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana by recording a top lap time of 48.448 seconds (185.766 miles per hour) in the single-car qualifying session for this race in his #4 Ford.

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Wood Brothers Racing’s Paul Menard nearly knocked Harvick off the pole position late in this qualifying session, but he had to settle for second place by recording a lap time that was just 0.011 seconds (0.042 miles per hour) slower than Harvick’s. He is set to roll off alongside Harvick on the front row in his #21 Ford.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer and Team Penske’s Joey Logano completed a top four Ford driver sweep by finishing in third and fourth place in their #14 Ford and #22 Ford, respectively. Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver of the race. He qualified in fifth in his #48 Chevrolet.

Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski qualified in sixth place in his #2 Ford ahead of the highest qualifying Toyota driver of the race, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch. Busch qualified in seventh in his #18 Toyota.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola rounded out the top 10 by qualifying in eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #1 Chevrolet, #12 Ford and #10 Ford, respectively.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Qualifying Results
1st – Kevin Harvick
2nd – Paul Menard
3rd – Clint Bowyer
4th – Joey Logano
5th – Jimmie Johnson
6th – Brad Keselowski
7th – Kyle Busch
8th – Kurt Busch
9th – Ryan Blaney
10th – Aric Almirola
11th – Daniel Hemric
12th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13th – Alex Bowman
14th – Erik Jones
15th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
16th – Chris Buescher
17th – David Ragan
18th – Austin Dillon
19th – Kyle Larson
20th – Daniel Suarez
21st – Michael McDowell
22nd – Ryan Newman
23rd – Ryan Preece
24th – Chase Elliott
25th – Ty Dillon
26th – Matt DiBenedetto
27th – Martin Truex Jr.
28th – Matt Tifft
29th – William Byron
30th – Corey LaJoie
31st – Landon Cassill
32nd – Parker Kligerman
33rd – Denny Hamlin
34th – Ross Chastain
35th – B.J. McLeod
36th – Ryan Sieg
37th – Reed Sorenson
38th – Garrett Smithley
39th – Josh Bilicki
40th – J.J. Yeley

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NBC’s live broadcast of the final race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series regular season, the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, from Indianapolis Motor Speedway is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET later this afternoon.

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