NASCAR: Las Vegas provisional starting lineup – Kevin Harvick on pole
By Asher Fair
Kevin Harvick is slated to start from the pole position to open up the round of 12 of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Based on NASCAR‘s starting lineup formula, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick is slated to start the opening race of the round of 12 of the 2020 Cup Series playoffs, the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, from the pole position behind the wheel of his #4 Ford.
This would mark Harvick’s fourth pole position as a result of this formula in the seven races for which it has been used.
Harvick is set to start from the pole position in this 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) oval in Las Vegas, Nevada as a result of having the best combination of most recent race result (50% weight), position in the owner standings (35% weight), and rank of his fastest lap in the most recent race (15% weight) among the 12 remaining championship contenders.
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He won the most recent race at Bristol Motor Speedway and his #4 team leads the owner standings to open up the round of 12 and has led it after every race going back to the season’s fourth race at Phoenix Raceway in early March.
In terms of his fastest lap in the most recent race, Harvick ranked second behind only Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch. Busch, whose #18 team sits in 10th place in the owner standings, is slated to start alongside Harvick in second due to the fact that he recorded the fastest lap in the most recent race and finished in second in that event.
Here is the full unofficial starting lineup for the 2020 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Provisional Starting Lineup
1st – Kevin Harvick
2nd – Kyle Busch
3rd – Chase Elliott
4th – Aric Almirola
5th – Joey Logano
6th – Clint Bowyer
7th – Austin Dillon
8th – Alex Bowman
9th – Kurt Busch
10th – Denny Hamlin
11th – Martin Truex Jr.
12th – Brad Keselowski
13th – Erik Jones
14th – Tyler Reddick
15th – Ryan Blaney
16th – Chris Buescher
17th – Michael McDowell
18th – Jimmie Johnson
19th – Matt DiBenedetto
20th – Matt Kenseth
21st – Ryan Preece
22nd – Cole Custer
23rd – Bubba Wallace
24th – Ty Dillon
25th – John Hunter Nemechek
26th – Christopher Bell
27th – Ryan Newman
28th – William Byron
29th – Daniel Suarez
30th – Gray Gaulding
31st – Corey LaJoie
32nd – Quin Houff
33rd – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
34th – Reed Sorenson
35th – Joey Gase
36th – Timmy Hill
37th – Josh Bilicki
38th – Brennan Poole
39th – Chad Finchum
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NASCAR has been confirming starting lineups on the Wednesday morning prior to the race, and that is expected to continue this week, so this lineup remains subject to change depending on the entry list. The South Point 400 is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 27.