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AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway

Qualifying Results

Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team will start Sunday’s AAA 400 from the pole position after Harvick scored his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) pole award of the season in Friday’s qualifying session at Dover International Speedway.

• Since Dover is a one-mile track, qualifying was split into two rounds. The first was 30 minutes in length and Harvick posted the fastest lap time of the round. In the final, 10-minute round of qualifying, Harvick posted a lap time of 22.095 seconds and a speed of 162.933 seconds to earn the pole award. The effort marked the 13th pole award of his NSCS career.
• Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski and Jamie McMurray complete the top-five starting positions for Sunday’s race.
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams had an 80-minute practice session on Friday. The No. 4 Budweiser team started out in race trim before swapping over to make two mock-qualifying runs. Harvick posted his fastest lap of the session on the final and ended up first on the speed chart.
• On Saturday, teams are scheduled to have two additional practice sessions to prepare for Sunday’s race. FOX Sports 1 will air coverage of the first session at 11 a.m. ET and FOX Sports 2 will broadcast final practice at 2 p.m. ET.    

Harvick on qualifying at Dover International Speedway:

On his pole-award-winning run: "It is exciting. These guys do an awesome job in preparing the race cars. The first time here this year we struggled after we unloaded a little bit, but they had it good by Saturday. We unloaded really good this time and it has carried through so far this weekend. I’m just really happy for everybody on our Budweiser Chevrolet team. I have never really qualified that well really anywhere, but here, I guess that is going to be a good deal to have the first pit stall. Here, especially under yellow you just don't have to go very far when you are leaving the pit box. The good pit stalls are typically on that end of pit road, and if you wind up having to get out of your pits, and guys are still coming in as you are in the front of the pack, it is hard to get out of your stall.”

On winning his seventh pole award of the year: “It’s been an amazing year for everybody on our Budweiser Stewart-Haas Racing team. They just do a great job in preparing the race cars and put a lot of effort into qualifying and it’s translated into a lot of good finishes. We’ve just got to keep doing what we’re doing. Track position is huge here, especially at the beginning of the race. I’ve never been in that stall, so I guess it’s going to be okay on that end of pit road. But all in all, I’m just really proud of all my guys. They’ve done a great job all year, but particularly over the last month and just getting consistent cars, finishing races, and doing what we have to do to get those solid runs.”

The following is the starting position of the other SHR teams in Sunday's race:

• Danica Patrick and the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet team will start 13th. 
• Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet team will start 15th. 
• Kurt Busch and the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet team will start 22nd.

Race Coverage Information:

ESPN will provide live coverage of Sunday’s race at 2 p.m. ET. MRN Radio affiliates and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio will provide the live radio broadcast.

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