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Homestead 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway

Qualifying Results

• Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team will start fifth in Sunday’s Homestead 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway after posting a lap time of 30.009 seconds and speed of 179.946 mph in the final round of qualifying on Friday.
• Qualifying at the 1.5-mile track was broken down into three rounds. Harvick was second fastest in the first round of qualifying and advanced with the top-24 cars to the second round, during which he posted the ninth fastest lap time. He advanced with the top-12 drivers to the final round and was scored fifth at the conclusion of the five-minute session.
• Harvick has the best starting spot among the Championship 4 contenders, as Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman will start eighth, ninth and 21st, respectively. Jeff Gordon earned the pole award for Sunday’s race. Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski and Harvick round out the top-five starting positions.
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams had a 90-minute practice session on Friday afternoon prior to qualifying. The No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet team made two runs in race trim before swapping over to qualifying trim. Harvick posted his fastest lap of the session on the team’s final mock-qualifying run and ended the session scored second on the leaderboard.
• Teams have two additional practices on Saturday to prepare for Sunday’s race. FOX Sports 1 will have live coverage of the first session at noon ET and final practice will air on FOX Sports 2 at 3 p.m. ET.

Harvick after qualifying at Homestead-Miami Speedway:

What do you think you have to work on for Sunday? “I think just drivability. This is going to be a race that you are going to go through changing conditions. Today was really about trying to get a solid starting spot and we were able to do that with my Budweiser team. I’m really proud of my guys. We had a really good day today and just have to keep doing what we have to do and see where it all falls on Sunday."

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

• Kurt Busch and the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet team will start second.
• Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Bass Pro/Mobil 1 Chevrolet team will start 28th.
• Danica Patrick and the No. 10 Florida Lottery/GoDaddy Chevrolet team will start 32nd. 

Race Coverage Information:

ESPN will provide live coverage of Sunday’s race starting at 3 p.m. ET. MRN Radio affiliates and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio will provide the live radio broadcast.

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