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Harvick to Start 8th at Talladega

Pre-Race Reports | NASCAR Cup Series | 05/03/14

Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway

Qualifying Results

• Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS team will start eighth in Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race after posting a lap time of 49.261 seconds and a speed of 194.393 mph in the final round of qualifying on Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

• Harvick was seventh fastest in the first round of qualifying and advanced with the top-24 cars to round two. He finished eighth the second round and moved on to round three, during which he posted the eighth fastest lap time among the top-12 drivers.

• Teams had two practice sessions on Friday and the No. 4 Chevrolet team used both sessions to adjust the car’s setup. Harvick was 30th fastest in first practice and finished 11th during the final session.

Harvick on qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway:

“It was way more fun than our normal qualifying session for sure. For us it just didn’t time out exactly right there at the end. I thought we were in the right spot, just a little bigger group ahead of us.”

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

• Danica Patrick and the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet team will start seventh.

• Kurt Busch and the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet team will start ninth.

• Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet team will start 12th.

Race Coverage Information:

FOX will provide live coverage of Sunday’s Aaron's 499 race starting at 1 p.m. ET. MRN Radio affiliates and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio will provide the live radio broadcast.


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