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NASCAR Kansas: Kevin Harvick claims pole for Childress

Kevin Harvick boosted his NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase prospects by qualifying on pole for this weekend's race at Kansas Speedway

Richard Childress Chevrolet driver Harvick moved to the top of the leaderboard two-thirds of the way through the session, with a time of 28.796s.

There was little movement at the sharp end after that, although Joey Logano and Paul Menard did haul themselves inside the top 10 in fifth and eighth respectively.

Dale Earnhardt Jr led for Hendrick after the first batch of drivers set a time but a strong run from Roush Fenway's Ricky Stenhouse Jr broke the 29s barrier for the first time in the session.

He looked set for pole until Harvick's late effort, those two ending the session as the only drivers to go sub-29s.

Chase leader Matt Kenseth will start the race seventh, while Jimmie Johnson - second to Kenseth at the moment - will be buoyed after qualifying second.

Kyle Busch, third in the points, could only manage 18th.

Pos  Driver                 Team/Car                     Time     Gap
 1.  Kevin Harvick          Childress Chevrolet          28.796s
 2.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr     Roush Fenway Ford            28.803s  +0.007s
 3.  Jimmie Johnson         Hendrick Chevrolet           28.852s  +0.056s
 4.  Joey Logano            Penske Ford                  29.006s  +0.210s
 5.  Dale Earnhardt Jr      Hendrick Chevrolet           29.021s  +0.225s
 6.  Matt Kenseth           Joe Gibbs Toyota             29.049s  +0.253s
 7.  Paul Menard            Childress Chevrolet          29.052s  +0.256s
 8.  Carl Edwards           Roush Fenway Ford            29.084s  +0.288s
 9.  Denny Hamlin           Joe Gibbs Toyota             29.121s  +0.325s
10.  Brian Vickers          Waltrip Toyota               29.123s  +0.327s
11.  Juan Pablo Montoya     Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  29.148s  +0.352s
12.  Martin Truex Jr        Waltrip Toyota               29.157s  +0.361s
13.  Jeff Gordon            Hendrick Chevrolet           29.167s  +0.371s
14.  Kasey Kahne            Hendrick Chevrolet           29.192s  +0.396s
15.  Jeff Burton            Childress Chevrolet          29.201s  +0.405s
16.  Ryan Newman            Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       29.248s  +0.452s
17.  Kyle Busch             Joe Gibbs Toyota             29.252s  +0.456s
18.  Kurt Busch             Furniture Row Chevrolet      29.272s  +0.476s
19.  Aric Almirola          Petty Ford                   29.287s  +0.491s
20.  Justin Allgaier        Phoenix Chevrolet            29.331s  +0.535s
21.  Clint Bowyer           Waltrip Toyota               29.391s  +0.595s
22.  Mark Martin            Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       29.401s  +0.605s
23.  Jamie McMurray         Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet  29.447s  +0.651s
24.  Marcos Ambrose         Petty Ford                   29.497s  +0.701s
25.  Greg Biffle            Roush Fenway Ford            29.540s  +0.744s
26.  AJ Allmendinger        JTG Daugherty Toyota         29.584s  +0.788s
27.  David Reutimann        BK Toyota                    29.599s  +0.803s
28.  Danica Patrick         Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       29.664s  +0.868s
29.  Cole Whitt             Swan Toyota                  29.667s  +0.871s
30.  Michael McDowell       Parsons Ford                 29.675s  +0.879s
31.  David Ragan            Front Row Ford               29.677s  +0.881s
32.  JJ Yeley               Baldwin Chevrolet            29.678s  +0.882s
33.  David Gilliland        Front Row Ford               29.688s  +0.892s
34.  Timmy Hill             FAS Lane Ford                29.696s  +0.900s
35.  Travis Kvapil          BK Toyota                    29.698s  +0.902s
36.  Casey Mears            Germain Ford                 29.729s  +0.933s
37.  Josh Wise              Front Row Ford               29.898s  +1.102s
38.  Joe Nemechek           NEMCO Toyota                 29.921s  +1.125s
39.  Brad Keselowski        Penske Ford                  29.996s  +1.200s
40.  Reed Sorenson          Leavine Ford                 30.001s  +1.205s
41.  Dave Blaney            Baldwin Chevrolet            30.026s  +1.230s
42.  Tony Raines            Hillman Chevrolet            30.082s  +1.286s
43.  Landon Cassill         Circle Sport Chevrolet       30.294s  +1.498s

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