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Kansas NASCAR: Kevin Harvick snatches pole

Kevin Havick stole the show with a new lap record in NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Kansas Speedway

Harvick edged out the early benchmark set by Joey Logano with just over a minute left on the clock, and the ensuing chaos as rivals scrambled to get on track to better the Stewart-Haas man's time ruined a number of drivers' laps. Harvick's time of 27.799s would not be beaten for the remainder of the session.

Harvick took pole postion, most laps led and a win the last time he visited Kansas in the Cup series in the 2013 Chase race last October.

Brad Keselowski, who was criticised by some peers after causing a big crash while trying to un-lap himself at Talladega last week, followed Penske team-mate Logano in third.

Carl Edwards rounded out the top five, followed by Kyle Larson, who had topped the first practice session earlier in the day, and Kurt Busch who dominated Q1 and Q2 before fading in the all important five-minute Q3 shootout.

Points leader Jeff Gordon narrowly missed out on the final qualifying session in 13th place, just ahead of Hendrick team-mate Jimmie Johnson.

Two of the three previous polesitters for this event, AJ Allmendinger and Matt Kenseth, were knocked out in Q1 and line up 29th and 28th respectively.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                 Time     Gap
 1.  Kevin Harvick       Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   27.779s
 2.  Joey Logano         Penske Ford              27.848s  +0.049s
 3.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Ford              27.906s  +0.107s
 4.  Carl Edwards        Rousch Fenway Ford       27.952s  +0.153s
 5.  Kyle Larson         Ganassi Chevrolet        27.972s  +0.173s
 6.  Kurt Busch          Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   27.973s  +0.174s
 7.  Ryan Newman         Childress Chevrolet      28.006s  +0.207s
 8.  Tony Stewart        Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   28.045s  +0.246s
 9.  Danica Patrick      Stewart-Haas Chevrolet   28.059s  +0.260s
10.  Greg Biffle         Rousch Fenway Ford       28.128s  +0.329s
11.  Jamie McMurray      Ganassi Chevrolet        28.157s  +0.358s
12.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford               28.372s  +0.573s
13.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet       27.950s  Q2
14.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet       27.973s  Q2
15.  Brian Vickers       Waltrip Toyota           27.976s  Q2
16.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet      27.995s  Q2
17.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet       28.005s  Q2
18.  Justin Allgaier     HScott Chevrolet         28.007s  Q2
19.  Austin Dillon       Childress Chevrolet      28.024s  Q2
20.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr  Roush Fenway Ford        28.032s  Q2
21.  Ryan Blaney         Penske Ford              28.033s  Q2
22.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet       28.089s  Q2
23.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota           28.153s  Q2
24.  Kyle Busch          Joe Gibbs Toyota         28.463s  Q2
25.  Marcose Ambrose     Petty Ford               28.128s  Q1
26.  Martin Truex Jr     Furniture Row Chevrolet  28.160s  Q1
27.  Casey Mears         Germain Chevrolet        28.172s  Q1
28.  Matt Kenseth        Joe Gibbs Toyota         28.197s  Q1
29.  AJ Allmendinger     JTG Daugherty Chevrolet  28.258s  Q1
30.  Denny Hamlin        Joe Gibbs Toyota         28.265s  Q1
31.  Ryan Truex          BK Toyota                28.322s  Q1
32.  Josh Wise           Parsons Chevrolet        28.399s  Q1
33.  Alex Bowman         BK Toyota                28.440s  Q1
34.  Micheal Annett      Baldwin Chevrolet        28.520s  Q1
35.  JJ Yeley            Xxxtreme Toyota          28.542s  Q1
36.  Cole Whitt          BK Toyota                28.550s  Q1
37.  Reed Sorenson       Baldwin Chevrolet        28.567s  Q1
38.  David Ragan         Front Row Ford           28.580s  Q1
39.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford           28.649s  Q1
40.  Dave Blaney         Humphrey Smith Toyota    28.656s  Q1
41.  Landon Cassil       Hillman Chevrolet        28.744s  Q1
42.  Travis Kvapil       Go FAS Ford              28.784s  Q1
43.  Timmy Hill          Circle Chevrolet         28.848s  Q1
44.  Joe Nemechek        Robinson Toyota          29.003s  Q1

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