Kevin Harvick won the pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The driver of the No. 4 Jimmy Johns Chevrolet SS set the fast time with a lap of 14.607 seconds in the final round of qualifyings setting a new track record. He will be joined by Jeff Gordonon the front row for the Irwin Tools Night Race.
Kyle Larson who was the fastest in opening practice found the wall early in the first qualifying session. Before long he was joined by Aric Almirola.
Coverage of the Irwin Tools Night Race will air on ABC beginning at 7:30 pm ET with the green flag to wave at 7:43 pm ET. (check local listings as some markets will be preempted by preseason football and air on other ESPN network channels)
Matt Kenseth won this race a season ago while Carl Edwards won when the Cup Series first raced at Bristol this season.
Cup Series Qualifying Results for Bristol
- Kevin Harvick
- Jeff Gordon
- Carl Edwards
- Kyle Busch
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joey Logano
- Kurt Busch
- Greg Biffle
- Brad Keselowski
- Marcos Ambrose
- Ryan Newman
- Kasey Kahne
- Denny Hamlin
- Clint Bowyer
- Brian Vickers
- Matt Kenseth
- Paul Menard
- Jamie McMurray
- Justin Allgaier
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- AJ Allmendinger
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Danica Patrick
- Jeff Burton
- Austin DIllon
- Alex Bowman
- Michael McDowell
- David Ragan
- Josh Wise
- Brett Moffitt
- David Gilliland
- Ryan Truex
- Cole Whitt
- Dave Blaney
- Reed Sorenson
- JJ Yeley
- Michael Annett
- Landon Cassill
- Kyle Larson
- David Stremme
- Aric Almirola
- Casey Mears