Kevin Harvick joked that the intra-crew opposition at Stewart-Haas Racing is marked by 
means of a whole lot of trash speak and that Clint Bowyer normally says a lot it is tough to get a dig in.
Harvick had the final phrase Friday night.
He scored his third pole of the season to guide a Stewart-Haas Racing team sweep of the pinnacle four spots in qualifying for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.
Harvick, the defending race winner, became a lap of 179.217 mph Friday night in the go back of single-vehicle qualifying to Kansas. That becomes enough to part Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer and Daniel Suarez, who locked down the rest of the front two rows for the 400-mile race.
“You can see a significant development across the board with our cars this week,” Harvick said. “It commenced at Texas, that was the final forestall on this 550 (horsepower) bundle for us. We have been off at the beginning of the year and all they’ve accomplished is paintings and paintings and work, and this is a good second for Stewart-Haas Racing in popular.”
Harvick has been on the pole 5 times at Kansas, together with the closing season, and he has 3 wins and three runner-up finishes at the track. He’s been 8th or better in 8 of the past 11 races on the mile-and-a-half oval, which is getting its first taste of NASCAR’s new policies package deal.
Most drivers anticipate track function to be crucial, and Harvick was amongst folks who stated after a couple of practice classes that vehicles in smooth air on the front treated higher and had been quicker.
In other words, appropriate luck operating your way via the sphere.
“It’s now not as proper as you could be,” Bowyer stated with a wink and nod, “however my rattling teammate knocked us off that spot. But I changed into extensive open. I do not know what he did that made him quicker.”
Harvick had already received four instances by the point the collection hit Kansas closing season, however, Stewart-Haas has been gambling trap-up to Joe Gibbs Racing and Team Penske all season. Martin Truex Jr. Has gained two of the past 3 races for JGR, including Monday’s rain-not on time race at Dover.
Chase Elliott qualified fifth for Hendrick Motorsports, even as Truex was 6th. William Byron, Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski, and Alex Bowman rounded out the pinnacle 10.
BOWYER’S BID: Not best is Bowyer still attempting to find his first win at Kansas, the music the Emporia native considers his home turf, he is also doing it along with his fortieth birthday on the horizon. He joked approximately his “grey hairs” with Truex after his qualifying run.
“The biggest component is you return right here, you simply want to run right,” stated Bowyer, who raced late models at close by Lakeside Speedway. “I suppose our efforts are honestly beginning to reveal.”
BRAXTON’S CRASH: Kyle Busch stated his three-yr-vintage son, Brexton, turned into doing well after crashing an ATV at the same time as driving with friends and spending a night in the health center.
Busch stated he taught Brexton a way to sluggish down in corners, however, he hit one too speedy and went for a spill. The boy was knocked out for “about 10 seconds,” Busch stated, and “the scariest factor you may ever see is your son laying there lifeless.”
Doctors told Busch and his wife, Samantha, that Braxton becomes fortunate to be carrying a helmet.
“There’s not anything else adore it. I do not desire it on everybody,” said Busch, who will begin thirteenth on Saturday night time. “I truly don’t want to ever enjoy it again.”
