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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

RICHMOND, Va. \u2013 Where the short tracks are concerned, Kevin Harvick<\/strong> and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team appeared to have turned a corner.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Mobil 1 Ford, poses with the pole award after qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway on April 12, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Donald Page\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And on Friday afternoon at Richmond Raceway, Harvick got through the corners better than everyone else in winning the pole position for Saturday\u2019s Toyota Owners 400 at the .75-mile track (7:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).<\/p>\n

The Busch Pole Award was Harvick\u2019s third at Richmond, his second of the season and the 27th<\/sup> of his career, setting up a showdown with the Joe Gibbs Racing and Team Penske cars that have monopolized Victory Lane in the first eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series events of the season.<\/p>\n

Harvick posted a lap at 124.298 mph (21.722 seconds) to edge Erik Jones (124.081 mph) for the top starting spot by .038 seconds. The front-row start will be Jones\u2019 first of the season.<\/p>\n

Kurt Busch qualified third at 123.870 mph, a dramatic improvement over his 2019 average starting position of 20.1. Joey Logano and Kyle Busch completed the top five.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cars definitely had a little fall-off,\u201d Harvick said. \u201cI was just really just managing the fall-off and just trying to be consistent with the laps, but stickers (new tires) were definitely faster in the first round than they were in the second and third round.\u201d<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/RIR_MENCS_HarivckPole_041219.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Harvick was sixth in the first round, second to Kyle Busch in the second round and first with the pole at stake. Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott, Austin Dillon, Daniel Suarez and Jimmie Johnson earned positions six through 10 on the grid, respectively.<\/p>\n

For the first time, NASCAR limited each round to five minutes, with seven minutes between, condensing the entire qualifying session to 29 minutes. For Jones, who had a pit stall near the exit from pit road, the time limits weren\u2019t an issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cShort tracks, I think it\u2019s fine,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIt\u2019s a little hectic in the first round and even in the second round, but it\u2019s easy for me to say. We had a great pit stall being first out. I could just roll out, and here it doesn\u2019t benefit you to wait so you just roll out and get your lap in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvick was fast last week at Bristol, only to have his prospects crushed by a pre-race penalty for multiple inspection failures and an early loose wheel that forced an unplanned pit stop. But at Richmond on Saturday, he\u2019ll be leading the field to green.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, there are plenty of unknowns, including a new Goodyear tire combination.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you look at this place, this is really one of those places where you kind of have to go off of what happened last time,\u201d Harvick said. \u201cNew tire, so you don’t really know exactly what the cars are going to do deep into runs as far as how bad they will push, will the get looser.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat conditions will you be fighting? We wind up guessing a number of times when they change the tires like this, because you don’t know what to anticipate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va. \u2013 Where the short tracks are concerned, Kevin Harvick and his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team appeared to have turned a corner. 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