NASCAR at Kansas 2014 Results: Race Order, Final Times and Reaction

Different track, same result. Kevin Harvick secured a crucial pole on Friday afternoon ahead of the first-ever Contender Round race in Kansas. Harvick's best time of 27.325 seconds and speed of 197.621 mph was enough to put him atop the leaderboard and clinch his eighth pole of the season. NASCAR reported the news following the qualifying round: Being at the top of the pack is a familiar position for Harvick, who started from the front last weekend as well. Though he hasn't turned all of them into victories, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver has been one of the fastest cars on the track at every event. Having the pole position at Kansas is also somewhere Harvick is comfortable, as Nate Ryan of USA Today notes: Harvick wasn't a...

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