Kevin Harvick wins Busch Pole Award for playoff race at Texas – NASCAR

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Kevin Harvick won the Busch Pole Award for Sunday’s Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN/NBC Sports App, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), host of the second Round of 8 race in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

The lineup was determined using NASCAR’s competition-based formula, which is a total number based on the series’ previous event: 15% of a fastest lap time position, 25% of the driver’s final race finish position, 25% of the owner’s final race position and 35% of the owner points position.

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Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford will share the front row with the No. 22 Team Penske Ford of Joey Logano, who rated second in the performance metric calculations. Logano earned the victory in last Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway to lock in a spot for the Championship 4, while Harvick finished second.

In the majority of national series events since NASCAR’s May return, starting lineups have been set by random draws. This structure, first introduced in early August, draws on performance from both individual races and season-long results, rather than leaving a range of starting spots up to chance.

See the full starting lineup for Sunday’s race below (P = playoff eligible):

StartDriverCar #Team
1Kevin Harvick (P)4Stewart-Haas Racing
2Joey Logano (P)22Team Penske
3Brad Keselowski (P)2Team Penske
4Chase Elliott (P)9Hendrick Motorsports
5Alex Bowman (P)88Hendrick Motorsports
6Martin Truex Jr. (P)19Joe Gibbs Racing
7Denny Hamlin (P)11Joe Gibbs Racing
8Kurt Busch (P)1Chip Ganassi Racing
9Kyle Busch18Joe Gibbs Racing
10Ryan Blaney12Team Penske
11William Byron24Hendrick Motorsports
12Austin Dillon3Richard Childress Racing
13Aric Almirola10Stewart-Haas Racing
14Matt DiBenedetto21Wood Brothers Racing
15Christopher Bell95Leavine Family Racing
16Cole Custer41Stewart-Haas Racing
17Erik Jones20Joe Gibbs Racing
18Bubba Wallace43Richard Petty Motorsports
19Tyler Reddick8Richard Childress Racing
20Chris Buescher17Roush Fenway Racing
21Clint Bowyer14Stewart-Haas Racing
22Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47JTG Daugherty Racing
23Michael McDowell34Front Row Motorsports
24John Hunter Nemechek38Front Row Motorsports
25Ryan Newman6Roush Fenway Racing
26Jimmie Johnson48Hendrick Motorsports
27Ty Dillon13Germain Racing
28Corey LaJoie32Go Fas Racing
29Ryan Preece37JTG Daugherty Racing
30Daniel Suarez96Gaunt Brothers Racing
31Brennan Poole15Premium Motorsports
32Matt Kenseth42Chip Ganassi Racing
33JJ Yeley27Rick Ware Racing
34Quin Houff00StarCom Racing
35Reed Sorenson77Spire Motorsports
36Timmy Hill66MBM Motorsports
37Josh Bilicki7Tommy Baldwin Racing
38Garrett Smithley53Rick Ware Racing
39Joey Gase51Petty Ware Racing
40Chad Finchum49MBM Motorsports