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Stewart-Haas Racing driver Kevin Harvick has set the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track record. He set the qualifying record with a lap of 47.647 at 188.889 mph.
This track record was followed up with a 47.753 at 188.470 in his second qualifying lap.
“To come here and have a fast car and put it on the pole is something you dream about,” Harvick said. “I can’t say enough about my guys and what they did with this car. It was just really, really fast right off the truck.
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“You never know what to expect with this format, but we just tried to put together a solid lap each time. That first round, man, the car was just hooked up. I knew we had something special.”
The longtime driver broke the qualifying record that was previously set one year ago. Ryan Newman set the record that Harvick broke in 2013.
Newman went 187.531 mph to set the pole speed record at the time.
Harvick will lead the field for Sunday’s Crown Royal Presents The John Wayne Walding 400.
He has two wins this season. However, Harvick has not won since the eighth race of the season during the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on April 12th, 2014, in Darlington, South Carolina.
This is Harvick’s fourth pole of the season.
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“We unloaded fast and just kept making it better,” crew chief Rodney Childers said. “Kevin did a great job getting everything out of it. Breaking the track record at Indy is something we’ll remember for a long time.”
As the qualifying currently stands, Jeff Gordon is second behind Harvick. Brad Keselowski is third, while Kurt Busch is fourth, and Matt Kenseth is fifth.
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