Kevin Harvick Officially Awarded Pole for Federated Auto Parts 400

Kevin Harvick will start on the pole for Saturday's Federated Auto Parts 400. Harvick's No. 4 Jimmy John's passed post-qualifying inspection which means he will officially start on pole. It's his 24th career pole and first since Kansas in May. It's also his first Richmond pole since 2005, in that race he finished 10th.

Denny Hamlin will start the race from second while Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney, and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five.

The four lowest playoff drivers in qualifying were Chase Elliott (18th), Jimmie Johnson (21st), Clint Bowyer (24th), and Austin Dillon (26th).

Daniel Suarez, Regan Smith, and David Ragan will all three surrender their starting positions after failing inspection on Saturday.

Starting Lineup for the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Kurt Busch
6. Aric Almirola
7. Brad Keselowski
8. Erik Jones
9. Kyle Larson
10. Cole Custer
11. Kyle Busch
12. Joey Logano
13. Alex Bowman
14. Jamie McMurray
15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
16. Ryan Newman
17. Matt Kenseth
18. Chase Elliott
19. William Byron
20. Paul Menard
21. Jimmie Johnson
22. Chris Buescher
23. Michael McDowell
24. Clint Bowyer
25. Darrell Wallace Jr.
26. Austin Dillon
27. Matt DiBenedetto
28. AJ Allmendinger
29. Ty Dillon
30. Ross Chastain
31. Corey LaJoie
32. Jeffrey Earnhardt
33. Gray Gaulding
34. Alon Day
35. Joey Gase
36. Landon Cassill
37. Timmy Hill
38. Daniel Suarez
39. Regan Smith
40. David Ragan

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