Harvick takes Busch pole at Loudon
Reigning Busch Series champion Kevin Harvick claimed pole position for the Camping World 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway
Harvick, who returns this weekend to the Busch Series after missing the last three races, posted a fastest lap of 29.449 seconds, at an average speed of 129.335 mph in the No. 21 Richard Childress Chevrolet.
"The [car] was pretty good, but I left a little on the table in (turns) one and two," said Harvick, who got his best time in the second lap of his run, beating the previous benchmark set by points leader Carl Edwards, by 0.012 seconds.
The Roush Fenway driver will start beside Harvick on the front row, while another RCR car driven by Clint Bowyer will start from third.
Bobby Santos, making only his third ever Busch series start, was fourth and fastest among the Toyotas, claiming also his best qualifying result thus far and beating Milwaukee winner Denny Hamlin who was sixth.
Juan Pablo Montoya continued to carry his momentum, claiming seventh on the grid for today's race as the fastest Dodge qualifier. On Friday he had been fifth fastest in the opening practice and then topped the charts in the rookies session before sitting out the final practice.
Montoya is in his first weekend with Brian Pattie as his new crew chief, following the switch from Brad Parrott, who had been with the Colombian since his Busch debut at Memphis last year.
Matt Kenseth was eighth while Nextel Cup pole-sitter Dave Blaney was ninth, although he will have to start from the back of the grid after being late for the driver's meeting.
Tony Stewart will then take Blaney's place on the grid driving the No. 33 car for Kevin Harvick Inc.
Ian Henderson was the only driver who failed to qualify.
Pos Driver Make Speed Time 1. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 129.335 29.449 2. Carl Edwards Ford 129.283 29.461 + 0.012 3. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 128.806 29.570 + 0.121 4. Bobby Santos Toyota 128.763 29.580 + 0.131 5. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 128.541 29.631 + 0.182 6. David Gilliland Ford 128.294 29.688 + 0.239 7. Juan Montoya Dodge 128.191 29.712 + 0.263 8. Matt Kenseth Ford 128.130 29.726 + 0.277 9. Dave Blaney Toyota 128.057 29.743 + 0.294 10. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 127.958 29.766 + 0.317 11. David Ragan Ford 127.924 29.774 + 0.325 12. David Reutimann Toyota 127.864 29.788 + 0.339 13. Casey Mears Chevrolet 127.842 29.793 + 0.344 14. Reed Sorenson Dodge 127.838 29.794 + 0.345 15. Greg Biffle Ford 127.808 29.801 + 0.352 16. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 127.675 29.832 + 0.383 17. Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 127.666 29.834 + 0.385 18. Stephen Leicht Ford 127.444 29.886 + 0.437 19. Mike Bliss Dodge 127.410 29.894 + 0.445 20. Jason Keller Chevrolet 127.312 29.917 + 0.468 21. JJ Yeley Chevrolet 127.270 29.927 + 0.478 22. Jason Leffler Toyota 127.261 29.929 + 0.480 23. Ward Burton Ford 126.922 30.009 + 0.560 24. Todd Kluever Ford 126.897 30.015 + 0.566 25. Bobby Hamilton Jr Ford 126.799 30.038 + 0.589 26. Scott Riggs Dodge 126.753 30.049 + 0.600 27. Marcos Ambrose Ford 126.496 30.110 + 0.661 28. Kelly Bires Ford 126.467 30.117 + 0.668 29. Steve Wallace Dodge 126.303 30.156 + 0.707 30. Morgan Shepherd Dodge 126.157 30.191 + 0.742 31. Danny O'Quinn Jr Ford 126.153 30.192 + 0.743 32. Mike Wallace Chevrolet 125.986 30.232 + 0.783 33. Shane Huffman Chevrolet 125.878 30.258 + 0.809 34. Kevin Conway Chevrolet 125.740 30.291 + 0.842 35. Brent Sherman Chevrolet 125.080 30.451 + 1.002 36. Danny Efland Chevrolet 124.854 30.506 + 1.057 37. Kyle Krisiloff Ford 124.263 30.651 + 1.202 38. Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 124.255 30.653 + 1.204 39. Randy MacDonald Dodge 120.811 31.527 + 2.078 40. Mike Harmon Chevrolet 118.069 32.259 + 2.810 41. Eric McClure Chevrolet 117.967 32.287 + 2.838 42. Robert Richardson, II Chevrolet 117.704 32.359 + 2.910 43. Eddie MacDonald Chevrolet
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