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Phoenix Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway

Qualifying Results

• Kevin Harvick and the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team will start Sunday’s race from the third position after Friday’s qualifying session at Phoenix International Raceway.
• Qualifying at the one-mile track was comprised of two rounds. In the first session, Harvick posted the fifth-fastest lap time and advanced. In the final round of qualifying, Harvick posted a lap time of 25.353 seconds and a speed of 141.995 mph, which put him third on the leaderboard.
• Denny Hamlin scored the pole award for Sunday’s race with a lap time of 25.332 seconds and a speed of 142.113 mph. Brad Keselowski, Harvick, Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth complete the top-five starting positions.
• NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams had a 90-minute practice session on Friday. The No. 4 Budweiser team started out in race trim before swapping over to make several mock-qualifying runs. Harvick posted his fastest lap of the session on his final run and ended up first on the speed chart.
• Teams have two additional practices on Saturday to prepare for Sunday’s race. FOX Sports 2 will have live coverage of the first session at 11:30 a.m. ET and final practice at 2:30 p.m. ET.  

Harvick on qualifying at Phoenix International Raceway:

What was lacking for you in the final round?

“I just didn’t hit everything on both laps. I got up the race track a little bit the first lap in Turn 1, and on the second lap I got up the track at Turns 3 and 4. So, I just missed it by a little bit but our Budweiser Chevrolet is really good in race trim and I'm really looking forward to the race. We have to keep tweaking on it tomorrow and know we qualified 13th here the first time and drove to the lead. We have to keep doing what we’re doing, and we’ll be fine.”

The following is the starting position of the other SHR teams in Sunday's race:

• Kurt Busch and the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet team will start 10th.
• Tony Stewart and the No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet team will start 29th.
• Danica Patrick and the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet team will start 32nd. 

Race Coverage Information:

ESPN will provide live coverage of Sunday’s race at 3 p.m. ET. MRN Radio affiliates and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio will provide the live radio broadcast.

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