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Owners Harvick, Busch to start 1-2 at Pocono

By NASCAR.COM
August 06, 2011 11:50 AM, EDT
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Kevin Harvick picked up where he left off in the lone practice session at Pocono Raceway on Friday and won the pole position for the Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday by setting a track record at 55.322 seconds (162.684 mph).

Harvick, who topped the speed chart in practice with a time of 55.730 seconds (161.493 mph), earned his second career pole in the Truck Series. He won at Gateway International Raceway last year after starting that race from the pole.

Kevin Harvick Inc.'s No. 2 Chevrolet won the inaugural race at Pocono from the pole, with Elliott Sadler behind the wheel. Harvick is making his third start of the season; he has started and finished in the top five in the previous two races.

Kyle Busch will start alongside Harvick on the front row after he drove his Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 18 Toyota around the 2.5-mile triangular track in 55.452 seconds (162.303 mph). Busch has won five of the eight series races in which he has competed this year.

Nelson Piquet Jr. (third) and Parker Kligerman (fourth) will start on Row 2. Mark Martin, making his first series start since 2007, will start fifth.

Points leader Johnny Sauter qualified 16th; he hit the wall in Turn 3 on his first lap and was forced to his backup truck. It marks his first start outside the top 10 this season. Austin Dillon, who trails Sauter by four points in the championship standings, will start eighth. It marks his second start outside the top five this year.

Green flag for the Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125 is set for 1:16 p.m. ET Saturday. Follow all the action with RaceBuddy, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET.

* Race Lineup | Practice Speeds

Notes-n-Nuggets

• Kevin Harvick is making his 110th career start in the Truck Series; he has nine wins.
• Kevin Harvick is the 10th different pole winner in 14 races this season; Chevrolet has 12 poles, Toyota two.
• Kevin Harvick Inc. scored its 22nd career pole; it has three poles this season with three drivers: Clint Bowyer (Phoenix);; David Mayhew (Iowa); Kevin Harvick (Pocono).
• Nelson Piquet Jr. (third) tied his best career start (Kentucky in July)
• Parker Kligerman (fourth) scored his 10th top-10 start this season, all in the past 10 races.
• James Hylton (29th) will make his series debut. He was the 1966 Cup rookie of the year. Hylton, 76, made one Nationwide Series start earlier this year, at Darlington.

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Also

Camping World Truck Series

Standings
Pos. +/- Driver Points Behind
1. -- Johnny Sauter 453 Leader
2. -- Austin Dillon 449 -4
3. -- James Buescher 433 -20
4. +1 Timothy Peters 431 -22
5. -1 Cole Whitt 424 -29

Complete Standings | Schedule/Results

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