Kevin Harvick nabs Busch Pole Award for Daytona Road Course debut - NASCAR

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The starting lineup is set for Sunday’s GoBowling 235 at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course (3 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), and series points leader Kevin Harvick is on the Busch Pole.

The lineup was determined for the first time by using NASCAR’s new competition-based formula, which takes into account finishing position from the previous race (weighted 50%), ranking in team owner points (35%) and the fastest lap from the previous race (15%).

RELATED: Learn more about the new lineup formula

After crunching the numbers, Harvick in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford is this week’s Busch Pole Award winner and will lead the field to the green flag for this week’s race. Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota will join him on the front row.

In the majority of national series events since NASCAR’s May return, starting lineups have been set by random draws. The new structure draws on performance from both individual races and season-long results, rather than leaving a range of starting spots up to chance.

An example of how the math works: Harvick finished first in the last race (1 x 0.5), is first in owner points (1 x 0.35) and his fastest lap in Sunday’s race at Michigan ranked second (2 x .15). His metric total is 1.15. That was enough to beat Hamlin, whose metric total was 2.20; he finished second last Sunday (2 x 0.5), is third in owner points (3 x .035) and scored the second-fastest lap of the race (2 x 0.15).

Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch make up the second row, powered by their finishes of third and fourth, respectively, at Michigan.

Team Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney, who wrecked out of the race early when Keselowski inadvertently spun and collected Blaney in a wreck while battling for the lead, saw their starting spots heavily impacted. Keselowski will line up 17th and Blaney is slotted 24th.

See the full starting lineup for Sunday’s race below.

Starting spot	Driver	Car #	Team
1	Kevin Harvick	4	Stewart-Haas Racing
2	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing
3	Martin Truex Jr.	19	Joe Gibbs Racing
4	Kyle Busch	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
5	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske
6	Aric Almirola	10	Stewart-Haas Racing
7	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports
8	Kurt Busch	1	Chip Ganassi Racing
9	Matt DiBenedetto	21	Wood Brothers Racing
10	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing
11	Jimmie Johnson	48	Hendrick Motorsports
12	Clint Bowyer	14	Stewart-Haas Racing
13	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports
14	Ryan Newman	6	Roush Fenway Racing
15	Christopher Bell	95	Leavine Family Racing
16	Matt Kenseth	42	Chip Ganassi Racing
17	Brad Keselowski	2	Team Penske
18	Tyler Reddick	8	Richard Childress Racing
19	Bubba Wallace	43	Richard Petty Motorsports
20	Erik Jones	20	Joe Gibbs Racing
21	Chris Buescher	17	Roush Fenway Racing
22	Ryan Preece	37	JTG Daugherty Racing
23	Ty Dillon	13	Germain Racing
24	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske
25	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	JTG Daugherty Racing
26	Cole Custer	41	Stewart-Haas Racing
27	Alex Bowman	88	Hendrick Motorsports
28	John Hunter Nemechek	38	Front Row Motorsports
29	Corey LaJoie	32	Go FAS Racing
30	Michael McDowell	34	Front Row Motorsports
31	Daniel Suarez	96	Gaunt Brothers Racing
32	JJ Yeley	27	Rick Ware Racing
33	Brennan Poole	15	Premium Motorsports
34	Reed Sorenson	77	Spire Motorsports
35	Quin Houff	00	StarCom Racing
36	Timmy Hill	66	Motorsports Business Management
37	Gray Gaulding	53	Rick Ware Racing
38	Joey Gase	51	Petty Ware Racing
39	Brendan Gaughan	62	Beard Motorsports

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