NASCAR starting lineup for Kansas Speedway Tonight, they’ll set the grid for the race on Saturday. It’s Kansas Speedway qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. View the full 2019 Kansas starting lineup for the NASCAR race below. Kansas Speedway Menu: MENCS TV | Prac 1 | Prac 2 | Qual | Averages | Race Update: Several cars sent to the rear due to Kansas Speedway inspection failures Today, it’s single car runs in qualifying, the latest adjustment to NASCAR’s qualifying rules. Drivers will get just 1 timed lap in qualifying. This is also on impound race. Cars will roll through inspection after qualifying which will double as pre-race inspection. Kansas Speedway Qualifying – Report WFO at Kansas Speedway! But, there won’t be any track records set today. With the reduction in horsepower and the increase in downforce, there’s simply no lifting in qualifying. “I’ve been able to get some comfort and drivability out of it. But, doing those sort of things will definitely slow you down in single car speed. So, don’t expect us to be very good here today folks,” Kyle Busch tells FOX Sports ahead of his qualifying run. Kyle Busch is pinching the entry and exit to every corner. He said the team added downforce and now he doesn’t need all of the race track to keep it under him. After 19 cars, it’s Bubba Wallace that sits at the top of the board. He had an emotional media availability just ahead of this season as he discussed how the season has gone to date. He’s the fastest overall in the first group. “It’s a nice shot in the arm,” says Bubba Wallace. 5 cars remain, Stewart-Haas Racing currently sits first, second and third. The fourth one of Kevin Harvick is the fourth one, yet to qualify. Harvick to the top of the board! He topped his teammates by nearly a tenth. Stewart-Haas sweeps the first row and the second row. Kevin Harick will start from the pole position at Kansas Speedway! View the full Kansas Speedway starting lineup below. Kansas Starting Lineup May 11, 2019 Update: Several cars sent to the rear due to Kansas Speedway inspection failures Note: The starting lineup below has been updated to reflect pre-race inspection failures. Pos | Driver 1. Kevin Harvick 30.131 2. Clint Bowyer 30.282 3. William Byron 30.483 4. Brad Keselowski 30.540 5. Alex Bowman 30.542 6. Erik Jones 30.577 7. Bubba Wallace 30.579 8. Kyle Busch 30.586 9. Kurt Busch 30.586 10. Paul Menard 30.644 11. Denny Hamlin 30.651 12. Jimmie Johnson 30.673 13. Ryan Blaney 30.676 14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 30.732 15. Austin Dillon 30.751 16. Corey LaJoie 30.820 17. Daniel Hemric 30.825 18. Chris Buescher 30.889 19. Ryan Newman 30.893 20. Matt DiBenedetto 30.917 21. Tyler Reddick 30.932 22. Ryan Preece 30.938 23. Bayley Currey 30.956 24. David Ragan 30.992 25. Quin Houff 31.123 26. Matt Tifft 31.192 27. Ross Chastain 31.242 28. Cody Ware 31.590 29. Reed Sorenson — Cars that failed pre-race inspection had their times disallowed and will go to the rear: Pos | Driver | Disallowed Time | Original Start 30. Aric Almirola 30.214 | 2nd 31. Daniel Suarez 30.295 | 4th 32. Martin Truex Jr 30.447 | 6th 33. Chase Elliott 30.345 | 5th 34. Kyle Larson 30.530 | 8th 35. Ty Dillon 30.605 | 15th 36. Joey Logano 30.729 | 20th 37. Michael McDowell 30.818 | 23rd 38. Landon Cassill 30.823 | 25th 39. Joey Gase 32.027 | 38th 40. Timmy Hill 34.485 | 39th KANSAS CITY, KS – MAY 10: Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Beer Ford, poses with the Pole Award following qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway on May 10, 2019 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) More NASCAR tv schedule for Kansas Speedway Kansas Race Results: October 21, 2018 Kansas Race Results: May 12, 2018 Links NASCAR | Kansas Speedway<doc-sep>Stewart-Haas Racing saw two of its four cars go to the back for Saturday night’s Digital Ally 400 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and five of the top eight from qualifying had their times disallowed after failing pre-race/post-qualifying inspection for the enhanced weekend at Kansas Speedway. All told, 11 cars saw their qualifying times disallowed. Aric Almirola (No. 10 Ford) was slated to start second and Daniel Suarez (No. 41 Ford) was slated to start fourth, but both cars failed inspection on the first attempt and saw their times tossed out. They lined up behind every car that passed on the first go-round. RELATED: See every car in the field | Kansas lineup | Full Kansas schedule Chase Elliott (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet), the most-recent Kansas winner, as well as Martin Truex Jr. (No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota), a two-time Kansas winner and last weekend’s victor at Dover, also failed inspection. Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet also did not pass the first time through. Elliott qualified fifth on Friday, Truex qualified sixth, while Larson was eighth-fastest in single-car qualifying. Ty Dillon (No. 13 Germain Racing Chevrolet) also was among the drivers whose cars failed inspection. He was set to start 15th Saturday night. Two-time Kansas winner and reigning series champion Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Ford) also failed inspection. He was set to start 20th. The cars of Elliott, Larson and Logano each failed a second time through inspection and that meant each of those teams lost a crew member. Others who failed inspection on the first attempt: Michael McDowell (No. 34 Front Row Motorsports), set to start 23rd; Landon Cassill (No. 00 StarCom Racing Chevrolet), set to start 25th; Joey Gase (No. 46 MBM Motorsports Toyota), set to start 38th; Timmy Hill (No. 66 MBM Motorsports Toyota), set to start 39th.<doc-sep>
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — After Friday afternoon’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Kansas Speedway, the question “What’s wrong with the Stewart-Haas cars?” may be a dead issue. Hurtling around the 1.5-mile track in 30.131 seconds (179.217 mph), Kevin Harvick led a Stewart-Haas Racing sweep of the front row time trials for Saturday’s Digital Ally 400 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). RELATED: Which cars saw their times disallowed? | Qualifying results Harvick was .083 seconds faster than teammate Aric Almirola (178.725 mph), who in turned topped Clint Bowyer (178.324 mph) by .068 seconds. Daniel Suarez completed the SHR monopoly at 178.247 mph. Almirola’s and Suarez’s times were disallowed after both of their cars failed inspection on Saturday afternoon. The Busch Pole Award was Harvick’s third of the season, his fifth at Kansas and the 28th of his career. The driver of the No. 4 Ford picked up his third victory at the 1.5-mile track in this race last year, when he also started from the pole. Harvick’s performance in time trials backed up the speed he showed during Friday’s final practice, when his fastest lap was fourth on the speed chart, and his consecutive averages for 10, 15 and 20 laps were fastest across the board. “I thought we had a chance at the pole,” said Harvick, who is looking for his first victory of 2019 after a banner eight-win season last year. “We didn’t know exactly how fast it would run, and the guys did a great job. Really, this is a car that’s been a couple months in the making. “We knew we had some work to do on the mile-and-a-half race tracks with this particular package, and every department at Stewart-Haas Racing and the engine shop at Roush Yates — obviously, they’ve won a few races this year (with Team Penske). But they just continue to work, and the guys on this team have done a great job of detailing things out … “I’m happy with how my car drove. It has a ton of speed, and hopefully we can capitalize on it.” Bowyer, from nearby Emporia, Kansas, has yet to win at his home track. “It’s fun to be back at Kansas,” said Bowyer, whose best finish at the track (second) came in 2007. “It’s fun to be in a fast car at home. That’s the biggest thing. You come home and you just want to run good. I have been beat up pretty bad here. “There are so many media members, fans, family, everybody tells me how I have to do better at home. Obviously, everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing has been working hard to get us in Victory Lane and I think their efforts are really starting to show.”