BRISTOL, Tenn. – (April 17, 2015) – Kevin Harvick led the way for Team Chevy in his No. 4 Jimmy John’s/Budweiser Chevrolet SS at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) during qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. His lap of 14.966 seconds (128.211 mph) was fast enough to earn him the fourth starting spot for the Food City 500 in Support of Steve Byrnes, Round 8 on the 2015 circuit. This is Harvick’s fifth top-five start of the season.
Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS posted the seventh fastest lap of the qualifying session. Kasey Kahne, behind the wheel of the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS and 2013 BMS winner will start eighth.
Paul Menard scored his second top-10 start of the season by notching the ninth best time in his No. 27 Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet SS; and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top-10 with a 10th place qualifying effort in his No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet SS.
Four other Chevrolet SS drivers narrowly missed making it to the final round of qualifying: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 88 Mountain Dew Dewshine Chevrolet SS), Kyle Larson (No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS), Justin Allgaier (No. 51 Auto-Owners Chevrolet SS) and Martin Truex, Jr. (No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet SS) will start 13th – 16th respectively, giving Team Chevy 10 of the top 15 starting positions overall.