Harvick streaks away at Kansas

Kevin Harvick took his 35th career win at Kansas Speedway to lock his place in the final eight drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

After failing to finish last weekend at Charlotte, winning at Kansas was crucial as next weekend the series heads to the unpredictable Talladega Superspeedway.

Only Jimmie Johnson and Harvick are guaranteed places in the Round of 8 thanks to their victories today and last week.

Claiming the lead on Lap 238, Harvick was determined to hold out any challengers to take the chequered flag for the second time at Kansas.

In Victory Lane Harvick praised his crew after last week’s difficult outing.

“These races are hard to win and these guys are so good at the details,” said Harvick.

“When you put their backs against the wall they’re even better. I’m so proud of them.”

Carl Edwards led for 61 laps, but the Toyota driver could not catch Harvick’s Chevrolet.

The top five was completed by Joey Logano, Johnson and Kyle Busch.

Of the drivers in contention for the Sprint Cup, Austin Dillon finished sixth, Matt Kenseth was ninth, Martin Truex Jr. came home in 11th, Kurt Busch in 13th, Denny Hamlin back in 15th; while a tough day for Chase Elliott saw him in 31st and Brad Keselowski scored as the 38th place finisher.

Elliott was leading with 100 laps to run but had two separate tyre issues. For Keselowski a trip across the grass tore the entire front out of his Penske Ford.

Currently, Dillon, Hamlin, Keselowski and Elliott are the four contenders sitting below the cut-off position on the Chase Grid. Dillon is tied with Logano, with Logano’s third-place finish holding the tiebreaker for the provisional race spot.

VIDEO: Race wrap

RESULTS: Hollywood Casino 400 – Kansas Speedway

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MAKE	START	LAPS	LAPS LED	FINAL STATUS	POINTS	BONUS POINTS
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	11	267	74	Running	44	4
2	19	Carl Edwards	Toyota	3	267	61	Running	40	1
3	22	Joey Logano	Ford	6	267	2	Running	39	1
4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	21	267	0	Running	37	0
5	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	2	267	0	Running	36	0
6	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	12	267	2	Running	36	1
7	88	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	5	267	0	Running	0	0
8	47	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	10	267	0	Running	33	0
9	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	1	267	116	Running	34	2
10	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	20	267	0	Running	31	0
11	78	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	4	267	0	Running	30	0
12	31	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	9	267	0	Running	29	0
13	41	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	15	267	1	Running	29	1
14	21	Ryan Blaney	Ford	17	267	0	Running	27	0
15	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	7	267	1	Running	27	1
16	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	14	267	0	Running	25	0
17	6	Trevor Bayne	Ford	25	267	0	Running	24	0
18	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	19	267	0	Running	23	0
19	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Ford	18	267	0	Running	22	0
20	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	16	267	0	Running	21	0
21	34	Chris Buescher	Ford	30	267	0	Running	20	0
22	95	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	33	267	0	Running	19	0
23	13	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	29	267	5	Running	19	1
24	83	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	27	267	0	Running	17	0
25	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	22	266	0	Running	16	0
26	15	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	31	266	0	Running	15	0
27	38	Landon Cassill	Ford	34	266	0	Running	14	0
28	44	Brian Scott	Ford	32	265	0	Running	13	0
29	7	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	26	265	0	Running	12	0
30	42	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	24	265	0	Running	11	0
31	24	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	13	264	4	Running	11	1
32	46	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	37	264	0	Running	9	0
33	55	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	36	262	0	Running	8	0
34	98	Reed Sorenson	Toyota	39	261	0	Running	7	0
35	32	Joey Gase	Ford	38	260	0	Running	0	0
36	23	David Ragan	Toyota	28	258	0	Running	5	0
37	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	23	233	0	Running	4	0
38	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	8	190	1	Accident	4	1
39	30	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	40	108	0	Accident	2	0
40	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	35	36	0	Accident	1	0

 

 

STANDINGS 

POS	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10	DNF
1	Jimmie Johnson	3082	Leader	31	3	9	14	4
2	Matt Kenseth	3074	–8	31	2	7	16	4
3	Kyle Busch	3072	–10	31	4	14	21	5
4	Carl Edwards	3069	–13	31	2	8	17	5
5	Kurt Busch	3062	–20	31	1	7	19	2
6	Martin Truex Jr	3058	–24	31	4	7	15	1
7	Kevin Harvick	3048	–34	31	4	15	23	3
8	Joey Logano	3045	–37	31	1	12	21	3
9	Austin Dillon	3045	–37	31	0	4	12	2
10	Denny Hamlin	3039	–43	31	3	10	17	4
11	Brad Keselowski	3038	–44	31	4	15	21	1
12	Chase Elliott	3020	–62	31	0	9	15	2
13	Tony Stewart	2131	–951	23	1	5	8	4
14	Kyle Larson	2120	–962	31	1	8	12	2
15	Chris Buescher	2090	–992	31	1	2	2	4
16	Jamie McMurray	2088	–994	31	0	1	10	2
17	Kasey Kahne	797	–2285	31	0	3	12	1
18	Ryan Newman	767	–2315	31	0	2	9	2
19	AJ Allmendinger	686	–2396	31	0	2	6	4
20	Ryan Blaney	682	–2400	31	0	3	8	2
21	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	680	–2402	31	0	3	5	3
22	Trevor Bayne	675	–2407	31	0	2	5	2
23	Danica Patrick	600	–2482	31	0	0	0	3
24	Greg Biffle	564	–2518	31	0	1	3	7
25	Paul Menard	563	–2519	31	0	0	2	6
26	Clint Bowyer	541	–2541	31	0	0	3	2
27	Aric Almirola	540	–2542	31	0	0	0	6
28	Casey Mears	486	–2596	31	0	0	0	1
29	Dale Earnhardt Jr	461	–2621	18	0	5	6	4
30	Landon Cassill	445	–2637	31	0	0	0	1
31	David Ragan	403	–2679	31	0	0	0	5
32	Michael McDowell	396	–2686	26	0	0	1	2
33	Regan Smith	392	–2690	30	0	1	2	5
34	Brian Scott	384	–2698	31	0	0	0	5
35	Matt DiBenedetto	333	–2749	31	0	0	1	9
36	Cole Whitt	276	–2806	26	0	0	0	5
37	Michael Annett	276	–2806	30	0	0	0	4
38	Jeff Gordon	183	–2899	7	0	0	1	0
39	Reed Sorenson	171	–2911	23	0	0	0	4
40	Josh Wise	167	–2915	27	0	0	0	7
41	Jeffrey Earnhardt	119	–2963	17	0	0	0	2
42	Brian Vickers	86	–2996	5	0	0	1	1
43	Bobby Labonte	51	–3031	3	0	0	0	0
44	David Gilliland	46	–3036	2	0	0	0	0
45	Michael Waltrip	42	–3040	2	0	0	0	0
46	Boris Said	17	–3065	1	0	0	0	0
47	Patrick Carpentier	11	–3071	2	0	0	0	0
48	Eddie MacDonald	5	–3077	1	0	0	0	0
49	Alex Kennedy	5	–3077	1	0	0	0	1
50	Robert Richardson	3	–3079	1	0	0	0	1
51	Alex Bowman	0	–3082	6	0	0	2	1
52	Ty Dillon	0	–3082	10	0	0	0	0
53	Dylan Lupton	0	–3082	2	0	0	0	0
54	Jeb Burton	0	–3082	2	0	0	0	0
55	Joey Gase	0	–3082	5	0	0	0	0
56	Ryan Ellis	0	–3082	3	0	0	0	0
57	Timmy Hill	0	–3082	1	0	0	0	0
58	Justin Allgaier	0	–3082	1	0	0	0	1
59	Cody Ware	0	–3082	0	0	0	0	0