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• Harvick claims Nationwide pole at Chicagoland

  Joliet, IL (Sports Network) - Kevin Harvick will start on the pole for Friday's Dollar General 300 Nationwide Series race after turning the fastest lap in qualifying at Chicagoland Speedway.

  Harvick posted a lap of 177.696 m.p.h. around the one-and-a-half-mile oval for his second pole of the season and the 21st of his Nationwide Series career. He is the only driver with multiple Nationwide victories at Chicagoland, winning here in 2005 and '07.

  Points leader Brad Keselowski will start on the outside pole with a qualifying lap of 177.509 m.p.h. Trevor Bayne qualified third, followed by Carl Edwards and Joey Logano, who is the defending race winner. Keselowski currently holds a 277-point advantage over Edwards.

  Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray and Shelby Howard completed the top-10.

  Danica Patrick will start 28th.

  Patrick was the first driver in the 47-car field to make her qualifying attempt.

  Jeremy Clements, Kevin Hamlin, Brian Keselowski and Jennifer Jo Cobb failed to qualify.

  The 300-mile race at Chicagoland is scheduled to start around 8:00 p.m.

  07/09 18:23:39 ET