While everyone tries to figure out how to catch Kevin Harvick, find out who’s starting where when the KC Masterpiece 400 rolls off under the lights on Saturday night.
Kevin Harvick isn’t making life any easier for all of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rivals going into the KC Masterpiece 400 at Kansas Speedway.
With four wins already in his pocket and a whole bunch of bonus playoff points, Harvick could be forgiven for taking his foot off the gas ever so slightly. Instead, he qualified his No. 4 Busch Light Ford up front for the Saturday night race, meaning the rest of the field will be tasked with running him down, something that has not worked out too well this season.
Ryan Blaney will give it his best shot from the outside pole, as will the driver starting third, Kyle Busch. Defending race winner Martin Truex Jr., who also won the fall Kansas race last season, starts seventh, part of nine Fords and Toyotas in the top nine. A Chevrolet does start 10th, at least, and it’s … Chris Buescher? That’s pretty unexpected.
TV coverage of the KC Masterpiece 400 begins at 8:00 p.m. on FS1, with the green flag expected around 8:10 p.m. As always, we’ll have full coverage, including live highlights as they happen, right here on FanSided.com.
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2018 KC Masterpiece starting grid for Kansas Speedway
- Kevin Harvick – No. 4 Busch Light Ford
- Ryan Blaney – No. 12 Rev Group Ford
- Kyle Busch – No. 18 M&M’s Caramel Toyota
- Aric Almirola – No. 10 Smithfield Prime Ford
- Brad Keselowski – No. 2 Alliance Truck Parts Ford
- Denny Hamlin – No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota
- Martin Truex Jr. – No. 78 5-hour Energy/Bass Pro Shops Toyota
- Kurt Busch – No. 41 Haas Automation Ford
- Joey Logano – No. 22 AAA Insurance Ford
- Chris Buescher – No. 37 Breyers 2 in 1 Chevrolet
- Paul Menard – No. 21 Menards/Atlas Ford
- Erik Jones – No. 20 Reser’s Toyota
- William Byron – No. 24 Liberty University Chevrolet
- Daniel Suarez – No. 19 Stanley Toyota
- Ryan Newman – No. 31 Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Chevrolet
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – No. 17 SunnyD Ford
- Chase Elliott – No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
- AJ Allmendinger – No. 47 Kroger Click List Chevrolet
- Alex Bowman – No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet
- David Ragan – No. 38 MDS Trucking Ford
- Bubba Wallace – No. 43 World Wide Technology Chevrolet
- Kyle Larson – No. 42 Clover/First Data Chevrolet
- Jimmie Johnson – No. 48 Lowe’s for Pros Chevrolet
- Jamie McMurray – No. 1 Cessna Chevrolet
- Austin Dillon – No. 3 Symbicort Chevrolet
- Ty Dillon – No. 13 Twisted Tea Chevrolet
- Corey LaJoie – No. 72 Schluter Systems Chevrolet
- Ross Chastain – No. 15 LowT Center Chevrolet
- Gray Gaulding – No. 23 BK Racing Toyota
- Reed Sorensen – No. 55 Harrah’s North Kansas City Toyota
- Landon Cassill – No. 00 VNH Electric Chevrolet
- BJ McLeod – No. 51 Prefund Capital Chevrolet
- Clint Bowyer – No. 14 Haas 30 Years of the VF-1 Ford
- Kasey Kahne – No. 95 Tommy Williams Drywall Chevrolet
- Matt Kenseth – No. 6 Wyndham Rewards Ford
- Michael McDowell – No. 34 Love’s Travel Stops Ford
- Matt DiBenedetto – No. 32 Can-Am/Wholey Ford
- Timmy Hill – No. 66 CrashClaimsR.us Toyota