NASCAR Nationwide Series:Talladega Preview, Kevin Harvick Pole

by Sudha Krishna | April 23, 2010 at 12:19 pm

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Talladega Preview: Kevin Harvick Gets Pole Positon, Nationwide Series TV Start time

The NASCAR Nationwide Series gets on underway at the Talladega Super speedway on Saturday with a start time of 230 pm EST on ABC. Kevin Harvick has the pole position for Saturday's Aaron 312, his 20th pole in 244 career Nationwide Series races.

Harvick turned a lap of 187.375 m.p.h. for his 20th career pole in the series. His last pole came in August 2009 on the Watkins Glen, NY road course.

Carl Edwards claimed the outside pole after posting a lap of 185.754 m.p.h.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., a rookie this year, qualified third, while Steve Arpin, who is making his series debut, took the fourth spot. Arpin is driving the No.7 car for JR Motorsports, a team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. Shelby Howard was fifth.

For those died hard NASCAR Nationwhide series fans, Sports Illustrated has a good fantansy pans and picks focusing on the plate races at Talladega Super Speedway.

Plate races are NASCAR's great equalizer, but Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway will have a different feel. NASCAR allowed drivers to try plates with various hole-sizes during a March test at the track, which meant higher speeds and greater throttle response. Combine these factors with the aerodynamic advantages gained by the new spoiler, rear window blade, NASCAR's new leniency on bump drafting, and the inevitable usage of the multiple green-white-checkered finish rule, and the Aaron's 499 will surely be a barn burner this weekend.

The sports car racing site Paddock Talk has good interview with pole leader Kevin Harvick on his chances at Talladega in 2010 and his future.