AVONDALE, Ariz., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Kevin Harvick won his fifth NASCAR Busch Series pole of the year Thursday with a record-breaking lap of 132.930 miles per hour for the Bashas' Supermarkets 200.
Harvick actually will start from the top position for the eighth time as qualifying was washed out three times by rain. He has made 10 front-row starts in the Busch Series this season.
No pole winner has gone on to win a Busch race here.
In a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Harvick covered the revamped one-mile track in 27.082 seconds to beat Jimmy Spencer's speed of 131.339 mph set in 2001.
Greg Biffle, the 2001 winner here and third-place finisher last season, qualified second in a Chevrolet with a speed of 132.071 mph.
Rookie David Stremme was third in a Dodge, with Bobby Hamilton Jr. and series points leader David Green completing the first five positions.
