Harvick captures Nationwide pole at Watkins Glen

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08/08/2009 - Watkins Glen, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Harvick edged Marcos Ambrose in Saturday's Nationwide Series qualifying at Watkins Glen International to take the pole position for the Zippo 200.

Harvick, who was among the ninth and final group of drivers to make their qualifying run, lapped the 2.45-mile, 11-turn road course at 121.998 m.p.h. (72.296 seconds) for a new track qualifying record. He surpassed Kurt Busch's previous record, set in 2007.

"I didn't expect it to be that fast in qualifying trim," Harvick said. "I knew it would be fast, but I think our race trim is probably a little bit better than qualifying trim."

Harvick grabbed his second pole of the season and the 19th of his Nationwide career. He also recorded his first pole in six starts at Watkins Glen. Harvick won here in '07.

Ambrose qualified .03 seconds behind Harvick to claim the outside pole. Ambrose won this race one year ago for his first victory in a NASCAR national touring series.

Robby Gordon will start third, followed by Scott Speed and Denny Hamlin.

Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, the current points leader, Brian Vickers, Boris Said and Ron Fellows will roll off sixth through 10th, respectively.

Peyton Sellers, Daryl Harr, Brad Baker, Scott Gaylord and Brett Rowe failed to qualify.

Today's race is scheduled to start around 3:00 p.m. (et).

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