Double DQ: Harvick, Busch fails the Pocono Raceway inspection

LONG POND, PA – Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch shared laughter side by side on a podium only a few days after getting tangled on a hump-and-run track on the track

The starters of the first line were revived when their cars failed the post-qualification inspection and the times were denied.

Harvick had made a lap of 177,750 mph on Saturday to briefly win the pole and Busch was a few to him at Pocono but they will start at the back of the field.

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Daniel Suarez is the pole winner at Pocono. He is the first Mexican to win a pole in the Cup series.

But on 400 miles on a 2 1/2 mile triangular track, Harvick and Busch have plenty of time to clear their way to the front

"Harvick, 2014 Cup Champion, won 43 career wins, but has not yet won a Cup race at Pocono or Kentucky Speedway Harvick is 0 for 8 in Kentucky and 0 for 35 at Pocono is closer to the triangular track of 2 1/2 Miles – Harvick has finished twice second and two quarters in his last four races.

"My guys have done a lot of effort to come to Kentucky and Pocono every year because they know that both In recent years, they have been the tracks that are still on the list, "said Harvick. "They know it would be nice if this race was completed."

Busch then leaned over Harvick and ordered him to win in Charlotte on the new road course to complete the series sweep. Busch has won every track in the Active Cup on the calendar, but some critics believe that the stage will not count until he wins on the new layout.

"It's just," Harvick said. this coveted checkered flag in the No. 4 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing. He leads the series with six wins and wins a win last week in New Hampshire.

He took the habit of winning: Harvick won three times in a row at the start of the season and won two consecutive races in May. Harvick used a zipped front with a test flight on Busch in the last few laps to win last week in New Hampshire.

Busch won the Saturday Series Truck Race, then reached 177,434 in qualifying and joined Harvick first. Busch has five wins this season in the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing and has trained with Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. the NASCAR Big Three. The trio has won 15 of the 20 Cup races.

"You have to kiss (the nickname) at this point," said Harvick. "A lot of people show up in the bleachers wanting to see him run and I run with him, Martin is right too, I would rather be in the Big Three than I do not, I would rather win races and participate in the conversation because I'm in. have been on the other side and it's a lot less fun. "

Suarez, who has not won in 56 career races, has never made a better start than his third Suarez laughed when he said that he was reading race data on 4 and 18 to understand how they were faster than him when he discovered that he was a pole winner. is 20th in the standings with four finishes among the top 10 and would likely need a win to make the playoffs.

"We know we can run well and run to the front", said Suarez. "The results are not there, but it's a good thing for us."

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Busch and Harvick were impressed by Johnson's departure. since 2002 – while their series have been interrupted by suspensions.

"I missed a race." I had to cook hot dogs and watch from the parking lot, "said Harvick.

" I had one, "says Busch laughing [19659023] ___

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