This is Kevin Harvick's time of year.
Harvick and his Stewart-Haas Racing team have a strong recent history of rising to the pressure, of stepping up when there is more on the line.
Just take this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Harvick, fresh off digging himself out of a first-Chase race hole by winning the second race, went out and won pole position for Saturday night's Bank of America 500. He notably won the Cup championship series in 2014 and finished as runner-up last season. This Chase format just seems to suit him.
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It was Harvick's first pole position since Sept.