
Harvick on pole at Richmond: #33-Kevin Harvick won the Coors Light Pole for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 123.990mph. #21-Clint Bowyer will start second. The rest of the top 10: #22-Brad Keselowski, #60-Carl Edwards, #20-Denny Hamlin, #18-Kyle Busch, #26-Parker Kligerman, #99-Trevor Bayne, #38-Jason Leffler, and #98-Paul Menard. Did Not Qualify: #07-Danny Efland.(9-10-2010)
Richmond Qualifying Notes:
Kevin Harvick won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 with a lap of 21.776 seconds, 123.990 mph.
This is his 22nd pole in 257 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. Harvick moves into a tie for fifth with David Green on the all-time poles list.
This is his third pole and 16th top-10 start in 2010.
This is his first pole in 20 races at Richmond International Raceway.
Clint Bowyer (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2010 and his ninth in 11 races at Richmond International Raceway.
Brad Keselowski (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Richmond International Raceway. It is his 18th in 27 races this season.(NASCAR Statistics)(9-10-2010)
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 33 | Kevin Harvick | Armour Vienna Sausage/Kroger Chevy | 21.776 | 123.990 |
| 2 | 21 | Clint Bowyer | Zaxby's Chevy | 21.794 | 123.887 |
| 3 | 22 | Brad Keselowski | Ruby Tuesday Dodge | 21.879 | 123.406 |
| 4 | 60 | Carl Edwards | Copart Ford | 21.927 | 123.136 |
| 5 | 20 | Denny Hamlin | Z-Line Toyota | 21.965 | 122.923 |
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota Kimmy/Z-Line Designs Toyota | 21.996 | 122.750 |
| 7 | 26 | Parker Kligerman | Dodge Dodge | 22.003 | 122.711 |
| 8 | 99 | Trevor Bayne | Out! Pet Care Toyota | 22.015 | 122.644 |
| 9 | 38 | Jason Leffler | Great Clips Toyota | 22.054 | 122.427 |
| 10 | 98 | Paul Menard | Richmond/Menards Ford | 22.076 | 122.305 |
| 11 | 49 | Mark Green | Sons of Anarchy FX Network Chevy | 22.092 | 122.216 |
| 12 | 1 | Ryan Newman | Phoenix Construction Chevy | 22.108 | 122.128 |
| 13 | 04 | Jeremy Clements | Boudreaux's Butt Paste Chevy | 22.152 | 121.885 |
| 14 | 12 | Justin Allgaier | Verizon Wireless Dodge | 22.160 | 121.841 |
| 15 | 00 | Ryan Truex | NAPA Toyota | 22.175 | 121.759 |
| 16 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Gator.com Chevy | 22.178 | 121.742 |
| 17 | 16 | Erik Darnell | 3M Ford | 22.200 | 121.622 |
| 18 | 32 | Reed Sorenson | Dollar General Toyota | 22.213 | 121.550 |
| 19 | 15 | Michael Annett | Germain.com Toyota | 22.223 | 121.496 |
| 20 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Loan Max Toyota | 22.233 | 121.441 |
| 21 | 7 | Aric Almirola | JR Motorsports Chevy | 22.233 | 121.441 |
| 22 | 56 | Kevin Lepage | Hyatt Place Richmond Airport Toyota | 22.236 | 121.425 |
| 23 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # | Citifinancial Ford | 22.239 | 121.408 |
| 24 | 81 | Michael McDowell | Red Line Oil Dodge | 22.256 | 121.316 |
| 25 | 66 | Steve Wallace | 5-hour Energy Toyota | 22.292 | 121.120 |
| 26 | 34 | Tony Raines | Long John Silver's Chevy | 22.310 | 121.022 |
| 27 | 10 | Tayler Malsam | Iron Horse Jeans Toyota | 22.315 | 120.995 |
| 28 | 40 | Mike Bliss | Key Motorsports Chevy | 22.326 | 120.935 |
| 29 | 70 | Shelby Howard | InternationalTrucks.com Chevy | 22.326 | 120.935 |
| 30 | 25 | Kelly Bires | Raybestos Ford | 22.330 | 120.914 |
| 31 | 88 | Elliott Sadler | GT Vodka Chevy | 22.365 | 120.724 |
| 32 | 09 | Landon Cassill | Zaxby's Ford | 22.368 | 120.708 |
| 33 | 89 | Morgan Shepherd | Victory in Jesus Chevy | 22.370 | 120.697 |
| 34 | 24 | Eric McClure | Kroger Ford | 22.401 | 120.530 |
| 35 | 28 | Kenny Wallace | Federated Auto Parts Chevy | 22.417 | 120.444 |
| 36 | 35 | Jason Keller | TriStar Motorsports Chevy | 22.420 | 120.428 |
| 37 | 23 | Coleman Pressley | R3 Motorsports Chevy | 22.421 | 120.423 |
| 38 | 01 | Mike Wallace | JD Motorsports Chevy | 22.443 | 120.305 |
| 39 | 27 | Hermie Sadler III | Virginia Commonwealth University Ford | 22.490 | 120.053 |
| 40 | 11 | Brian Scott # | BigSpot.com Toyota | 22.503 | 119.984 |
| 41 | 68 | Carl Long | Millennium Fuel Energy Drink Chevy | 22.508 | 119.957 |
| 42 | 05 | Willie Allen | Cash America Chevy | 22.569 | 119.633 |
| 43 | 73 | Derrike Cope | Charter Communications Dodge | 22.608 | 119.427 |
