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CONCORD, N.C. -- Kevin Harvick has already proven hes a factor at Charlotte Motor Speedway, especially during night races. With the top starting spot Saturday night, hell be tough to beat in the opening race of the second round of NASCARs playoffs.Harvick turned a lap at 196.029 mph in a Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet to earn the top starting spot in Thursday night qualifying. He edged Alex Bowman, the replacement driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is not racing for the championship.Chase Elliott qualified third and was followed by Kyle Busch, the highest-qualifying Toyota driver, Tony Stewart and AJ Allmendinger.Martin Truex Jr., winner of two of the first three Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup races, qualified seventh.He was followed by Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, the top qualifying Ford driver, and Jimmie Johnson.?Chase drivers took eight of the top 11 spots in Thursday night qualifying.Kasey Kahne qualified 12th, as all four Hendrick Motorsports drivers made the final round of qualifying.But it was Harvick, with his fast lap, who stole the spotlight.Harvick, the 2014 champion, has been looking forward to racing at Charlotte and earning a potential automatic berth into the third round of the Chase. Harvick has three career points victories at Charlotte, including the October race during his championship season. That victory pushed Harvick into the round of eight of the Chase.He has also had success racing at night, and Charlotte Motor Speedway President Marcus Smith dubbed Harvick Nighthawk because he has not finished outside the top 10 at night in the past seven races. He has been outside the top five only twice in that span.Harvick has also won six times in night races on the NASCAR schedule since 2012.DIDNT MOVE ON: Starting position isnt all that critical in a 500-mile race, but the drivers competing for the championship dont want the competition to get too big of a jump on them.Four of the drivers in the field failed to make it out of the second round of qualifying. Matt Kenseth will start 17th, Austin Dillon will start 19th, Brad Keselowski 20th and Kurt Busch 23rd.We just lacked a little bit of speed in qualifying trim, Keselowski said. You want to qualify and race good, and I think weve got a great Ford Fusion to do that.Dillon was similarly optimistic.We had a good car in practice; were going to be fine, he said.BOWMAN COMES CLOSE: Bowman set the standard for qualifying and appeared to have the car to win the pole for Saturday nights race.The replacement driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fast in practice and topped the speed chart in the second round of qualifying. Then he went out first to set the tone for the final round, only to be knocked off the pole by Harvick.Harvick bumped Bowman by .029 seconds.We didnt put the greatest lap together in the last round, Bowman said.Its the best starting spot of Bowmans career and comes in his fifth race as Earnhardts replacement. Hes hopeful it leads to more work, either with Hendrick Motorsports or elsewhere.I dont know what the future holds, Bowman said. There arent very many rides open for next year, so these rides might be the last of my Cup career.LARSON MISCUE: Kyle Larson thought hed posted a fast enough lap to advance into the second round of qualifying.Then Matt DiBenedetto posted a late fast lap that knocked Larson out of the top 24.DiBenedetto scrambled to get back on track and run another qualifying lap, but Larson didnt beat the clock. Hell start 25th in Saturday nights race.We were just kind of waiting, and we ended up waiting too long, Larson said. Its a bummer we didnt get to go out there and make another lap.Larson was eliminated from the Chase last week at Dover. Air Vapormax 97 Scontate . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. Air Vapormax Saldi . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. 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MILWAUKEE -- Even a starting pitcher, the self-proclaimed worst hitter in the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse, couldnt help but admire Joey Vottos latest big night.Votto had four hits Saturday, propelling the Reds to an 11-5 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park, and as a result, moved his average above the .300 mark -- .301, to be exact -- for the first time this season.Its honestly been one of the more impressive hitting displays Ive gotten to see in person, Saturday starter Dan Straily said. You saw earlier in the year when he was struggling just how patient he was with himself.I feel like any ballplayer can learn from that. You just have to be patient and keep working at it. Were all in this room for a reason. Hes obviously a great talent. Being able to watch him the last couple months has really been enjoyable to watch.Votto went into the break batting .252 but since then, hes been red-hot, batting .442 with four home runs and 15 RBI.The first couple of months were really frustrating, Votto said. I felt like I dug myself a pretty big hole. I still feel like I am coming out of it.Votto will try to keep it going Sunday when the Reds wrap up their three-game series with the Brewers in Milwaukee.Left-hander Cody Reed gets the start, in search of his first victory this season. The rookie joined the Reds rotation on June 18 and has made nine starts in all, going 0-8 with a 6.36 ERA.Hes coming off his best showing of the season though, having thrown six sshutout innings while striking out four but took no decision in Cincinnatis 5-4 loss at St.ddddddddddddLouis on Aug. 8.Going six innings was an important step for Reed, manager Bryan Price said.I think a feel-good for starting pitchers -- five innings doesnt feel so good, Price said. You do what you have to, if his pitch count suggested he needed to come out or if he looked like he was done -- the last inning he was definitely done. They put the barrel on the ball and took some good swipes at him, comfortable swings at him there in the sixth. That was definitely it. I felt like after five, we knew wed have someone up behind him so he wouldnt let the game slip away if he got in trouble.The Brewers will turn to right-hander Wily Peralta, who will make his second start since being demoted to Triple-A Colorado Springs in mid-June.Peralta went six innings Tuesday against the Braves, holding them to two runs on four hits while striking out six.There was a lot of emotion, Peralta said. I felt like I was making my debut today. Its been like two months since the last time I pitched here so I was excited. My last three starts, I find a good rhythm. I executed pretty good down there and being able to do it today ... throwing off-speed, I think Im in good shape.Peralta has faced the Reds 11 times in his career, going 4-4 with a 3.14 ERA. ' ' '