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SPARTA, Ky. -- Storms washed out qualifying at Kentucky Speedway on Friday, putting Kevin Harvick on the pole for Saturday nights Sprint Cup Series race based on owner points.Severe weather moved over the track near midday and shortened practice to around 30 minutes. A brief sprinkle followed but cars were able to return to the track for practice.In any event, Harvicks No. 4 Chevy will lead the field to green alongside Brad Keselowski in the No. 2 Ford.It is the first Kentucky pole for Harvick, who has two top-five starts in five trips here. But he and other drivers likely will have to reboot their strategy after rain washed the 1.5 mile tri-oval clean of rubber they put down in hopes of widening grooves on the resurfaced and reconfigured track.Hopefully, being able to get some more practice will be beneficial, Harvick said. We still dont really have a good idea of exactly where we need to be as far as balance and what is going to happen the longer you run the car.Given the 2014 champions consistency this season, Harvick seems likely to figure it out.Harvick hasnt won since the fourth race at Phoenix, but has posted 13 top-10 finishes in 17 starts. He has led the points after the past eight races but has generated less buzz compared to counterparts such as Keselowski or defending champion Kyle Busch, who are tied with a series-best three wins.Harvick thinks his steady results will translate into victories.We are cleaning a lot of things up as we go from week to week, he said, and hopefully we are ready as we get into the Chase and have everything hitting on all cylinders. I feel good about the performance and good about the progress that we have made with adjusting and adapting and the things that we have been able to achieve have been OK. Hopefully we can keep making them better.The rest of the top 10: Kurt Busch (Chevy); Joey Logano (Ford); Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch in Toyotas; Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota); rookie Chase Elliott (Chevy); Jimmie Johnson (Chevy) and Denny Hamlin (Toyota).SECOND FIDDLEJohnson and Kurt Busch will race in backup Chevys after wrecking their primary cars. Johnsons No. 48 got loose in turn 4 in the morning session and smacked the outside wall, sustaining heavy damage after posting the second-fastest speed of 188.121 mph. Busch hit the wall in the final evening practice and went to his backup No. 41 Chevy. Both drivers will move to the back of the field per NASCAR rules.MAKERS MARKToyota and Chevy each has four spots in the top 10 with seven drivers coming from three teams. Harvick is joined by Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch, while Johnson has company in Hendrick Motorsports stablemate Elliott. Hamlin, Edwards and Kyle Busch will represent Joe Gibbs Racing.ON THE VERGEThough Keselowski is tied with Kyle Busch for the most Kentucky wins with two each, dont be shocked if Penske Racing teammate Logano breaks through. He was second last July and has three consecutive top-10s with 60 laps led combined the past two years.RUBBER MATCHCup cars will feature a different Goodyear tire package from last months test after the manufacturer noticed blistering afterward. The new package is harder with the right-side tire using the same construction as the one used at Michigan. Harvick crew chief Rodney Childers voiced his displeasure with the change Thursday with a tweet that said, We will never ever go test for 2 days on an off week again, on the wrong tires.Keselowski seemed to like the change, saying Friday that the tire change seems to have not only been warranted, but very successful. We havent seen any issues as of now, but of course that can always change throughout the weekend. 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The same Penn State that didnt allow a goal a season ago in the NCAA tournament (all right, not exactly the same lineup but still a more than capable edition).Penn State hadnt allowed an opposing team to score three goals in a game since the 2014 season, let alone an opposing player. That hadnt happened since Notre Dames Michele Weissenhofer did it in within about 12 minutes of an NCAA tournament game in 2006. It took Hatch a little longer than 12 minutes in the recent game in Pennsylvania, but the surroundings and the importance of the goals are plenty to make her espnWs national player of the week.Hatchs first goal in the sixth minute handed a visiting team an otherwise rare early lead at Penn State for the second game in a row. But unlike the earlier example, when Hofstra scored first but then sank beneath a wave of three consecutive goals by the home team, BYU doubled its lead when Hatch scored in the 57th minute by finding the opposite corner of the net from her first goal.Those ttwo goals alone would have made her a candidate for national honors had the lead held, but Penn State soon pulled level at 2-2 within the span of not much more than four minutes.ddddddddddddPlaying at home, the defending national champion could have been expected to ride such momentum to a third goal and a win against an opponent that is so good at home in Provo, Utah, but far less tested on the road. Indeed, in this case, with the game tied, Hatchs second goal was the only shot on target BYU had to that point in the second half. The Cougars only managed one more, but Hatch put that one in the back of the net, too, a short-distance finish in the 78th minute.And there, for the first time in a decade, was a hat trick at Penn States expense.Hatch registered her first career hat trick against Portland as a sophomore, a performance that further solidified BYUs status as the team to beat in the West Coast Conference once ruled by Portland and Santa Clara (new to the league in 2011, BYU has claimed at least a share of the regular-season WCC title in each of the past four seasons). The Cougars were a North Carolina goal-line clearance from reaching the College Cup in 2012, but Hatch, who also scored both goals in a season-opening win against Washington State, may be the talisman for any extended postseason run this season. More than a goal poacher, she has the complete forward skill set.Just ask the defending champs. [url=http://www.a