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At this race weekend, in a change to qualifying procedure, cars required to qualify on speed in NASCAR's top three divisions -- designated by blue squares on NASCAR's timing and scoring monitors -- no longer will make their individual qualifying runs as a group at the end of a time-trial session, NASCAR confirmed Friday.
The change goes into effect immediately in the Nationwide Series and
Camping World Truck Series. The Sprint Cup Series will implement the new
procedure next weekend at Pocono.
Under the new format, the go-or-go-home cars will be interspersed
with cars from the top 35 in owner points that are guaranteed starting
spots. Qualifying order will be set by speeds established in the first
practice session, with slowest going out first and fastest qualifying
last.
That represents a radical change from a system
under which cars required to qualify on speed -- typically some of the
slowest cars in the field -- nevertheless made their runs as a group at
the end of the session.
NASCAR felt the change was appropriate, given
that qualifying order is being set by practice speeds this year, not by
lot, as in previous seasons.
Qualifying Order
| ORDER | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Johnny Sauter | Dodge | Speed Energy |
| 2 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Ford | U.S. Chrome |
| 3 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's |
| 4 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target |
| 5 | 22 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | AAA |
| 6 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation |
| 7 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Budweiser |
| 8 | 78 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | Furniture Row Companies |
| 9 | 36 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Accell Construction |
| 10 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts |
| 11 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Toyota | Clorox / Kleenex |
| 12 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Freight |
| 13 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools |
| 14 | 13 | Casey Mears | Toyota | GEICO |
| 15 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Affliction Clothing: Live Fast |
| 16 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Dodge | Miller Lite |
| 17 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Amp Energy / National Guard |
| 18 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar |
| 19 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | Stanley |
| 20 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Glades / Office Depot |
| 21 | 34 | David Gilliland | Ford | Taco Bell |
| 22 | 4 | Kasey Kahne | Toyota | Red Bull |
| 23 | 00 | David Reutimann | Toyota | Tums |
| 24 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | American Ethanol |
| 25 | 43 | A.J. Allmendinger | Ford | STP |
| 26 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | UPS "We Love Logistics" |
| 27 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M / Walgreens |
| 28 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Aflac "Now Hiring" |
| 29 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's |
| 30 | 51 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit |
| 31 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Zecol / Menards |
| 32 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | Farmers Insur ance / GoDaddy.com |
| 33 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull |
| 34 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | Drive to End Hunger |
| 35 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot |
| 36 | 150 | T.J. Bell | Toyota | Green Smoke |
| 37 | 66 | Michael McDowell | Toyota | Victory Junction |
| 38 | 46 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet | Red Line Oil |
| 39 | 71 | Andy Lally* | Ford | TRG Motorsports |
| 40 | 60 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Big Red |
| 41 | 37 | Tony Raines | Ford | Black Cat Fireworks |
| 42 | 181 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | WhitneysColli sion.com |
| 43 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | NEMCO Motorsports |
| 44 | 38 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Long John Silver's |
| 45 | 30 | David Stremme | Chevrolet | Inception Motorsports |
