| Group1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | |||||
| 88 | Jarrett | 55 | Hamilton | 20 | Stewart | 8 | Earnhardt | 92 | Compton |
| 24 | Gordon | 28 | Rudd | 36 | Schrader | 15 | Waltrip | 6 | Martin |
| 10 | Benson | 9 | Elliott | 25 | Nadeau | 18 | B. Labonte | 31 | Skinner |
| 40 | Marlin | 21 | Sadler | 26 | Spencer | 12 | Mayfield | 93 | Blaney |
| 1 | Park | 22 | W. Burton | 17 | Kenseth | 43 | Andretti | 99 | J. Burton |
| 2 | Wallace | 29 | Harvick | 5 | T. Labonte | 32 | Craven | 77 | Pressley |