| Group1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | |||||
| 24 | Gordon | 10 | Benson | 22 | W. Burton | 36 | Schrader | 5 | T. Labonte |
| 88 | Jarrett | 6 | Martin | 26 | Spencer | 25 | Nadeau | 15 | Waltrip |
| 28 | Rudd | 29 | Harvick | 17 | Kenseth | 93 | Blaney | 77 | Pressley |
| 40 | Marlin | 2 | R. Wallace | 9 | Elliott | 32 | Craven | 31 | Skinner |
| 20 | Stewart | 8 | Earnhardt | 21 | Sadler | 55 | Hamilton | 97 | Busch |
| 18 | B. Labonte | 99 | J. Burton | 1 | Park | 12 | Mayfield | 43 | Andretti |