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NASCAR canceled Friday’s time trials at Daytona International Speedway after a thunderstorm drenched the track, and as a result, the Sprint Cup points leader will start from the top spot because of rain for the third time this season.
With the top 35 cars in the 43-car field for Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 set according to owners’ points, Stewart will start next to Jeff Gordon, the driver closest to him in the standings. Three-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson rolls off third, with fourth-place Kurt Busch to his outside. NASCAR.com
“It really doesn’t matter anyway,” he said. “In a Cup race, if your car is good enough to get to the front, you can do it from dead last, so it really doesn’t matter if you start from the pole or not. The advantage is it gives us a good pit selection. That’s what helps. Other than that, it’s really not an issue.”
Starting from the front has proven beneficial for Stewart, though. His first points-race win as a driver/car owner came at Pocono, and he finished fifth at New Hampshire. His only Daytona pole came in July 2005, when he won his first race at NASCAR’s most famous track. The Associated Press
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POS CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 5 99 Carl Edwards Ford 6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 9 16 Greg Biffle Ford 10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 11 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 12 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 14 0 David Reutimann Toyota 15 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 18 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 20 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 21 20 Joey Logano* Toyota 22 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 23 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 24 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 25 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 26 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 27 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 28 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 30 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 31 6 David Ragan Ford 32 12 David Stremme Dodge 33 98 Paul Menard Ford 34 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 35 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 36 9 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 37 82 Scott Speed* Toyota 38 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet 39 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 40 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 41 36 Patrick Carpentier Toyota 42 37 Tony Raines Dodge 43 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet
