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Qualifying Recap: LENOX Industrial Tools 301

June 26, 2009 4:45pm CDT

Last year, rain shortened the first race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, costing Tony Stewart a victory. Mother Nature apologized a year later, forcing qualifying to be canceled and giving Stewart the top starting spot for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301. The rain couldn't have come at a more opportune time for Stewart, who crashed his primary care during the first practice session and was going to have to use a backup in qualifying. Since his wreck occurred prior to the qualifying session, Stewart will still start upfront Sunday despite using a backup.

The rain puts Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon on the outside of the front row with his teammate Jimmie Johnson starting third. Defending race winner Kurt Busch will start fourth, and the No. 2 team led the first practice session. Carl Edwards rounds out the top-five starters as one of three Roush Fenway Racing drivers inside the top 10.

Mark Martin had a minor incident, scraping the wall coming out of Turn 4, but his car was not significantly damaged. With the field being set by owner points, three drivers were sent home. Among the go or go home drivers that made the race were Scott Speed and Brad Keselowski.

Starting Lineup

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR
1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice / Office Depot
2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe\'s / Kobalt Tools
4 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite
5 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac
6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground
8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M
9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries
10 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt
11 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg\'s
12 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target
13 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser
14 0 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron\'s Dream Machine
15 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Lenox Industrial Tools
16 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet The Hartford
17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull
18 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox
19 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Irwin Vise-Grip
20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy
21 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel\'s
22 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet TomTom
23 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy
24 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot
25 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil
26 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Penske Truck Rental / AAA
27 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge McDonald\'s McCafe
28 96 Bobby Labonte Ford Ask.com
29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
30 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Berlin City Auto Group
31 6 David Ragan Ford UPS
32 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing
33 98 Paul Menard Ford Moen / Menards
34 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Robby Gordon Motorsports
35 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell
36 9 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming
37 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull
38 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet TRG Motorsports
39 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports
40 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports
41 36 Patrick Carpentier Toyota Tommy Baldwin Racing
42 37 Tony Raines Dodge Long John Silver\'s
43 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies

Failed to Qualify

POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR
44 51 Dexter Bean Dodge LiveWire Energy
45 127 Ted Christopher Toyota Kirk Shelmerdine Racing
46 64 Mike Wallace Toyota Gunselman Motorsports

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