Monster Energy Open Qualifying Cancelled, Field Set By Owners Points
Aric Almirola |
Stewart-Haas Racing |
Persistent rain showers at Charlotte Motor Speedway forced NASCAR officials to cancel Friday's qualifying session for Saturday's Monster Energy Open and will set the starting lineup by owners points, putting Aric Almirola and Erik Jones on the front row for the 50-lap preliminary event that will proceed the Monster Energy NASCAR All Star Race.
Saturday's race will feature three stage segments – 20 laps, 20 laps and a final 10-lap shootout – with the winner of each segment advancing to the field for the All Star race.
Almirola has one All Star start under his belt in the 2015 event, starting eighth and finishing 14th. His best finish in the Open event was fifth back in 2014.
Monster Open Race Lineup
Pos | # | Driver | Sponsor/Make | Lap/Speed |
1 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield/Waffle House Ford | Owner Points 10th |
2 | 20 | Erik Jones | Sport Clips Toyota | Owner Points 13th |
3 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Axalta Chevrolet | Owner Points 14th |
4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | SunEnergy1 Chevrolet | Owner Points 15th |
5 | 21 | Paul Menard | Menards/Knauf Ford | Owner Points 19th |
6 | 24 | William Byron | Hertz Chevrolet | Owner Points 21st |
7 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | ARRIS Toyota | Owner Points 22nd |
8 | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jr. # | World Wide Technology Chevrolet | Owner Points 23rd |
9 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Kroger ClickList Chevrolet | Owner Points 25th |
10 | 38 | David Ragan | MDS Trucking Ford | Owner Points 26th |
11 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Clorox Chevrolet | Owner Points 28th |
12 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Dockside Logistics Ford | Owner Points 29th |
13 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Zynga Poker Ford | Owner Points 30th |
14 | 13 | Ty Dillon | GEICO Military Chevrolet | Owner Points 32nd |
15 | 72 | Corey LaJoie | Chevrolet | Owner Points 33rd |
16 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Internetwork Engineering Chevrolet | Owner Points 34th |
17 | 0 | Landon Cassill | Dairi-O Chevrolet | Owner Points 35th |
18 | 23 | Gray Gaulding | Toyota | Owner Points 36th |
19 | 51 | BJ McLeod | Prefund Capital Chevrolet | Owner Points 38th |
20 | 55 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | Owner Points 38th |
21 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Sentinel One Toyota | Owner Points 42nd |