Rain washes out Cup qualifying, grid set on points

Without turning a single qualifying lap Kevin Harvick captured the pole for two races at Martinsville Speedway Friday afternoon.

Persistent rain showers washed out time trials for both the Kroger 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500. Harvick was awarded the pole for both events by virtue of NASCAR’S points system.

“Obviously this is the place where if you’re going to have that happen (qualifying washed out) and start up front, this is the place you want to do it," said Harvick, who is atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points . “But this is a good place to have that happen and I’m looking forward to both races."

For the first time this season for either series, lineups were set according to the respective series' rulebooks. So Harvick will lead the 43-car field for the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 to the green flag on Sunday.

After five Cup races, Harvick's No. 29 Richard Childress Racing team has a one-point lead on 2003 Cup champion Matt Kenseth's No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing squad, which will also start on the front row.

Defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will start third followed by Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart.

Lineup

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	TIME
1	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	N/A
2	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Crown Royal	N/A
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	N/A
4	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	U.S. Census	N/A
5	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Old Spice / Office Depot	N/A
6	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	N/A
7	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	N/A
8	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy Sugar Free Lightning / National Guard	N/A
9	98	Paul Menard	Ford	NIBCO / Menards	N/A
10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Snickers	N/A
11	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	N/A
12	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	BB&T	N/A
13	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac	N/A
14	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	N/A
15	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	McDonald's	N/A
16	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Carquest / GoDaddy.com	N/A
17	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	N/A
18	82	Scott Speed	Toyota	Red Bull	N/A
19	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Freight	N/A
20	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	N/A
21	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	Charter Comm.	N/A
22	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	N/A
23	9	Kasey Kahne	Ford	Budweiser	N/A
24	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Tums	N/A
25	19	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Stanley	N/A
26	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	N/A
27	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS	N/A
28	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	N/A
29	71	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	TaxSlayer.com	N/A
30	12	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Dodge Motorsports	N/A
31	47	Marcos Ambrose	Toyota	Little Debbie	N/A
32	38	Kevin Conway*	Ford	Extenze	N/A
33	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Mobil 1	N/A
34	34	Travis Kvapil	Ford	A&W All American Food	N/A
35	37	David Gilliland	Ford	Gander Mountain	N/A
36	26	David Stremme	Ford	Air National Guard	N/A
37	09	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Phoenix Racing	N/A
38	7	Robby Gordon	Toyota	Warner Music Nashville / Blake Shelton	N/A
39	36	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	Wave Energy Drink	N/A
40	13	Max Papis	Toyota	GEICO	N/A
41	55	Michael McDowell	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	N/A
42	66	Dave Blaney	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	N/A
43	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com	N/A
44	190	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Keyed-Up Motorsports	–
45	46	Terry Cook*	Dodge	Whitney Motorsports	–
46	135	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	–

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie