Jeff Gordon on pole in Texas

An impending thunderstorm forced NASCAR to cancel qualifying for the Samsung 500 Friday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway. The field for Sunday's race will be set by the Nextel Cup rule book, putting point leader Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports) on the pole, with Jeff Burton (Richard Childress Racing) second.

Starting Lineup

POS CAR DRIVER
1 24 Jeff Gordon
2 31 Jeff Burton
3 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 17 Matt Kenseth
5 5 Kyle Busch
6 01 Mark Martin
7 11 Denny Hamlin
8 07 Clint Bowyer
9 20 Tony Stewart
10 99 Carl Edwards
11 29 Kevin Harvick
12 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13 26 Jamie McMurray
14 40 David Stremme
15 19 Elliott Sadler
16 42 Juan Montoya*
17 2 Kurt Busch
18 18 J.J. Yeley
19 6 David Ragan*
20 12 Ryan Newman
21 16 Greg Biffle
22 43 Bobby Labonte
23 7 Robby Gordon
24 1 Martin Truex Jr.
25 13 Joe Nemechek
26 41 Reed Sorenson
27 96 Tony Raines
28 14 Sterling Marlin
29 88 Ricky Rudd
30 38 David Gilliland
31 66 Jeff Green
32 45 Kyle Petty
33 25 Casey Mears
34 9 Kasey Kahne
35 70 Johnny Sauter
36 83 Brian Vickers
37 44 Dale Jarrett
38 21 Ken Schrader
39 10 Scott Riggs
40 22 Dave Blaney
41 49 Mike Bliss
42 15 Paul Menard*
43 78 Kenny Wallace
Did Not Qualify
44 00 David Reutimann*
45 36 Jeremy Mayfield
46 37 John Andretti
47 84 A.J. Allmendinger*
48 55 Michael Waltrip
49 4 Ward Burton
50 33 Scott Wimmer
51 34 Kevin Lepage