Charlotte Wednesday qualifying

NASCAR Winston Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Lowe's Motor Speedway First round qualifying

Pos No Driver Make Speed Time Gap To 1st ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr* Chv 186.034 00:29.027 2. 25 Jerry Nadeau Chv 185.122 00:29.170 0.143 0.143 3. 94 Bill Elliott Frd 184.894 00:29.206 0.036 0.179 4. 12 Jeremy Mayfield Frd 184.748 00:29.229 0.023 0.202 5. 31 Mike Skinner Chv 184.483 00:29.271 0.042 0.244 6. 16 Kevin Lepage Frd 184.483 00:29.271 0.000 0.244 7. 18 Bobby Labonte Pon 184.200 00:29.316 0.045 0.289 8. 88 Dale Jarrett Frd 184.168 00:29.321 0.005 0.294 9. 20 Tony Stewart Pon 183.755 00:29.387 0.066 0.360 10. 55 Kenny Wallace Chv 183.599 00:29.412 0.025 0.385 11. 26 Jimmy Spencer Frd 183.511 00:29.426 0.014 0.399 12. 7 Michael Waltrip Chv 183.480 00:29.431 0.005 0.404 13. 4 Bobby Hamilton Chv 183.399 00:29.444 0.013 0.417 14. 24 Jeff Gordon Chv 183.374 00:29.448 0.004 0.421 15. 3 Dale Earnhardt Chv 183.324 00:29.456 0.008 0.429 16. 2 Rusty Wallace Frd 183.144 00:29.485 0.029 0.458 17. 43 John Andretti Pon 183.132 00:29.487 0.002 0.460 18. 1 Steve Park Chv 183.001 00:29.508 0.021 0.481 19. 6 Mark Martin Frd 182.989 00:29.510 0.002 0.483 20. 28 Ricky Rudd Frd 182.933 00:29.519 0.009 0.492 21. 17 Matt Kenseth* Frd 182.846 00:29.533 0.014 0.506 22. 50 Ricky Craven Chv 182.803 00:29.540 0.007 0.513 23. 14 Rick Mast Pon 182.797 00:29.541 0.001 0.514 24. 77 Robert Pressley Frd 182.531 00:29.584 0.043 0.557 25. 11 Brett Bodine Frd 182.531 00:29.584 0.000 0.557

Positions 1-25 will be guaranteed a starting position. The rest of the field will be determined following second-round qualifying.

26. 32  Scott Pruett*        Frd   182.500 00:29.589  0.005  0.562
27. 33  Joe Nemechek         Chv   182.476 00:29.593  0.004  0.566
28. 99  Jeff Burton          Frd   182.297 00:29.622  0.029  0.595
29. 60  Geoffrey Bodine      Chv   182.125 00:29.650  0.028  0.623
30. 93  Dave Blaney*         Pon   182.100 00:29.654  0.004  0.627
31. 22  Ward Burton          Pon   181.971 00:29.675  0.021  0.648
32. 75  Wally Dallenbach     Frd   181.794 00:29.704  0.029  0.677
33. 42  Kenny Irwin          Chv   181.531 00:29.747  0.043  0.720
34. 36  Ken Schrader         Pon   181.305 00:29.784  0.037  0.757
35. 85  Carl Long            Frd   181.293 00:29.786  0.002  0.759
36. 40  Sterling Marlin      Chv   181.044 00:29.827  0.041  0.800
37. 97  Chad Little          Frd   180.759 00:29.874  0.047  0.847
38. 15  Ted Musgrave         Frd   180.469 00:29.922  0.048  0.895
39. 10  Johnny Benson        Pon   180.421 00:29.930  0.008  0.903
40. 13  Robby Gordon         Frd   180.282 00:29.953  0.023  0.926
41. 44  Steve Grissom        Pon   180.060 00:29.990  0.037  0.963
42. 90  Ed Berrier*          Frd   179.629 00:30.062  0.072  1.035
43. 9   Stacy Compton*       Frd   178.630 00:30.230  0.168  1.203
44. 21  Elliott Sadler       Frd   178.530 00:30.247  0.017  1.220
45. 71  Dave Marcis          Chv   178.371 00:30.274  0.027  1.247
46. 27  Mike Bliss *         Pon   178.124 00:30.316  0.042  1.289
47. 66  Darrell Waltrip      Frd   178.065 00:30.326  0.010  1.299
48. 5   Terry Labonte        Chv   175.604 00:30.751  0.425  1.724

*=Rookie

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