| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | ||
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Ryan Newman | Mark Martin | ||
| Jimmie Johnson | Bobby Labonte | Jamie McMurray | ||
| Jeff Gordon | Kevin Harvick | Rusty Wallace | ||
| Matt Kenseth | Kurt Busch | Sterling Marlin | ||
| Tony Stewart | Elliott Sadler | Jeremy Mayfield | ||
| Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | ||
| Dale Jarrett | Ward Burton | Scott Wimmer* | ||
| Casey Mears | Brian Vickers* | Ricky Rudd | ||
| Robby Gordon | Johnny Sauter* | Jeff Burton | ||
| Terry Labonte | Joe Nemechek | Michael Waltrip | ||
| Greg Biffle | Brendan Gaughan* | Ken Schrader | ||
| Kyle Petty | ||||
| Ricky Craven | ||||
| Group 7 | ||||
| Scott Riggs* | ||||
| Jeff Green | ||||
| Derrike Cope | ||||
| Dave Blaney | ||||
| Kevin Lepage | ||||
| Jimmy Spencer | ||||