Heavy rain Friday morning cancelled qualifying for Sunday's Nascar Winston Cup race in Charlotte. The rain means Johnny Benson will start 26th in his
Valvoline Pontiac because Nascar determined the starting lineup by car owner
points.

Eighteen of 49 cars entered in Sunday's race completed their qualifying
attempts Thursday night before intermittent showers forced suspension of the
session. Qualifying was scheduled to resume at 8 a.m. Eastern time Friday, with the speeds already posted to stand.

Because the rest of the field did not get an attempt at qualifying the previous
times were erased. Benson and his teammates will have two 45-minute practice
sessions Saturday morning then race on Sunday.

Lineup

1 Tony Stewart
2 Mark Martin
3 Jimmie Johnson*
4 Ryan Newman*
5 Jamie McMurray
6 Rusty Wallace
7 Matt Kenseth
8 Jeff Gordon
9 Bill Elliott
10 Ricky Rudd
11 Kurt Busch
12 Dale Jarrett
13 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
14 Jeff Burton
15 Michael Waltrip
16 Ricky Craven
17 Jeff Green
18 Bobby Labonte
19 Robby Gordon
20 Kevin Harvick
21 Dave Blaney
22 Kyle Petty
23 Jimmy Spencer
24 Terry Labonte
25 Jeremy Mayfield
26 Johnny Benson
27 Ward Burton
28 Elliott Sadler
29 Bobby Hamilton
30 John Andretti
31 Kenny Wallace
32 Ken Schrader
33 Todd Bodine
34 Steve Park
35 Joe Nemechek
36 Mike Skinner
37 Mike Wallace
38 Casey Atwood
39 Jerry Nadeau
40 Brett Bodine
41 Jason Hedlesky
42 Stacy Compton
43 Hermie Sadler

Did Not Qualify
44 Kerry Earnhardt
45 Jack Sprague
46 Ron Hornaday
47 Carl Long*
48 Scott Wimmer
49 Kirk Shelmerdine