Pocono staring lineup, with avg. start / finish

"Obviously everybody is disappointed we didn’t get on the race track today but it worked out good for myself and Jeff (Gordon)," Tony Stewart said after qualification for the Pocono 500 was rained out and set by owner points. "It’s nice to be able to get a front-row starting spot because of rain but it’s not what the fans came to see."

Stewart and Gordon weren't the only benefactors. Several drivers, such as Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle bettered their average staring position by approximately 10 spots to roll off the grid inside the top 10.

Starting grid, with average start/finish

Start	Driver	Avg. Fin	Avg. Start	Attempts
1	Tony Stewart	13.00	12.30	20
2	Jeff Gordon	10.28	11.38	32
3	Jimmie Johnson	9.79	7.36	14
4	Kurt Busch	15.69	13.94	16
5	Ryan Newman	13.93	10.14	14
6	Kyle Busch	22.00	15.88	8
7	Denny Hamlin	6.17	6.67	6
8	Matt Kenseth	14.17	19.61	18
9	Greg Biffle	18.33	19.17	12
10	Jeff Burton	16.53	18.53	30
11	Carl Edwards	14.25	26.00	8
12	Mark Martin	10.66	8.64	44
13	David Reutimann	32.00	29.50	4
14	Kasey Kahne	16.60	7.80	10
15	Juan Montoya	28.50	20.25	4
16	Clint Bowyer	20.83	23.50	6
17	Brian Vickers	14.50	8.70	10
18	Dale Earnhardt Jr	16.28	15.00	18
19	Martin Truex Jr	15.17	15.00	6
20	Marcos Ambrose
21	Casey Mears	20.92	21.08	12
22	Jamie McMurray	21.33	17.67	12
23	Joey Logano
24	Kevin Harvick	15.31	19.31	16
25	Reed Sorenson	30.33	25.50	6
26	Sam Hornish Jr	34.00	33.50	2
27	Elliott Sadler	20.70	24.15	20
28	Bobby Labonte	17.69	16.22	32
29	David Stremme	25.75	34.25	4
30	A J Allmendinger	23.33	22.33	3
31	David Ragan	22.00	29.50	4
32	Michael Waltrip	21.58	21.38	45
33	Paul Menard	30.25	23.75	4
34	Robby Gordon	27.73	30.53	15
35	John Andretti	28.20	19.50	20
36	Sterling Marlin	17.39	17.57	44
37	Scott Speed
38	David Gilliland	30.75	23.50	4
39	Joe Nemechek	24.64	14.71	28
40	Patrick Carpentier	32.00	24.00	1
41	Dave Blaney	22.61	24.72	18
42	Regan Smith	26.50	20.00	2
43	Dexter Bean