Heluva Good! Dips at the Glen Lineup with Avg. Start / Fin

In a topsy turvey qualification session for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, Jimmie Johnson won the pole and Jeff Gordon was forced to settle for 31st; Tony Stewart is mid-pack in 13th and another traditionally strong road racer Robby Gordon is even further back in 22nd. The race is going to be characterized by comers and goers.

Kurt Busch posted the fastest time in Friday's practice and he backed that up with the second fastest lap in time trials, while a pair of strong road racers fills up row two. Denny Hamlin isn't the first name that comes to mind on the road courses, but he's never finished outside the top 10 at the Glen in three starts.

Marcos Ambrose simply hopes he can hold onto his spot in fourth after he crashed in practice at Infineon this June and went to the back in a backup car. Still, he climbed from dead last for the second consecutive road course race and finished third for the second consecutive time.

Lineup

Start	Driver	Avg. Fin	Avg. Start	Attempts
1	Jimmie Johnson	13.14	7.29	7
2	Kurt Busch	21.38	11.25	8
3	Denny Hamlin	6.67	7.33	3
4	Marcos Ambrose	3.00	43.00	1
5	David Stremme	21.00	25.00	1
6	Ryan Newman	16.29	9.86	7
7	Greg Biffle	28.67	15.17	6
8	Kyle Busch	12.50	9.50	4
9	Boris Said	21.75	24.50	8
10	Juan Montoya	21.50	21.50	2
11	Casey Mears	21.33	18.67	6
12	Kasey Kahne	18.60	13.80	5
13	Tony Stewart	5.70	5.50	10
14	Paul Menard	26.40	35.40	5
15	Andy Lally
16	Max Papis	43.00	42.00	1
17	Patrick Carpentier	21.00	39.50	2
18	A J Allmendinger	11.00	37.00	1
19	Elliott Sadler	20.00	22.90	10
20	Brian Vickers	22.60	23.20	5
21	Kevin Harvick	11.25	9.50	8
22	Robby Gordon	10.60	20.50	10
23	Martin Truex Jr	13.00	21.67	3
24	Jamie McMurray	16.83	19.17	6
25	David Reutimann	33.00	28.00	1
26	Scott Speed
27	Bobby Labonte	18.44	18.13	16
28	Mark Martin	6.95	8.11	19
29	Reed Sorenson	23.67	31.33	3
30	Jeff Burton	21.00	19.47	15
31	Jeff Gordon	13.44	6.94	16
32	Dale Earnhardt Jr	20.78	12.67	9
33	Carl Edwards	10.25	10.00	4
34	John Andretti	19.00	19.33	9
35	Joey Logano
36	Sam Hornish Jr	32.00	34.00	1
37	Ron Fellows	25.27	24.09	11
38	Clint Bowyer	17.67	12.33	3
39	P J Jones	24.50	31.88	8
40	David Ragan	31.00	18.00	2
41	Dave Blaney	31.11	27.78	9
42	Matt Kenseth	16.22	14.56	9
43	Tony Ave	31.00	42.00	1
DNQ	Joe Nemechek	21.87	21.53	15
DNQ	David Gilliland	36.50	28.00	2
DNQ	Brian Simo	39.00	42.50	2

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