| Order | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor |
| 1 | #21 | Ricky Rudd | Ford | Motorcraft/U.S. Air Force |
| 2 | #50 | PJ Jones | Dodge | Bennett Lane Winery |
| 3 | #5 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Kellogg's |
| 4 | #261 | Austin Cameron | Chevrolet | McMillin Homes/NAPA Auto Care |
| 5 | #172 | Kirk Shelmerdine | Ford | Freddie B's |
| 6 | #32 | Ricky Craven | Chevrolet | Tide |
| 7 | #40 | Sterling Marlin | Dodge | Coors Light |
| 8 | #59 | Klaus Graf | Dodge | BAM Racing |
| 9 | #77 | Brendan Gaughan* | Dodge | Kodak/Jasper Engines |
| 10 | #18 | Bobby Labonte | Chevrolet | Interstate Batteries |
| 11 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont |
| 12 | #10 | Scott Riggs* | Chevrolet | Valvoline |
| 13 | #99 | Jeff Burton | Ford | Roush Racing |
| 14 | #8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Budweiser |
| 15 | #45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Georgia-Pacific/Brawny |
| 16 | #49 | Ken Schrader | Dodge | Schwan's Home Service |
| 17 | #102 | Brandon Ash | Ford | Ash Racing Engines |
| 18 | #89 | Morgan Shepherd | Dodge | Racing With Jesus/Red Line Oil |
| 19 | #25 | Brian Vickers* | Chevrolet | GMAC Financial Services |
| 20 | #43 | Jeff Green | Dodge | Cheerios/Betty Crocker |
| 21 | #16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | National Guard |
| 22 | #88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | UPS |
| 23 | #2 | Rusty Wallace | Dodge | Miller Lite |
| 24 | #9 | Kasey Kahne* | Dodge | Dodge Dealers/UAW |
| 25 | #41 | Casey Mears | Dodge | Target |
| 26 | #6 | Mark Martin | Ford | Viagra |
| 27 | #97 | Kurt Busch | Ford | Sharpie/IRWIN Industrial Tools |
| 28 | #198 | Larry Gunselman | Ford | Lucas Oil Products |
| 29 | #136 | Boris Said | Chevrolet | Centrix Financial |
| 30 | #29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | GM Goodwrench |
| 31 | #31 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | Cingular Wireless |
| 32 | #39 | Scott Pruett | Dodge | Target |
| 33 | #15 | Michael Waltrip | Chevrolet | NAPA Auto Parts |
| 34 | #38 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | M&M's |
| 35 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's |
| 36 | #20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Home Depot |
| 37 | #17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DeWalt Power Tools |
| 38 | #12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | ALLTEL |
| 39 | #22 | Scott Wimmer* | Dodge | Caterpillar |
| 40 | #42 | Jamie McMurray | Dodge | Texaco/Havoline |
| 41 | #30 | Jim Inglebright | Chevrolet | America Online |
| 42 | #19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge | Dodge Dealers/UAW |
| 43 | #01 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | U.S. Army |
| 44 | #0 | Ward Burton | Chevrolet | NetZero HiSpeed |
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| * Denotes Rookie |