The grid for this weekend's Budweiser Shootout was decided by random draw on Friday evening. Michael Waltrip Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. will start from pole, alongside Kyle Busch, while defending champion Kurt Busch starts from 6th on his debut with Phoenix Racing. Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya drew the short straw and will start from the back for Chip Ganassi, although he was one of the fortunate ones who managed to miss the big wreck that occurred in practice yesterday, when 2011 Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart spun Kurt into the path of Kyle and luckless Penske Racing team-mates Brad Keselowski and AJ Allmendinger.
The full grid is as follows:
- Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip Racing
- Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Brad Keselowski, Penske Racing
- Jamie McMurray, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
- David Ragan Front Row Motorsports
- Kurt Busch, Phoenix Racing
- Greg Biffle, Roush Fenway Racing
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick Motorsports
- AJ Allmendinger, Penske Racing
- Joey Logano, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Carl Edwards, Roush Fenway Racing
- Jeff Burton , Richard Childress Racing
- Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports
- Tony Stewart, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip Racing
- Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports
- Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports
- Michael Waltrip, Michael Waltrip Racing
- Marcos Ambrose, Richard Petty Motorsports
- Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing
- Matt Kenseth , Roush Fenway Racing
- Paul Menard, Richard Childress Racing
- Juan Pablo Montoya, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates