With rain beginning to fall at Daytona mid-afternoon, NASCAR officials decided to cancel Friday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying session in order to complete the interrupted Nationwide Series qualifying.

Saturday night’s starting field for the Coke Zero 400 will be set according to the 2009 owner’s point standings, putting Tony Stewart on the pole with Jeff Gordon to his right in second.

Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards will wrap-up the top-5.

Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth make up the sixth through tenth positions.

Saturday’s race is scheduled to begin at 8pm EST. Stay tuned to HardcoreRaceFans.com for the latest updates from Daytona International Speedway.

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