Budweiser Shootout Starting Line Up And Numbers – Tonight On SPEED
Submitted by RACING NEWS DIGEST
Tonight’s Budweiser Shootout is at 8pm on SPEED. DON’T MISS IT!
MOST SHOOTOUT RACES
Bill Elliott – 23
Mark Martin – 22
Rusty Wallace – 19
Ken Schrader – 18
Jeff Gordon- 17
2 OR MORE SHOOTOUT WINS
Dale Earnhardt (6)
Tony Stewart (3)
Dale Jarrett (3)
Neil Bonnett (2)
Ken Schrader (2)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2)
Jeff Gordon (2).
DEBUT WINS – DRIVERS IN FIRST SHOOTOUT AND WIN
Buddy Baker (1979)
Dale Earnhardt (1980)
Jeff Gordon (1994)
Dale Jarrett (1996)
Denny Hamlin (2006)
Juan Pablo Montoya is the only driver making a debut in this years Shootout.
NUMBERS
1 Laps led by Rusty Wallace (1998), Neil Bonnett (1983-84), Dale Earnhardt (1980), Dale Jarrett (2004) and Kevin Harvick (2009) in the Budweiser Shootouts they won.
2.75 Average finish by Dale Earnhardt, best by any driver with multiple starts.
14 Number of different leaders in last season’s event, the most in Bud Shootout history.
19 Starting position of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2003, the lowest starting position of a Budweiser Shootout race-winner.
23 Number of lead changes in last season’s event, the most in Bud Shootout history.
27 Kevin Harvick’s starting position last season, the lowest by a race winner in the event’s history.
28 Number of participants in 2009, the largest field in the event’s history.
44 Laps led by Greg Biffle in 2005, the most by a driver who did not win the event.
47 Laps led by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2008, the most in a single Budweiser Shootout.
YOUR LINE UP
Starting positions were determined by a drawing that was held Thursday night.
Drivers that are expected to have to drop to the back of the field for the race –
Kevin Harvick – Flu and did not practice in his car.
Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin and Kurt Busch because they were not able to practice in their back up cars after crashing in practice.
Other drivers had to go to back up cars as well but were able to get back out in those cars and practice.
| POS | CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
| 1 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Scotts Turf Builder | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | Crown Royal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 34 | John Andretti | Ford | Window World Cares | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | National Guard / Amp Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 71 | Bobby Labonte | Chevrolet | TRG Motorsports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | Old Spice / Office Depot | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 82 | Ken Schrader | Toyota | Red Bull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 151 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA Auto Parts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe’s | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M’s | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 175 | Derrike Cope | Dodge | Asset Protect / Strutmasterspro.com | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Ford | Budweiser | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Chevrolet | Target | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 20 | Joey Logano | Toyota | The Home Depot | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Express | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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