• 91 drivers have participated in the Budweiser Shootout;
42 of those drivers have participated in two or less; 28 in only one.
• There have been as few as seven drivers in one race, (1981) and a high of 23 in 2008.
(Which will be broken this year)
• Whose competed the most times in the Budweiser Shootout?:
- Bill Elliott (23)
- Mark Martin (21)
- Rusty Wallace (19)
- Ken Schrader (18)
- Geoffrey Bodine (16)
- Ricky Rudd (16)
• Whose competed in the most consecutive number of Shootouts?
Mark Martin has appeared in 20 straight events from 1989-2008.
Unfortunately, Mark will not compete in this year’s race.
With that, the active lead will be taken over by Jeff Gordon with 16 (including this year’s event).
• How many multiple winners have there been?
There have been seven multiple winners in the Budweiser Shootout:
- Tony Stewart has won three of the last eight Budweiser Shootouts (2001, 2002 and 2007).
- Dale Earnhardt won six of the 23 races between 1979 and 2001. His six victories came in 12 appearances.
- Dale Jarrett won in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
- The other multiple winners: Neil Bonnett (1983 and 1984), Ken Schrader (1989 and 1990), Jeff Gordon (1994 and 1997) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003 and 2008).
- Bonnett, Schrader and Stewart are the only drivers to win back-to-back races.
• Who won the Shootout in their first appearance in the race?
- Buddy Baker (1979),
- Dale Earnhardt (1980),
- Jeff Gordon (1994),
- Dale Jarrett (1996) and
- Denny Hamlin (2006)
• How often has the winner gone on to win the Daytona 500?:
- Bobby Allison (1982)
- Bill Elliott (1987)
- Dale Jarrett (1996 and 2000)
- Jeff Gordon (1997)
• Do you know how many drivers won from the pole?
- Darrell Waltrip (1981),
- Bill Elliott (1987) and
- Ken Schrader (1989).
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