TV Reminder: NASCAR's Saturday Night Shootout at Daytona

This is a reminder that this upcoming Saturday night, we have the Shootout at Daytona (Budweiser Shootout) taking place.  This is the annual preseason, NASCAR race from Daytona International Speedway.   The Shootout is a non-points event that is a 75-lap dash broken into 2 segments.  The first is 25 laps, then the 50 laps.  It's primarily populated with drivers who:

• Were in the top-25 in points last year;
• Previous winners of the Shootout;
• Previous winners of any Daytona points race;

This year, 33 different drivers are able to compete in the race, but only  25 are slated to run this exhibition event!  For example, Trevor Bayne qualifies, considering he won last year's Daytona 500, but they don't have the resources to compete in this race in addition to preparing for the D500... so they're focusing on the critical issues.

But those who are competing are...

AJ Allmendinger                                                          
Greg Biffle                                                              
Clint Bowyer                                                             
Jeff Burton                                                              
Kurt Busch                                                               
Kyle Busch                                                               
Dale Earnhardt Jr.                                                       
Carl Edwards                                                             
Jeff Gordon                                                              
Denny Hamlin                                                             
Kevin Harvick                                                            
Jimmie Johnson                                                           
Kasey Kahne                                                              
Matt Kenseth                                                             
Joey Logano                                                              
Jamie McMurray
Paul Menard
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ryan Newman                                                              
David Ragan                                                              
Tony Stewart
Martin Truex Jr.
Michael Waltrip  


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Did You Know:
The drivers who have competed in the most Shootouts include:

o    Bill Elliott (23)
o    Mark Martin (23)
o    Rusty Wallace (19)
o    Ken Schrader (19)
o    Jeff Gordon (18)

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Drivers Who Have Won More Than one Shootout:

o    Tony Stewart (2001, 2002 and 2007).
o    Dale Earnhardt, most all-time (1980, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995).
o    Dale Jarrett (1996, 2000 and 2004.)
o    Neil Bonnett (1983-1984), Ken Schrader, (1989-1990), Jeff Gordon (1994 and 1997), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003 and 2008) and Kevin Harvick (2009-2010).
o    Bonnett, Schrader, Stewart and Harvick are the only drivers to win back-to-back races.

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The two drivers who swept the Shootout, Daytona 500 pole and Daytona 500 are Dale Jarrett (2000) and Bill Elliott (1987).

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