New Budweiser Shootout Qualifying Rules - Again

[dpkimmel2001]

Moving forward, the field for the Budweiser Shootout will be comprised of:
• The 12 drivers who qualified for the previous year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
• Past NASCAR Sprint Cup champions
• Past Budweiser Shootout champions
• Past Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola champions
• The reigning Raybestos Rookie of the Year

New Qualifying Criteria Set For Budweiser Shootout - Daytona International Speedway

 

[SubmarineMike]

They had to change it.. only 3 dodge's so last years format was no longer viable.

 

[DexterMorgan]

I think its fantastic. Last year was such a crock that youd have bums like Elliott Sadler and Scott Speed in it instead of Mark Martin.

 

[foyt]

I heard some of the conspiracy theorists on 128 this afternoon. It does seem to me like they tried to sneak it in under the rug as the rest of the world is taking a long weekend away from the day-to-day information barrage we all suffer on a daily basis.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

Seems to me it would be a lot easier to sneak it in under the rug if you didn't issue a press release. But, maybe that's just me?

 

[DexterMorgan]

I dont understand why there needs to be a conspiracy theory about it.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

I think its fantastic.

I agree. The top X from each manufacturer was a lousy idea. The best teams need to be out there racing so I think the Chase qualifying makes sense. Past Cup & Shootout champions, very cool. Bring back some of those old school guys for this race. Past Daytona winners of the 500 or 400, why not. It's their track hosting it. Reigning Rookie of the Year, very cool opportunity for them. :bigthumbup:

I dont understand why there needs to be a conspiracy theory about it.

I didn't hear the conspiracy calls but I don't get that either. They took a bad idea and corrected it. :bigclap:

 

[Andrew8468]

It is a conspiracy, Budweiser want to make sure their boy, Ken Schrader is in the Bud Shootout.

 

[Snoozer]

Sounds much better than last year's shootout rules.

 

[mghtx]

Doesn't matter to me. Will the racing be good or not? That's my only concern.

 

[semipenguin]

No Kyle Busch :worried:
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[dpkimmel2001]

They'll probably end up having some sort of qualifying races and he'll race his way in.

 

[semipenguin]

Wait, he won the 400 last year

Kyle Busch's Sprint Cup wins - Racing-Reference.info
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[djb7272]

Drivers eligible for the 2010 Budweiser Shootout
2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Jeff Gordon
Kurt Busch
Denny Hamlin
Tony Stewart
Greg Biffle
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ryan Newman
Kasey Kahne
Carl Edwards
Brian Vickers

Others – criteria filled in parentheses
John Andretti (Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola)
Geoff Bodine (Daytona 500, Budweiser Shootout)
Jeff Burton (Coke Zero 400)
Kyle Busch (Coke Zero 400)
Derrike Cope (Daytona 500)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400, Budweiser Shootout)
Bill Elliott (Series champion, Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400, Budweiser Shootout)
Kevin Harvick (Daytona 500, Budweiser Shootout)
Matt Kenseth (Series champion, Daytona 500)
Bobby Labonte (Series champion)
Terry Labonte (Series champion, Budweiser Shootout)
Joey Logano (Reigning Raybestos Rookie of the Year)
Sterling Marlin (Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400)
Jamie McMurray (Coke Zero 400)
Ken Schrader (Budweiser Shootout)
Michael Waltrip (Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400)

• Eligibility based on a driver having competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series within the last two seasons.

 

[Andrew8468]

w00t!!! :headbang:
Sirius Speedway has also learned that Kenny Schrader will drive the #82 Red Bull Toyota in the February 6 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona. Sources close to the team say that negotiations have taken place to put Schrader in the car usually driven by Scott Scott, based on Schrader's eligibility as a former Bud Shootout winner.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

w00t!!! :headbang:
Sirius Speedway has also learned that Kenny Schrader will drive the #82 Red Bull Toyota in the February 6 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona.

Very cool. :bigthumbup: