Previewing the Budweiser Shootout At Daytona International Speedway
The Budweiser Shootout kicks off NASCAR racing at the famed Daytona International Speedway. Kevin Harvick is the defending champion of the event.
Courtesy: NASCAR Media Relations
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.– NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing returns to the track Saturday night with the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona. A total of 28 drivers are eligible to participate in the annual preseason, non-points race at Daytona International Speedway.
Following is a shootout-specific rundown of this year’s eligible drivers.
Eligible Drivers Performance
John Andretti
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1996 17 16 37 20 Running
1998 9 14 25 25 Running
Greg Biffle
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2005 5 2 16 70 1 44 Running
2007 13 5 16 70 Running
2008 20 17 16 48 Accident
2009 17 26 16 72 Accident
Geoffrey Bodine
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1983 9 16 88 20 Running
1984 5 4 5 20 Running
1985 4 4 5 20 Running
1986 4 7 5 20 Running
1987 2 10 5 20 Running
1988 4 1 5 20 1 6 Running
1989 4 5 5 20 Running
1990 4 5 11 20 Running
1991 6 4 11 20 Running
1992 1 3 15 20 Running
1994 11 6 7 20 Running
1995 12 11 7 20 Running
1998 6 6 7 25 Running
2002 13 20 09 70 Running
2003 19 1 11 3 Suspension
2005 20 20 93 9 Too Slow
Jeff Burton
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1997 14 9 99 20 Running
2001 5 16 99 70 Running
2007 9 12 31 70 Running
2009 24 23 31 32 Accident
Kurt Busch
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2002 14 1 97 70 1 3 Running
2003 11 3 97 70 1 11 Running
2005 6 6 97 70 Running
2007 3 19 2 70 2 6 Running
2008 18 1 2 70 Running
2009 9 12 2 78 Running
Kyle Busch
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2006 15 14 5 72 2 4 Running
2007 7 6 5 70 3 39 Running
2009 10 10 18 78 2 6 Running
Derrike Cope
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1991 14 6 10 20 Running
1999 13 5 30 25 Running
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2001 6 10 8 70 Running
2002 2 16 8 70 1 20 Running
2003 1 19 8 70 4 13 Running
2004 2 19 8 70 Running
2005 7 12 8 70 Running
2006 2 19 8 72 1 1 Running
2007 14 17 8 70 Running
2008 1 7 88 70 7 47 Running
2009 18 9 88 64 4 23 Accident
Carl Edwards
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2006 16 11 99 71 Running
2008 12 20 99 70 1 1 Running
2009 7 11 99 78 2 11 Running
Bill Elliott
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1982 10 3 9 20 Running
1983 3 1 9 20 1 7 Running
1985 3 8 9 20 Running
1986 2 6 9 20 Running
1987 1 1 9 20 1 13 Running
1988 5 6 9 20 Running
1989 12 13 9 20 Running
1990 5 4 9 20 Running
1991 4 13 9 20 Running
1992 7 4 11 20 Running
1993 9 4 11 20 Running
1994 7 3 11 20 Running
1995 3 2 94 20 Running
1996 8 1 94 20 Running
1998 3 7 94 25 Running
2001 12 13 9 70 Running
2002 18 5 9 70 Running
2003 16 13 9 70 Running
2004 14 10 91 70 Running
2005 17 3 39 70 Running
2006 12 12 36 72 Running
2007 19 16 37 70 Running
2008 23 14 21 15 Accident
Jeff Gordon
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1994 1 10 24 20 1 2 Running
1995 4 10 24 20 Running
1996 9 14 24 20 Running
1997 1 3 24 20 Running
1998 14 5 24 25 Running
1999 15 8 24 25 Running
2000 2 6 24 25 Running
2001 11 6 24 70 Running
2002 3 22 24 70 Running
2003 2 18 24 70 2 31 Running
2004 5 2 24 70 2 16 Running
2005 3 11 24 70 Running
2006 19 10 24 23 Accident
2007 21 11 24 31 Electrical
2008 4 22 24 70 1 1 Running
2009 4 28 24 78 2 2 Running
Denny Hamlin
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2006 1 15 11 72 3 16 Running
2007 17 21 11 70 Running
2008 9 12 11 70 Running
2009 13 5 11 78 2 4 Running
Kevin Harvick
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2003 9 16 29 70 Running
2004 3 5 29 70 2 10 Running
2006 20 18 29 15 Engine
2007 5 20 29 70 2 11 Running
2009 1 27 29 78 1 1 Running
Jimmie Johnson
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2003 7 2 48 70 1 4 Running
2004 9 17 48 70 Running
2005 1 17 48 70 1 16 Running
2006 5 2 48 72 3 12 Running
2007 4 8 48 70 Running
2008 3 18 48 70 Running
2009 14 21 48 77 1 2 Accident
Kasey Kahne
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2005 9 13 9 70 Running
2006 18 5 9 35 Accident
2007 15 15 9 70 Running
2008 10 8 9 70 Running
2009 6 14 9 78 1 2 Running
Matt Kenseth
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2003 3 5 17 70 3 6 Running
2006 6 16 17 72 Running
2009 8 25 17 78 1 1 Running
Bobby Labonte
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1994 12 1 22 20 Running
1996 16 2 18 20 Running
1997 13 1 18 20 Running
1998 15 9 18 25 Running
1999 3 9 18 25 Running
2000 11 7 18 25 Running
2001 7 8 18 70 Running
2002 8 14 18 70 1 11 Running
2004 11 12 18 70 Running
2005 10 19 18 70 1 3 Running
2009 19 8 96 63 Accident
Terry Labonte
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1982 2 1 44 20 Running
1983 10 11 44 19 Accident
1984 9 11 44 20 Running
1985 1 11 44 20 1 16 Running
1986 5 8 44 20 Running
1987 9 5 11 0 Accident
1988 9 5 11 20 Running
1989 3 4 11 20 Running
1992 13 7 94 20 Running
1996 4 8 5 20 Running
1997 11 14 5 20 Running
2001 15 12 5 70 Running
2002 7 7 5 70 Running
2003 14 17 5 70 Running
2004 8 6 5 70 3 17 Running
Joey Logano
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2009 28 19 20 3 Accident
Sterling Marlin
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1992 6 10 22 20 Running
1993 8 6 8 20 Running
1995 2 9 4 20 Running
1996 2 12 4 20 Running
2000 3 2 40 25 Running
2002 5 13 40 70 Running
Mark Martin
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1982 8 9 2 20 Running
1989 7 11 6 20 Running
1990 6 10 6 20 Running
1991 2 12 6 20 Running
1992 3 13 6 20 Running
1993 4 8 6 20 Running
1994 5 9 6 20 1 2 Running
1995 16 14 6 20 Accident
1996 7 10 6 20 Running
1997 6 13 6 20 Running
1998 8 1 6 25 Running
1999 1 13 6 25 Running
2000 15 1 6 25 Running
2001 8 4 6 70 Running
2002 12 18 6 70 Running
2003 17 9 6 70 1 4 Running
2004 4 7 6 70 Running
2005 8 14 6 70 Running
2006 7 13 6 72 Running
2007 6 10 01 70 Running
2008 8 2 8 70 1 1 Running
Jamie McMurray
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2004 17 3 42 69 2 8 Accident
2006 8 17 26 72 1 1 Running
2008 22 4 26 24 Accident
2009 2 15 26 78 4 16 Running
Juan Pablo Montoya
None
Ryan Newman
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2002 15 8 12 70 Running
2003 4 15 12 70 Running
2004 16 16 12 69 1 4 Accident
2005 2 7 12 70 1 4 Running
2006 17 7 12 68 Accident
2007 20 9 12 46 Engine
2008 17 23 12 70 Running
Ken Schrader
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1988 7 3 25 20 Running
1989 1 1 25 20 2 15 Running
1990 1 3 25 20 Running
1991 12 11 25 20 Running
1993 2 12 25 20 Running
1994 8 8 25 20 1 2 Running
1996 5 17 25 20 Running
1998 5 2 33 25 Running
1999 2 4 33 25 Running
2000 6 10 36 25 Running
2001 16 1 36 70 Running
2002 4 4 36 70 1 1 Running
2003 6 11 49 70 1 1 Running
2004 13 14 49 70 Running
2005 16 5 49 70 Running
2006 14 1 21 72 2 18 Running
2007 11 7 21 70 Running
2008 15 13 49 70 Running
Tony Stewart
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2000 4 3 20 25 Running
2001 1 7 20 70 Running
2002 1 3 20 70 2 31 Running
2003 15 12 20 70 Running
2004 7 18 20 70 Running
2005 4 8 20 70 Running
2006 3 3 20 72 3 7 Running
2007 1 14 20 70 2 11 Running
2008 2 10 20 70 2 9 Running
2009 3 6 14 78 1 4 Running
Brian Vickers
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
2005 19 4 25 46 Rear End
2006 21 20 25 14 Accident
2007 8 4 83 70 1 2 Running
2009 11 7 83 78 1 2 Running
Michael Waltrip
Times Laps
Year Fin St Car Laps Led Led Status
1992 8 6 30 20 Running
2006 11 21 55 72 1 11 Running
2008 11 3 55 70 2 2 Running
2009 22 17 55 43 Accident
Budweiser Shootout at Daytona Tidbits
· The number of participants has ranged from a low of seven in 1981 to a high of 28 in 2009.
· The drivers with the most Budweiser Shootout appearances:
o Bill Elliott (23)
o Mark Martin (21)
o Rusty Wallace (19)
o Ken Schrader (18)
o Geoffrey Bodine (16)
o Ricky Rudd (16)
o Jeff Gordon (16)
· Mark Martin had appeared in the most consecutive Budweiser Shootout races, competing in 20 consecutive events from 1989-2008. The active leader in consecutive appearances is Jeff Gordon, with 16. This year marks his 17th.
· There have been seven multiple winners in the Budweiser Shootout:
o Tony Stewart has won three of the last nine (2001, 2002 and 2007).
o Dale Earnhardt won six events, most all-time.
o Dale Jarrett won in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
o 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).
o Bonnett, Schrader and Stewart are the only drivers to win back-to-back races.
· Buddy Baker (1979), Dale Earnhardt (1980), Jeff Gordon (1994), Dale Jarrett (1996) and Denny Hamlin (2006) all won the first Budweiser Shootout in which they competed.
· Only five times in the 31-year history of the race has the winner gone on to win the Daytona 500:
Bobby Allison (1982)
Bill Elliott (1987)
Dale Jarrett (1996 and 2000)
Jeff Gordon (1997)
· There have been three winners from the pole: Darrell Waltrip (1981), Bill Elliott (1987) and Ken Schrader (1989).
Budweiser Shootout Manufacturer Recap
Manufacturer Victories Last Victory - Driver
Chevrolet 18 2009 – Kevin Harvick
Ford 7 2004 – Dale Jarrett
Buick 2 1982 – Bobby Allison
Oldsmobile 2 1980 – Dale Earnhardt
Pontiac 2 2002 – Tony Stewart
By the Numbers: Budweiser Shootout at Daytona
.08 –Margin of victory in seconds by Dale Earnhardt over Sterling Marlin in 1995, the closest margin in Budweiser Shootout history
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
5 – Drivers who have won the event in their first appearance (Buddy Baker, 1979; Dale Earnhardt, 1980; Jeff Gordon, 1994; Dale Jarrett, 1996; Denny Hamlin, 2006)
14 – Number of different leaders in last season’s event, most since race began in 1979
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, highest number since race began in 1979
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
