NASCAR Budweiser Shootout grid

Elwood · February 6, 2003

The following is the starting grid for Saturday's 70-lap

NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at the Daytona International

Speedway in Florida:

1. Geoffrey Bodine (11), Ford

2. Jimmie Johnson (48), Chevrolet

3. Kurt Busch (97), Ford

4. Ricky Rudd (21), Ford

5. Matt Kenseth (17), Ford

6. Ricky Craven (32), Pontiac

7. Dale Jarrett (88), Ford

8. Todd Bodine (54), Ford

9. Mark Martin (6), Ford

10. Ward Burton (22), Dodge

11. Ken Schrader (49), Dodge

12. Tony Stewart (20), Chevrolet

13. Bill Elliott (9), Dodge

14. Rusty Wallace (2), Dodge

15. Ryan Newman (12), Dodge

16. Kevin Harvick (29), Chevrolet

17. Terry Labonte (5), Chevrolet

18. Jeff Gordon (24), Chevrolet

19. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (8), Chevrolet

Note: Drivers qualified by winning a 2002 pole or by

being a past winner of the Budweiser Shootout.

New Shootout Format: There will be some slight modifications to the format to Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway – the "unofficial" start to the 2003 Winston Cup season. NASCAR officials confirmed Tuesday the 70-lap all-star event – which features pole winners from the 2002 season and past winners of the event – will be split into two segments. The first segment will consist of 20 laps after which a 10-minute intermission will be held. Teams may make pit stops and do other work that transpires during a normal pit stop during this time. The second segment will be 50 laps and must end in a green-white-checkered finish. Caution laps will count toward the total in both segments so the second segment may extend beyond the scheduled 70-lap total. In the event of a red flag, crews will be permitted to work on the cars; however, all work must be performed on pit road or in the garage. When the race is resumed, all cars must immediately be ready to return to competition. All re-starts will be double-file re-starts. All lapped cars will re-start at the rear of the field. The Shootout format was changed from a 20-lap race to two 10-lap segments in 1991. The move to a 25-lap event in 1998 marked the third format change of this prestigious event. The format was again changed in 2001, this time to a 70-lap event.(ThatsRacin.com)(2-4-2003)

antig24 · February 6, 2003

I can't wait

February 7, 2003

WOOO-HOOO!!!

I can't wait!

On a side note;

How much of a loser/has been are you when you have to borrow a car from your brother and your brother is Brett?!?!

General Lee 01 · February 7, 2003

I already know what's gonna happen.

CRASH! Bam! BOOM! all in the First lap. For the 2nd time in History NASCAR's gonna allow the back-ups to be brought out.

And ppl all around the world are gonna say "Congratulations Geoffrey, you've managed to do something up until now no-one other than god has been able to do."