2003 Budweiser Shootout Participants
Also see a list of Previous Winners
Also see A Few Notes On Provisionals
The Budweiser Shootout is a 70 lap, 175 mile all star Winston Cup non points race held at Daytona, one week before the Daytona 500. This years will mark the first time the event will be held on Saturday night, under the lights. Also new this year is the race will be broken up into 2 segments. The first segment is 20 laps. The teams will all get a 10 minute break and line up in the same order as at the end of the segment. The second segment must end with a green, white, checkered finish. All caution laps count toward the total of each segment. Drivers qualify, not teams. If a driver leaves a team, the new team will be in the race. To qualify:
- Each driver/team must participate in Budweiser's promotion of pole qualifying (a decal).
- The driver/team must qualify on the pole (or be the fastest program qualifier if the pole winner does not participate) of a Winston Cup points event in the previous year.
- Past winners from previous "Budweiser Shootout", "Bud Shootout", and "Busch Clash" events are eligible.
- There is no more second round qualifying.
The field starting positions are chosen by random draw.
The Qualifiers
| '02 # | '03 # | St | Fin | Driver Name | Race Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | 48 | 2 | 7 | Jimmie Johnson | Daytona(2/9/02), Talladega(4/21/02), Lowe's(5/23/02), Richmond(9/6/02) |
| 2 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 10 | Ricky Craven | Rockingham(2/22/02), Darlington(3/15/02) |
| 3 | 66 | 54 | 8 | 13 | Todd Bodine | Las Vegas(3/1/02) |
| 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 16 | Bill Elliott |
Atlanta(3/8/02), Texas(4/5/02),
Loudon(7/19/02), Pocono(7/26/2002) '87 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 5 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 2 | Jeff Gordon |
Bristol(3/22/02), Martinsville(4/12/02),
Bristol(8/23/02) '97, '94 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 6 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 4 | Ryan Newman | California(4/26/02), Chicagoland(7/12/02), Loudon(9/13/02), Martinsville(10/18/02), Rockingham(11/1/02), Phoenix(11/8/02) |
| 7 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 5 | Ward Burton | Richmond(5/3/02) |
| 8 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | Matt Kenseth | Dover(5/31/02) |
| 9 | 88 | 88 | 7 | 18 | Dale Jarrett | Michigan(6/14/02) '00, '96 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 10 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 15 | Tony Stewart | Sonoma(6/21/02), Indianapolis(8/3/02) '02, '01 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 11 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 9 | Kevin Harvick | Daytona(7/5/02) |
| 12 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 8 | Ricky Rudd | Watkins Glen(8/9/02) |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 1 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Michigan(8/16/02), Kansas(9/27/02) |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | Rusty Wallace | Dover(9/20/02) '98 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 15 | 97 | 97 | 3 | 11 | Kurt Busch | Homestead(11/17/02) |
| 16 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | Mark Martin | '99 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 17 | 09 | 11 | 1 | 19 | Geoffrey Bodine | '92 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 18 | 36 | 49 | 12 | 6 | Ken Schrader | '90, '89 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | Terry Labonte | '85 Budweiser Shootout Winner |
Other Notes: Qualifying was rained out at Pocono-June 7, Darlington-August 30, Talladega-October 4, Lowe's-October 10, Atlanta-October 25.
Previous Winners of the Budweiser Shootout:
| Year | Budweiser Shootout winner | |||
| 2002 | Tony Stewart | |||
| 2001 | Tony Stewart | |||
| Previously known as the Bud Shootout | ||||
| Bud Shootout winner | Qualifier Winner | |||
| 2000 | Dale Jarrett | Dale Jarrett | ||
| 1999 | Mark Martin | Mike Skinner | ||
| 1998 | Rusty Wallace | Jimmy Spencer | ||
| Previously known as Busch Clash | ||||
| 1997 | Jeff Gordon | |||
| 1996 | Dale Jarrett | |||
| 1995 | Dale Earnhardt | |||
| 1994 | Jeff Gordon | |||
| 1993 | Dale Earnhardt | |||
| 1992 | Geoff Bodine | |||
| 1991 | Dale Earnhardt | |||
| 1990 | Ken Schrader | |||
| 1989 | Ken Schrader | |||
| 1988 | Dale Earnhardt | |||
| 1987 | Bill Elliott | |||
| 1986 | Dale Earnhardt | |||
| 1985 | Terry Labonte | |||
| 1984 | Neil Bonnet | |||
| 1983 | Neil Bonnet | |||
| 1982 | Bobby Allison | |||
| 1981 | Darrell Waltrip | |||
| 1980 | Dale Earnhardt | |||
| 1979 | Buddy Baker | |||
A Few Notes on Provisionals
The provisional rules are what they are. This is my best rendition of how I understand them.
NASCAR has set the maximum field for all their events to 43 cars.
There are 7 provisional positions given in each Winston Cup points race. The first 36 positions in each race are assigned by 1 qualification session. Starting in 2001, there is only 1 qualifying session.
Positions 37-42 are based on car owner points. The 43rd position is normally reserved for a past champion, with a limit of eight per year. Usually the most recent champ if two fail to qualify, but NASCAR is not always consistent and makes a ruling at that particular race. If there is no past champion that needs a provisional, all seven are based on car owner points.
For the first 5 races of the season, provisionals are given in order of car owners points at season's end the previous year. After the 5th race, they are based upon the current season's car owners standings. There are unlimited provisionals given to car who's owners are in the top 25.
If all provisional are not used during a race and someone outside the top 25 in owners points has attempted to qualify but did not, then they will be eligible to use it.
If 46cars attempt to make a race, the first 36 will make the race based on their qualifying times. That leaves us with 10 cars fighting for 7 provisionals.
If there is a past champion in the field, he will be awarded the past champions provisional. If more than 1 past champ., it goes to the most recent champ. This will leave 9 cars for 6 provisionals. They will go in order of car owner points to top 6 cars in the standings. The other 3 will pack up and go home.
If 43 or fewer cars attempt to make a race, no provisional is charged to any of the teams.
All teams that attempt to qualify get car owner points, even if they do not qualify for the race.