CJ's Speed & Thunder

2004 Budweiser Shootout Participants

Also see a list of Previous Winners

The Budweiser Shootout is a 70 lap, 175 mile all star Nextel Cup, formerly Winston Cup, non points race held at Daytona, one week before the Daytona 500. Last years race marked the first time the event was held on Saturday night, under the lights. Also last year, the race was 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. If there is a red flag during any part of the race, race teams ARE allowed to work on their cars during the down time. Drivers qualify, not teams. If a driver leaves a team, the new team will be in the race. To qualify:

1. Each driver/team must participate in Budweiser's promotion of pole qualifying (a decal).
2. The driver/team must qualify on the pole (or be the fastest program qualifier if the pole winner does not participate) of a Nextel Cup points event in the previous year.
3. Past winners from previous "Budweiser Shootout", "Bud Shootout", and "Busch Clash" events are eligible.
4. There is no more second round qualifying.

The field starting positions are chosen by random draw.

Final Results

1. #88 Dale Jarrett
2. #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr
3. #29 Kevin Harvick
4. #6 Mark Martin
5. #24 Jeff Gordon
6. #2 Rusty Wallace
7. #20 Tony Stewart
8. #5 Terry Labonte
9. #48 Jimmie Johnson
10. #01 Boris Said
11. #18 Bobby Labonte
12. #38 Elliott Sadler
13. #49 Ken Schrader
14. #91 Bill Elliott
15. #10 Mike Skinner (Finished in 5th, but moved to last car on lead lap because of passing under yellow line violation)
16. #12 Ryan Newman
17. #42 Jamie McMurray
18. #19 Jeremy Mayfield
19. #23 Dave Blaney

Starting Lineup

	Inside	Outside
Row 1	#19 Jeremy Mayfield	#24 Jeff Gordon
Row 2	#42 Jamie McMurray	#23 Dave Blaney
Row 3	#29 Kevin Harvick	#5 Terry Labonte
Row 4	#6 Mark Martin	#01 Boris Said
Row 5	#38 Elliott Sadler	#91 Bill Elliott
Row 6	#2 Rusty Wallace	#18 Bobby Labonte
Row 7	#10 Mike Skinner	#49 Ken Schrader
Row 8	#88 Dale Jarrett	#12 Ryan Newman
Row 9	#48 Jimmie Johnson	#20 Tony Stewart
Row 10	#8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Jeff Green, Geoffrey Bodine, and Steve Park will not race.

The Qualifiers

	'03 #	'04 #	Driver Name	Race Event
1	30	43	Jeff Green	Daytona (2/10/03)
2	77	23	Dave Blaney	Rockingham (2/21/03)
3	18	18	Bobby Labonte	Las Vegas (2/28/03), Texas (3/28/03), Michigan (6/15/03), Michigan (8/17/03)
4	12	12	Ryan Newman	Atlanta (3/7/03), Bristol (3/22/03), Lowe's (5/25/03), Dover (6/1/03), Pocono (7/27/03), Darlington (8/31/03), Loudon (9/14/03), Lowe's (10/11/03) , Atlanta (11/26/03), Phoenix (11/2/2003), Rockingham (11/9/2003)
5	38	38	Elliott Sadler	Darlington (3/13/03), Talladega (9/28/03)
6	19	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Talladega (4/4/03)
7	24	24	Jeff Gordon	Martinsville (4/11/03), Watkins Glen (8/10/03), Bristol (8/23/03), Martinsville (10/19/03) '97, '94 Budweiser Shootout Winner
8	1	??	Steve Park	California (4/27/03), Daytona (7/5/03)
9	5	5	Terry Labonte	Richmond (5/2/03) '85 Budweiser Shootout Winner
10	48	48	Jimmie Johnson	Pocono (6/6/03), Kansas (10/5/03)
11	01	01	Boris Said	Infineon (6/22/03)
12	20	20	Tony Stewart	Chicago (7/13/03) '02, '01 Budweiser Shootout Winner
13	29	29	Kevin Harvick	Indianapolis (8/3/03)
14	01	10	Mike Skinner	Richmond (9/6/03)
15	42	42	Jamie McMurray	Homestead (11/16/03)
16	8	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	'03 Budweiser Shootout Winner
17	88	88	Dale Jarrett	'00, '96 Budweiser Shootout Winner
18	6	6	Mark Martin	'99 Budweiser Shootout Winner
19	2	2	Rusty Wallace	'98 Budweiser Shootout Winner
20	11	?	Geoffrey Bodine	'92 Budweiser Shootout Winner
21	49	49	Ken Schrader	'90, '89 Budweiser Shootout Winner
22	9	91	Bill Elliott	'87 Budweiser Shootout Winner

Other Notes: Loudon (7/20) Cancelled by rain, Dover (9/21) cancelled by Hurricane Isabel