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Daytona 500 entry list -

Car	Driver	Hometown	Make	>Sponsor	Owner
00+	Hermie Sadler**	Emporia, VA	Ford	Aaron's	Mike Anderson
1+	Martin Truex Jr.*	Mayetta, NJ	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Teresa Earnhardt
01	Joe Nemechek	Lakeland, FL	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Nelson Bowers
2	Kurt Busch	Las Vegas, NV	Dodge	Miller Lite	Roger Penske
4	Scott Wimmer**	Wausau, WI	Chevrolet	AERO Exhaust	Larry McClure
5	Kyle Busch	Las Vegas, NV	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	Rick Hendrick
6	Mark Martin	Batesville, AR	Ford	AAA	Jack Roush
7	Robby Gordon**	Orange, CA	Chevrolet	Jim Beam	Robby Gordon
07	Clint Bowyer*	Emporia, KS	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	Richard Childress
8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Kannapolis, NC	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Teresa Earnhardt
9	Kasey Kahne	Enumclaw, WA	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Ray Evernham
10+	Scott Riggs**	Bahama, NC	Dodge	Valvoline/Stanley Tools	James Rocco
11	Denny Hamlin*	Chesterfield, VA	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	J D Gibbs
12	Ryan Newman	South Bend, IN	Dodge	ALLTEL	Roger Penske
14+	Sterling Marlin	Columbia, TN	Chevrolet	Waste Management	Nelson Bowers
15+	Paul Menard*/**	Eau Claire, WI	Chevrolet	Menards	Teresa Earnhardt
16	Greg Biffle	Vancouver, WA	Ford	National Guard	Geoff Smith
17	Matt Kenseth	Cambridge, WI	Ford	DeWalt Power Tools	Mark Martin
18	J.J. Yeley*	Phoenix, AZ	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	Joe Gibbs
19	Jeremy Mayfield	Owensboro, KY	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Ray Evernham
20	Tony Stewart	Rushville, IN	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	Joe Gibbs
21	Ken Schrader	Fenton, MO	Ford	Little Debbie	Glen Wood
22	Dave Blaney	Hartford, OH	Dodge	Caterpillar	Bill Davis
23	Mike Skinner**	Susanville, CA	Dodge	Bad Boy Mowers	Gail Davis
24	Jeff Gordon	Pittsboro, IN	Chevrolet	DuPont	Rick Hendrick
25	Brian Vickers	Thomasville, NC	Chevrolet	GMAC	Mary Hendrick
26+	Jamie McMurray	Joplin, MO	Ford	Crown Royal	Georgetta Roush
27	Kirk Shelmerdine**	Winston-Salem, NC	Chevrolet	Kirk Shelmerdine Racing	Kirk Shelmerdine
29	Kevin Harvick	Bakersfield, CA	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	Richard Childress
31	Jeff Burton	South Boston, VA	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	Richard Childress
32	Travis Kvapil**	Janesville, WI	Chevrolet	Tide	Calvin Wells, III
34	Randy LaJoie**	South Norwalk, CT	Chevrolet	Front Row Motorsports	Bradley Jenkins
37	Chad Blount*/**	Walkerton, IN	Dodge	R&J Racing	John Carter
38	Elliott Sadler	Emporia, VA	Ford	M&M's	Robert Yates
40	David Stremme*	South Bend, IN	Dodge	Lone Star Steakhouse/Saloon	Felix Sabates
41	Reed Sorenson*	Peachtree City, GA	Dodge	Target	Chip Ganassi
42	Casey Mears	Bakersfield, CA	Dodge	Texaco/Havoline	Floyd Ganassi
43	Bobby Labonte	Corpus Christi, TX	Dodge	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	Richard L Petty
45	Kyle Petty	Randleman, NC	Dodge	Wells Fargo Financial	Kyle Petty
48	Jimmie Johnson	El Cajon, CA	Chevrolet	Lowe's	Jeff Gordon
49	Brent Sherman*	Chicago, IL	Dodge	Serta	Elizabeth Morgenthau
50	Larry Foyt**	Houston, TX	Dodge	Arnold Development Companies	Don Arnold
55+	Michael Waltrip	Owensboro, KY	Dodge	NAPA Auto Parts	Douglas Bawel
61+	Kevin Lepage**	Shelburne, VT	Ford	Amp Energy Drink	Jeff Stec
64	Eric McClure**	Chilhowie, VA	Chevrolet	The Premier Motorsports	Daniel Kinney
66+	Jeff Green	Owensboro, KY	Chevrolet	Best Buy	Gene Haas
74+	Derrike Cope**	Spanaway, WA	Dodge	MyGuardian911	Raynard McGlynn
88	Dale Jarrett	Hickory, NC	Ford	UPS	Robert Yates
89	Morgan Shepherd**	Conover, NC	Dodge	Victory in Jesus/Dutch Quality Stone	Cindy Shepherd
92+	Chad Chaffin*/**	Smyrna, TN	Chevrolet	Oak Glove Co.	Bob Jenkins
96	Terry Labonte**	Corpus Christi, TX	Chevrolet	DLP HDTV	Bill Saunders
99	Carl Edwards	Columbia, MO	Ford	Office Depot	Jack Roush
109+	Mike Wallace**	St. Louis, MO	Dodge	Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts	James Finch
136	Bill Elliott**	Dawsonville, GA	Chevrolet	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	Bob Sutton
152	Larry Gunselman**	Belfair, WA	Dodge	Pro30.com/Race2WA.com	Rick Ware
159	Andy Belmont**	Penndel, PA	Chevrolet	YearOne.com	Jennifer Belmont
178	Kenny Wallace**	St. Louis, MO	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing	Barney Visser
180+	Carl Long**	Roxboro, NC	Ford	RoadLoans.com	Stanton Hover
195	Stanton Barrett**	Bishop, CA	Chevrolet	Stanton Barrett Racing	Stanton Barrett

* Denotes Rookie (culled from memory of who is eligible to run for Rookie of the Year, not necessarily who will do so this season)
** Denotes driver/team not in the top 35 in the final 2005 owners' points, must be one of the two highest-finishing drivers in his Gatorade Duel, one of the fastest 3 qualifiers among the remaining 20 "field-fillers", or either the most-recent Winston/Nextel Cup champ not otherwise qualified (in order, Terry Labonte-1996 Winston Cup champ and Bill Elliot-1988 Winston Cup champ) or the 4th-fastest of the remaining 20 "field-fillers.
+ Using the 2005 owners' points from another team:

• #00 appears to be using the 2005 #100 owners' points (not in the top 35)
• #1 is using the 2005 #15 owners' points
• #10 is using the 2005 #91 owners' points (not in the top 35)
• #14 is using the 2005 #10 owners' points
• #15 is using the 2005 #1 owners' points (not in the top 35)
• #26 is using the 2005 #97 owners' points
• #55 is using the 2005 #77 owners' points
• #61 is using the 2005 #66 owners' points (not in the top 35)
• #66 is using the 2005 #0 owners' points
• #74 is using the 2005 #200 owners' points (not in the top 35)
• #92 is using the 2005 #192 owners' points (not in the top 35)
• #109 is using the 2005 #09 owners' points (not in the top 35)
• #180 is using the 2005 #80 owners' points (not in the top 35)

[glock rocks]

Suppose Martin will drive as hard for his new sponsor?

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Qualifying setup for the Daytona 500 -

The Sunday qualifying runs will set up the following:

• The front row for the Daytona 500 (fastest 2)
• The order for each Gatorade Duel but not necessarily who is in each Duel -
  • The fastest qualifier will start the first Gatorade Duel on the pole regardless of whether he would otherwise have started in the second Duel, and the 2nd-fastest qualifier will start the second Gatorade Duel on the pole regardless of whether he would otherwise have started in the first Duel.
  • The teams that finished in the "odd" positions of the top 35 in 2005 owners' points (20/99/48/17/2/24/38/88/25/8/21/9/1/07/66/49/11/14) will compete in the first Duel.
  • The teams that finished in the "even" positions of the top 35 in 2005 owners' points (16/6/12/26/19/42/29/01/31/5/41/18/40/45/43/22/55) will compete in the second Duel.
  • The "field-fillers" will alternate Duels in the order of speed, starting with the second Duel (unless a "field-filler" is the fastest-qualifier, in which case he starts the alternating pattern with the first Duel).
• The "top 35" and the fastest 4 field-fillers in qualifying will be guaranteed to start the Daytona 500 as long as they compete in their respective Duels.

The Gatorade Duels on Thursday will set most of the lineup for the Daytona 500 as follows:

• Except for the pole-sitter in the first Duel (who will start on the inside pole for the Daytona 500), the finishing order of the "top 35" plus the top-finishing 2 "field-fillers" will fill the "inside" row in order (starting with the 3rd position), wrapping around to the outside row if there are at least 2 more "qualifiers" in the first Duel than the second.
• Except for the pole-sitter in the second Duel (who will start on the outside pole for the Daytona 500), the finishing order of the "top 35" plus the top-finishing 2 "field-fillers" will fill the outside row in order (starting with the 4th position), wrapping around to the inside row if there are more "qualifiers" in the second Duel than the first.
• The remaining spots through 42nd (1, 2, or 3 spots depending on whether 2, 1, or 0 "field-fillers" were among the fastest 2 qualifiers respectively) will be filled by the fastest-qualifying "field-fillers" not already in the Daytona 500.
• The 43rd spot will be filled by either the most-recent Winston/Nextel Cup champ not already in the Daytona 500 or the next-fastest-qualifying "field-filler".
• The remainder of the "field-fillers" will load up after the Gatorade Duels and get a head start on going back to the shop.