NASCAR Nextel Cup 2004 Budweiser Shootout - February 7 , TNT race start 8pmET 5pmPT

NASCAR.com ^ | 2/6/04

[NormsRevenge]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When you boil it all down, the Budweiser Shootout is nothing but a glorified practice among 19 drivers to see who has the best Daytona 500 backup car.

So why is it always so intense?

Why do 22 drivers -- pole winner from 2003 and previous Shootout winners -- go after it so hard?

Well, it's simple. It's a race. There's money on the line. Did we mention it was a race?

"It's like a bar fight, but the car takes the beating," defending Budweiser Shootout winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.

[NormsRevenge]

February 7,2004

Budweiser Shootout
Saturday Night on TNT
Racetime - 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT

Daytona International Speedway

Since 1959, Daytona International Speedway has hosted the Daytona 500,
now the culmination of a two-week festival of speed known as Speedweeks.
In early July, the track hosts the night-time running of the Pepsi 400.
In addition to Busch Series and Craftsman Truck events, the track also
hosts the sports-car Rolex 24 at Daytona, and motorcycle and karting events.

Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 31 degrees
Distance: 2.5 miles
Shape: Tri-Oval

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What's New for NASCAR in 2004?

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Nextel Cup Series Upcoming Action at Daytona
02|07|04 - Budweiser Shootout
02|12|04 - Gatorade 125, Qualification Race 1
02|12|04 - Gatorade 125, Qualification Race 2
02|15|04 - Daytona 500

Did you know President Bush will be in attendance at the Daytona 500 on the 15th? Yuppadoody! :-}

Click HERE for some threads and Let's Go Racin'!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Budweiser Shootout Entry List
February 7, 2004

Car	Driver	Hometown	Make	Sponsor	Owner
#01	Boris Said	Carlsbad, CA	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Nelson Bowers
#2	Rusty Wallace	St. Louis, MO	Dodge	Miller Lite	Roger Penske
#5	Terry Labonte	Corpus Christi, TX	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	Rick Hendrick
#6	Mark Martin	Batesville, AR	Ford	Oscar Mayer/Team Kraft	Jack Roush
#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Kannapolis, NC	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Teresa Earnhardt
#10	Mike Skinner	Susanville, CA	Chevrolet	Valvoline Max Life	James Rocco
#12	Ryan Newman	South Bend, IN	Dodge	ALLTEL	Roger Penske
#18	Bobby Labonte	Corpus Christi, TX	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	Joe Gibbs
#19	Jeremy Mayfield	Owensboro, KY	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Ray Evernham
#20	Tony Stewart	Rushville, IN	Chevrolet	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs
#23	Dave Blaney	Hartford, OH	Dodge	Whelen Engineering	Gail Davis
#24	Jeff Gordon	Pittsboro, IN	Chevrolet	DuPont	Rick Hendrick
#29	Kevin Harvick	Bakersfield, CA	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	Richard Childress
#38	Elliott Sadler	Emporia, VA	Ford	M&M's	Robert Yates
#42	Jamie McMurray	Joplin, MO	Dodge	Havoline	Floyd Ganassi
#48	Jimmie Johnson	Los Gatos, CA	Chevrolet	Lowe's	Jeff Gordon
#49	Ken Schrader	Fenton, MO	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service	Elizabeth Morgenthau
#88	Dale Jarrett	Hickory, NC	Ford	UPS	Robert Yates
#91	Bill Elliott	Dawsonville, GA	Dodge	Evernham Motorsports	Ray Evernham Sr.

[BlueNgold]

There's nothing like the smell of High Test exhaust, rubber heating up, and clutches burning ...
makes me all jittery and emotional inside

[SevenofNine]

NORM did you read Drudge site this morning

Guess who going be there

DUBYAAAAAA

Yeah dude going be there

Rack ittt

I THINK

[SevenofNine]

YEAH that other good part

I want see Demo presidential Caindate at NASCAR event hey I hearing too many rumors

Is Howard Dean show up

WOULD Kerry show up

[NormsRevenge]

My thanks goes out to the folks at the FR Canteen for their inimitable ways of Supporting Our Troops. :-]

Swing by and visit the FReeper Canteen ~ Thursday Canteen Sports Corner ~ 05 FEB 2004 and leave a Bump for the barkeep. ;-}

[NormsRevenge]

Yeah , I saw that on FR, of all places.

Here's a couple of threads from earlier today.

President Bush plans to attend Daytona 500

That should be quite the event. 9 days ... :-]

[NormsRevenge]

FRiday Night Pre-Race Ping

On Deck.. The 2004 Budweiser Shootout

Saturday 2/7/04 TNT 5pmPT/8pmET

[StriperSniper]

WOULD Kerry show up

I think Kerry would get beaten up. ;-)

[Republicus2001]

do they have drag boat racing in the square pool in the middle? WTF?

[Deadeye Division]

Anybody keep track of the number of Levitra commercials during Bud Shootout practice this afternoon?

[tubebender]

Oh Man Norm. I waited a whole year for this post...

[WestCoastGal]

If anyone gets Speed Network, there are re-runs of todays practice for the shootout tonight. And tomorrow has morning and afternoon practice for the cup race.

9:00p - BUD SHOOTOUT PRACTICE: Daytona

10:30p - BUD SHOOTOUT PRACTICE: Daytona

Saturday, 2/7/04

10:00a - NASCAR NEXTEL CUP PRACTICE: Daytona - Morning Session (LIVE)

12:30p - Speed Weeks on Speed Channel (LIVE)

1:30p - NASCAR NEXTEL CUP PRACTICE: Daytona - Afternoon Session (LIVE)

I am so glad that we are finally back to racing!!!!!!!!!

[NormsRevenge]

They used to race powerboats.

FRom the Daytona Beach News-Journal -- Info about the track. Good article about the track and surrounding area.

LAKE LLOYD

Any aerial view of the track is dominated by the 44-acre lake that sits just inside the backstretch, and nearly stretches from the exit of Turn 2 to the entrance to Turn 3. The man-made lake is a byproduct of Daytona's famed high banks. Dirt for the banks came from where the lake now sits.

In the early days, the speedway was host to a powerboat race, but after a boat pilot was killed in a crash, the boat races went away. A couple of race cars have wrecked and found their way into the lake, but due to barricading that can't happen now.

The lake was once home to a Speed Weeks fishing tourney, featuring many drivers and crew members, but that ended in the early 1990s.

A variety of freshwater fish live in the lake, but there's little fishing done there. Hahne had about 100 carp put in the lake a few years ago to help keep the in-water grasses controlled. An aquatic company comes out occasionally to clean the above-water weeds.

Former Speedway president John Graham had a fountain added a few years ago.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

Yup!!! It's almost here!!

[NormsRevenge]

LOL... Talk about a big growth industry! (I didn't really mean it that way.)

[Deadeye Division]

Gotta pick Mark Martin's Wiener-mobile.

[budman_2001]

I'm ready for some racin'!

Hi Norm! Talk to ya Sunday AM. And hopefully, following the sprint, this guy will be a household name.

OK---

big

hopefully!

[B4Ranch]

NASCAR BUD @ 6:00PM IN RENO, NEVADA AREA

[schaketo]

This will be the year DJ drives the truck!