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

To: NormsRevenge

The first sign that spring is on the way, Daytona !

21 posted on 02/06/2004 5:15:03 PM PST by TYVets ("An armed society is a polite society." - Robert A. Heinlein & me)

To: NormsRevenge

Hey Norm Glad to back! And the rest of the fans!

I am rooting again for Jimm (Pearl Harbour) Spencer to become a Cinderella story...That would be great.

But my new ride for the season is Scott Riggs in the #10. I met him last year and he is one guy that is happy to be where he is and is a Class act. I saw him drive 3 time with a scanner and I have to say he is a very focused and skilled driver. Go Scott!

22 posted on 02/06/2004 5:18:43 PM PST by Afronaut (Press two for English.)

To: NormsRevenge

Just saw that Ernie Irvin is coaching Boris Said for the ShootOut. Ernie is a great guy and I was so sorry when he got hurt and had to retire. Ken Schrader took his ride...

23 posted on 02/06/2004 5:20:19 PM PST by tubebender (Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see...)

To: tubebender; Afronaut

This is gonna be a real interesting year with all the rule changes etc and then you add in all the young talent that are gonna give the veterans a real run for the money... It's gonna be one heckuva ride! Anyone can win it all.

24 posted on 02/06/2004 5:24:56 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac)

To: NormsRevenge

All my entries in the FreeRepublic Fantasy Racing League have never raced in he Cup Series before...

25 posted on 02/06/2004 5:39:28 PM PST by tubebender (Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see...)

I have 2 young guys on my picks as well at this point, I may add more, we''ll see who has it early! ...

26 posted on 02/06/2004 5:52:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac)

To: NormsRevenge

Finally a NASCAR race! Yeah!

27 posted on 02/06/2004 6:00:59 PM PST by B4Ranch ( Dear Mr. President, Sir, Are you listening to the voters?)

To: NormsRevenge

...the Budweiser Shootout is nothing but a glorified practice...

We'll take it. It's been a long winter. Yipppeeeeeee!

28 posted on 02/06/2004 6:04:47 PM PST by flutters (God Bless The USA)

To: B4Ranch; All; truthandlife

29 posted on 02/06/2004 6:06:02 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac)

To: NormsRevenge

Wouldn't it be fun to get a FReeper suite?

30 posted on 02/06/2004 6:10:55 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (The mediocre man, when he's used the last piece of t.p., leaves the empty roll for the next person.)

To: NormsRevenge

I hope you read my tag line real close... ;-o)

31 posted on 02/06/2004 6:12:36 PM PST by tubebender (Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see...)

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32 posted on 02/06/2004 6:12:36 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac)

The Bud Shootout is open to drivers who either qualified for the pole the previous year while running with a Budweiser contigency sticker ("rain-outs" do not count, so no Matt Kenseth this year) or won a previous Bud Shootout. Here's how the field of 19 got in:

Boris Said - Won the pole at Sonoma (the Shootout is a 1-race deal; the 01 is normally driven by Joe Nemechek)

Rusty Wallace - Won the Bud Shootout in 1998

Terry Labonte - Won the pole at the spring Richmond race, also won the Shootout in 1985

Mark Martin - Won the Shootout in 1999

Dale Earnhardt Jr - Won last year's Shootout

Mike Skinner - Won the pole at the fall Richmond race in the MB2 #01 (the Shootout is a 1-race deal in the MBV #10, the car is normally driven by Scott Riggs; Skinner does have a 1-race deal to run a 4th Richard Childress entry in the Daytona 500)

Ryan (Rocket Man) Newman - Won poles at both Atlanta races, the spring Bristol race, both Lowe's races, the spring Dover race, the July Pocono race, the fall Darlington race, the fall New Hampshire race, Phoenix, and the fall Rockingham race

Bobby Labonte - Won poles at Las Vegas, Texas and both Michigan races

Jeremy Mayfield - Won the pole at the spring Talledega race

Tony Stewart - Won the pole at Chicago, also won the 2001 and 2002 Shootouts

Dave Blaney - Won the pole at the spring Rockingham race in the Jasper #77 (he has a limited deal in the Bill Davis #23, which includes the Daytona 500)

Jeff (Flash) Gordon - Won poles at both Martinsville races, Watkins Glen and the second Bristol race; also won the shootout in 1994 and 1997

Kevin Harvick - Won the pole at Indy

Elliot Sadler - Won the pole at the fall Talledega race

Jamie McMurray - Won the pole at Homestead

Jimmie Johnson - Won the pole at the June Pocono race and Kansas

Ken Schrader - Won the Shootout in 1989 and 1990

Dale Jarrett - Won the Shootout in 2000

Bill Elliot - Won the Shootout in 1987

There are 3 drivers that are eligible not running:

Geoffrey Bodine - Won the Shootout in 1992, doesn't have a ride

Steve Park - Won poles at California (in the DEI #1) and the Pepsi 400 (in the RCR #30), doesn't have a ride

Jeff Green - Won the pole at the Daytona 500 in the RCR #30; his current team (the Petty #43) does not participate in the Bud Shootout program, and he did not pick up a 1-race deal with anybody else

33 posted on 02/06/2004 6:13:32 PM PST by steveegg (You don't clean up 8 years of messes in 4, only to turn it over to Pigpen - W'04)

To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL; glock rocks; tubebender; Pete-R-Bilt

A FReeper Suite! Heck yeah!! Anybody here rich 8-?

Maybe we can get Jim to park his 50-foot Fleetwood RV in the middle of the infield and stand on top of it. :-]

34 posted on 02/06/2004 6:18:46 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac)

To: NormsRevenge

Oh brother. Who accepted sponsorship from Wellbutrin for the Passion car? I can hear the anti-Christians now...

35 posted on 02/06/2004 6:20:04 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (The mediocre man, when he's used the last piece of t.p., leaves the empty roll for the next person.)

howdy ... bummer about the no rides folks...

36 posted on 02/06/2004 6:20:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac)

To: NormsRevenge

You forgot qualifying for the Shootouts/Daytona 500 :-)

Qualifying starts at high noon Eastern Sunday 2/8 (coverage on NBC).

37 posted on 02/06/2004 6:21:50 PM PST by steveegg (You don't clean up 8 years of messes in 4, only to turn it over to Pigpen - W'04)

To: NormsRevenge

I'm not rich, but if I hit the lottery, Daytona is on me.

I'm series (lol!)...maybe we can all pitch in somehow? It could be the NASCAR version of FReeps Ahoy!?

38 posted on 02/06/2004 6:25:30 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (The mediocre man, when he's used the last piece of t.p., leaves the empty roll for the next person.)

To: NormsRevenge

'Tisn't a pity that we're missing Bodine, and not much that we're missing Park :-)

Jeff Green, on the other hand, is a victim of circumstance. His team not running in the Bud Pole program is part of the promise Richard Petty made to his mother to not have his team be involved with alcohol when he got into NASCAR.

39 posted on 02/06/2004 6:26:56 PM PST by steveegg (You don't clean up 8 years of messes in 4, only to turn it over to Pigpen - W'04)

To: getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL

We're talking NASCAR here; and the last I heard, they weren't exactly PC anyway (invocations before every race).

40 posted on 02/06/2004 6:29:50 PM PST by steveegg (You don't clean up 8 years of messes in 4, only to turn it over to Pigpen - W'04)

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