The Budweiser Shootout is an annual NASCARNextel Cup Series event held at Daytona International Speedway in February, the week before the Daytona 500. It began as the Busch Clash and was a fifty-mile (twenty lap) "shootout". In its current format, it is made up of 2 segments: First a short 20-lap segment, followed by a 50-lap segment in which each car must make a green flag pit stop. The race, like the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in May, carries no points for the winner but rather a large purse, circumstances which are supposed to encourage an all-out driving style not seen in regular-season races, where one serious mistake can largely ruin a season.
The Budweiser Shootout is an annual NASCAR Nextel Cup Series exhibition event held at Daytona International Speedway in February, the weekend before the Daytona 500.
Denny Hamlin, the winner of the 2006 Shootout, was the first ever rookie to drive to a victory in the prestigious race, winning a pole at Phoenix International Raceway in a part-time ride in 2005.
As NASCAR streamlined qualifying in 2001 to one round, a new Budweiser Shootout at Daytona (new name also) format was developed of 70 laps (the green flag only rule was eliminated) with one green flag pit stop (two tires) mandatory, and mandating the race finish under green, with Craftsman Truck Series green-white-checker rules applying.
Although not an official Winston Cup points race, the BudShootout, contested around the 2.5-mile Daytona track by last season's pole winners, is one of the most anticipated events of Speedweeks.
started the BudShootout in 12th place after pole-sitter Rusty Wallace was sent to the rear of the field for missing the pre-race drivers meting.
Skinner, who had won the BudShootout qualifier earlier in the day, was second, followed by Mayfield, Bobby Labonte in a Pontiac and Wallace in a Ford.
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