2011 BUD SHOOTOUT Lineup

So, this year's eligible field is as follows:

2010 Chase drivers:

Jimmie Johnson

Denny Hamlin

Kevin Harvick

Carl Edwards

Matt Kenseth

Greg Biffle

Tony Stewart

Kyle Busch

Jeff Gordon

Clint Bowyer

Kurt Busch

Jeff Burton

Others (criteria in parentheses)

John Andretti (Coke Zero 400)

Geoff Bodine (Daytona 500, Budweiser Shootout)

Kevin Conway (2010 Series rookie of the year)

Derrike Cope (Daytona 500)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400, Budweiser Shootout)

Bill Elliott (Series champion, Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400, Budweiser Shootout)

Kasey Kahne (Series rookie of the year)

Bobby Labonte (Series champion)

Terry Labonte (Series champion, Budweiser Shootout)

Joey Logano (Series rookie of the year)

Sterling Marlin (Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400)

Mark Martin (Budweiser Shootout)

Jamie McMurray (Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400, Series rookie of the year)

Juan Pablo Montoya (Series rookie of the year)

Ryan Newman (Daytona 500, Series rookie of the year)

Ken Schrader (Budweiser Shootout)

Regan Smith (Series rookie of the year)

Michael Waltrip (Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400)

There's no guarantee all these drivers will compete. But for teams that don't already have a driver in the race, it's a chance to make the field by hooking up for one race with someone like Ken Schrader or Terry Labonte or Sterling Marlin.

The race -- Saturday, Feb. 12 at 7:10 p.m. CST and televised on Fox -- will be 75 laps divided into two segments of 25 and 50 laps. Between segments there will be a 10-minute pit stop. Crews can work on their cars on pit road or in the garage, but cannot change shocks, springs or rear ends. Starting positions are determined by a blind draw.

Kevin Harvick won the last two Bud Shootouts.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on January 7, 2011 at 6:42pm

We know the Chase drivers are gonna run.
Jr, Kahne, Bobby, Elliott, Joey, Mark, Jamie, Juan, Ryan, Regan & Mikey are all gonna run.

Andretti, most likely a FrontRow Motorsports car
Bodine will probally be in Tommy Baldwins car.
Cope I think sold his NNS COTs to get a Cup one
Terry part-owns a teams so he'll be in that car more then likely.
Schrader will probaly be in the #83 again

So that leaves Marlin & Conway. Marlin I think is officially done racing although I wouldn't count him out if a team with a good quality car is willing to put him in it for "One Final Race"..... As for Conway I haven't even heard anything about his plans for this season, maybe Phoenix racing, maybe that ART team (if they even have a car), maybe that #26 Ford team, or one of the PRISM Start&Park-mobiles????