The format for the Budweiser Shootout is not run like any other race and NASCAR has changed the format for this season's event. The race will consist of 75 laps broken up into two segments with the first being 25 laps and the final segment being 50 laps.
"Fifty laps is forever on that track," Dale Earnhardt Jr. says. "It would be a lot more exciting for the fans and a lot more fun for us if we only did 10 laps at the end."
Denny Hamlin agrees. "Only racing 10 laps at the end would be better. The tires go away pretty fast at Daytona, but they still would have a lot of grip for just 10 or 15 laps. We could really go out and the racing would be a lot closer."
Between each segment there will be a 10 minute pit stop in which the only changes allowed done to the car are those that would normally be done during a pit stop.
The starting lineup will be determined two days before the event on Thursday night on the Speed Channel when the drivers will randomly draw numbers which will be their starting spot.
And this seasons event will feature only four past winners, Johnson, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., all from Hendrick Motorsports, and Denny Hamlin from Gibbs Racing.
Look for any Hendrick or Gibbs driver to start Speedweeks off in victory lane.
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