Daytona Shootout Entries for 2013 |

2013 Shootout – February 16 on FOX

3-Time Sprint Cup Champion
Tony Stewart

73 days until the Daytona Shootout! But hours after the checkered flag dropped on the 2012 running of the Daytona Shootout, NASCAR announced new eligibility standards for the 2013 race. Back in February 2012 Jeff Gluck posted details about the changes on The New Eligibility Rules.

The biggest change the rules put on the 2013 running is the return to pole winners and previous Shootout winners only. While many applaud this return to the old school, it means the current Cup Champion is not eligible to participate. Many Brad Keselowski fans are upset about that. But this isn’t the first time the Cup Champion hasn’t participated in the shoot out. The last time that happened was 2004 when 2003 Cup Champion Matt Kenseth was excluded from the shootout race.

That’s not the only change people are talking about. It doesn’t seem right not to call the shootout by it’s old familiar title “The Budweiser Shootout”. But Budweiser no longer sponsors the shootout. They do sponsor the Duels which will be held February 21, 2013 on Speed.

The 2013 Shootout Entries.

22 Drivers are eligible to participate in the 2013 Daytona Shootout.
As of February 12th, 2013; 19 Drivers have signed up to race the renamed Sprint Unlimited race. For us however, it will always be the Shootout!

Drivers Who Won 2012 poles:

AJ Allmendinger
Aric Almirola
Marcos Ambrose
Greg Biffle
Kyle Busch
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Carl Edwards
1988 Winston Cup Champion
Bill Elliott
Jeff Gordon
Denny Hamlin
Jimmy Johnson
Kasey Kahne
Matt Kenseth
Joey Logano
Mark Maritn
Juan Pablo Montoya
Tony Stewart
Martin Truex

Past Shootout winners:

Kurt Busch
Bill Elliott
Kevin Harvick
Terry Labonte
Ken Schrader

Entries for the February 2013 Sprint Unlimited
As of Feb. 12, 2013

Aric Almirola
Marcos Ambrose
Greg Biffle
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Carl Edwards
Jeff Gordon
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Jimmie Johnson
Kasey Kahne
Matt Kenseth
Joey Logano
Mark Martin
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ken Schrader
Tony Stewart
Martin Truex Jr.

Check out the entire 2013 Sprint Cup Schedule. And if you feel like you’ve missed some news during these winter months, check out the list of news stories at SBNation: Nascar’s Silly Season.

And check out Jeff Owens article on Sporting News: “Why NASCAR’s top drivers are underpaid“. Pretty amazing when you consider the risk of death race drivers face, compared to other sports. For instance since 1960 3 NFL players have died on the field as the result of injury. Since 1900 2 MLB players have been killed, both in the early 1900 and both were hit by a pitch before batter helmets were implemented. Zero (0) NBA players have died on the court in the past 100 years. But there have been so many race car driver deaths, that Wikipedia (where I found this information) had to create a separate page to list them all. Driver deaths in motorsport.

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