It’s still the Budweiser Shootout, but the traditional non-points prelude to the Daytona 500 will have a different look and feel Saturday night.
With a record 28-car field, including several drivers who wouldn’t have qualified under the old rules, the 31st Shootout will seem more like an exhibition race than an all-star race.
Defending champion Dale Earnhardt Jr., for one, doesn’t like it.
“It just (stinks), because I’m such a historian of the sport,” Earnhardt said…Â More info
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