This weekend will mark Denny Hamlin's fifth start in the prestigious pre-season Bud Shootout at Daytona International Speedway and he can hold his head knowing that he's one of a select few in the field to have a win in this race to his credit.
Hamlin made his first start, and collected his first win, in the Budweiser Shootout in February of 2006. He had only seven career Cup starts to his name as he prepared to embark on a record-setting rookie season that would start with the 2006 Daytona 500. Not only did Hamlin and the #11 FedEx team show up for the race, they showed what they could do as Hamlin parlayed a great car, great drive and some well-timed help into a first win behind the wheel of a Cup car and the first ever Shootout win by a Cup rookie.
Kurt Busch and his Steve Addington-led Penske Racing No. 2 Team will be racing their "PRS-572" Dodge Charger in this weekend's Bud Shootout.
The "572 car" is the same Miller Lite Dodge that Busch and crew raced in last year's Daytona 500 and has become the Daytona "workhorse" in recent years. The team first rolled out this car in the 2008 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, where Busch started 36th, but blasted through the field to finish fourth. The team used the same car during the 2009 edition of Speed Weeks. Busch drove from a 22nd-place start to finish sixth in the 2/12/09 Gatorade Duel #1. He drove the "572" from a 13th-place start to a 10th-place finish in the 2/15/09 Daytona 500. -Tom Roberts PR
Window World Inc. announced Monday it will return as the primary sponsor of the No. 34 Ford driven by John Andretti in this year's Daytona 500.
Window World and Andretti teamed together last season for seven Cup events as well as the Indianapolis 500 when Andretti raced for Richard Petty Motorsports. Andretti was the only driver in 2009 to race in both the Daytona and Indianapolis 500s. The No. 34 Ford will feature Window World's foundation, Window World Cares, and its charitable beneficiary, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Andretti also will race in Speedweeks' opening stock-car event, the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday. -NASCAR.com
Mark Martin will debut the new black, green and orange No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet in Saturday's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway.
This Saturday, Martin will make his 22nd career start in the Shootout, the most of any current, full-time Sprint Cup driver. He finished eighth in the 2008 Shootout, his most recent start in the event. Martin qualifies for the 2010 Shootout because he was a 2009 Chase contender as well as the winner of the 1999 Bud Shootout. In 49 Cup starts at Daytona International Speedway, Martin has scored one pole position (July 1, 1989), nine top-five finishes and 17 top-10s. -Hendrick Motorsports
Though we likely won't know for sure until Friday when Tech usually releases their depth chart, we could see the return of Taylor Potts, who hasn't played since suffering a concussion against New Mexico on Oct. 3.
Bryant likely learned that lying to the NCAA isn't a good thing. And considering what happened to MC Hammer's career after he started hanging out with Deion Sanders, maybe Bryant will avoid the former NFL'star as well.
Regardless of whether or not he plays this week, this is big news for the Aggies. There is no telling what kind of numbers he would be posting the way quarterback Jerod Johnson has been playing. Fuller is a stud and if for some reason he is available on the waiver wire, you should pick up him.
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