The Shoot out

Tony has drawn the 15th starting place

Ryan has drawn the 13th starting place


pic of Ryans car




Pick of Tony's car, in for repairs



Doesn't EVERYONE know you should NEVER get that close to Kurt's ####? ? ( one way or another, one #### end or another ) NOTHING good can come from it. Look what a lil tap did. Dang!

From Stewart Haas Twitter -

"Our Lincoln Electric Power MIG Welders working overtime."

From Stewart Haas Twitter

"And the work continues as the best fab shop in the business reshapes the Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy"

From Stewart Haas Twitter

"Crew members repair the No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevy. No plans to bring out the backup"

From Stewart Haas Twitter

"No. 14 team crew members hard at work on the Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet. "

Thanks for all the photos. It's amazing what these guys can do. It would be fun to watch time released photos of the before and after. Good as new!

First race of the season & these guys are already having to work overtime. Oh well, it's the nature of the business.

First race of the season & these guys are already having to work overtime. Oh well, it's the nature of the business.

& I am jealous of every one of their jobs too!

Thanks for all the photos. It's amazing what these guys can do. It would be fun to watch time released photos of the before and after. Good as new!

It IS amazing what they can do. I used to own a lil '90 Toyota red truck... and I called it my NASCAR truck. Try as hard as anyone could... no one could wreck it permanently. I used to say, taking the truck to the body shop was like a pit stop in the (NASCAR track ) garage ... went in wrecked... and came out, good as new, every time! LOL

A time released video would be ultra cool!

First race of the season & these guys are already having to work overtime. Oh well, it's the nature of the business.

& I am jealous of every one of their jobs too!

I'm sure you are.

2012 Bud Shootout Starting Lineup:

1 – Martin Truex Jr.
2 – Kyle Busch
3 – Brad Keselowski
4 - Jamie McMurray
5 – David Ragan
6 – Kurt Busch
7 – Greg Biffle
8 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
9 – AJ Allmendinger
10 – Joey Logano
11 – Carl Edwards
12 – Jeff Burton
13 – Ryan Newman
14 – Jeff Gordon
15 – Tony Stewart
16 – Denny Hamlin
17 – Clint Bowyer
18 – Jimmie Johnson
19 – Kasey Kahne
20 – Michael Waltrip
21 – Marcos Ambrose
22 – Kevin Harvick
23 – Matt Kenseth
24 – Paul Menard
25 – Juan Pablo Montoya




*** Me - Used to be you had to win a pole, from the last season, to be in this "exclusive" race ....

This year the rules say the top 25 drivers in points can enter the race, plus anyone who has ever won a points race or Shootout at Daytona.

2012 Bud Shootout Starting Lineup:

1 – Martin Truex Jr.
2 – Kyle Busch
3 – Brad Keselowski
4 - Jamie McMurray
5 – David Ragan
6 – Kurt Busch
7 – Greg Biffle
8 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
9 – AJ Allmendinger
10 – Joey Logano
11 – Carl Edwards
12 – Jeff Burton
13 – Ryan Newman
14 – Jeff Gordon
15 – Tony Stewart
16 – Denny Hamlin
17 – Clint Bowyer
18 – Jimmie Johnson
19 – Kasey Kahne
20 – Michael Waltrip
21 – Marcos Ambrose
22 – Kevin Harvick
23 – Matt Kenseth
24 – Paul Menard
25 – Juan Pablo Montoya




*** Me - Used to be you had to win a pole, from the last season, to be in this "exclusive" race ....

This year the rules say the top 25 drivers in points can enter the race, plus anyone who has ever won a points race or Shootout at Daytona.

yeah the reward for winning a pole, & getting your own race went away when Coors light took over the sponsorship for the pole award. No way the Bud Shoot out was gonna promote the Coors light pole winners. That is why it got changed.

1 Kyle Busch - 198.343 45.38
2 Tony Stewart - 198.037 45.45
3 Marcos Ambrose - 197.152 45.65
4 Brad Keselowski - 196.751 45.74
5 Denny Hamlin - 198.544 45.33
6 Greg Biffle - 198.360 45.37
7 Ryan Newman - 195.839 45.96
8 Clint Bowyer - 198.842 45.26
9 Carl Edwards - 196.924 45.70
10 Juan Pablo Montoya - 194.582 46.25
11 Jeff Burton - 187.137 48.09 1 Lap
12 AJ Allmendinger - 107.741 83.53 2 Laps
13 Kasey Kahne - 189.302 47.54 3 Laps
14 Jimmie Johnson - 137.543 65.43 8 Laps
15 Jeff Gordon - 196.237 45.86 9 Laps
16 Jamie McMurray - 197.360 45.60 9 Laps
17 Kurt Busch - 196.485 45.80 9 Laps
18 Joey Logano 198.557 45.33 28 Laps
19 Martin Truex Jr. - 198.790 45.27 28 Laps
20 Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 198.785 45.28 28 Laps
21 Matt Kenseth - 198.781 45.28 28 Laps
22 Kevin Harvick - 196.618 45.77 28 Laps
23 Paul Menard - 195.342 46.07 74 Laps
24 David Ragan - 196.327 45.84 74 Laps
25 Michael Waltrip - 194.868 46.18 74 Laps

Little Big Town,the Budwiser commercial and the last lap of the race,the actual race was a dangerous joke and reminded me too much of the way the cars handled in 2001 at Daytona when someone came up on the rear spoiler,only now worse to the left side more than square.Granted alot of the mistakes were caused by the driver that followed,but it seems the spoiler change wasn't such a great idea? Congradulations to Kyle,no one deserved the win more after the troubles he had not brought on by his own doings.

Jeff's Scary Ride & Flip