With last night’s drawing for the Bud Shootout starting order now out of the way, look forward to seeing Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the pole, with Tony Stewart alongside him on the front row at Daytona International Speedway.

This year’s Bud Shootout features (yet again!) new entry rules for the race, which will be seeing its highest number of racers since its inception, counting in at 24.

New qualifying rules this year will allow for anyone from the following categories, should they choose to race:

- All 12 drivers from last season’s Chase for the Sprint Cup
- Any previous Budweiser Shootout winners
- Anyone who has previously won a points-paying race at Daytona (Daytona 500 or Coke Zero 400)
- All previous NASCAR Sprint Cup champions
- The last 10 racers to have won the Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year Award

The full line up includes:

1. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2. Tony Stewart
3. Carl Edwards
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Kasey Kahne
6. Bobby Labonte
7. Clint Bowyer
8. Ryan Newman
9. Derrike Cope
10. Michael Waltrip
11. Greg Biffle
12. Jeff Gordon
13. Juan Pablo Montoya
14. Jamie McMurray
15. Jeff Burton
16. Kevin Conway
17. Kurt Busch
18. Kevin Harvick
19. Matt Kenseth
20. Mark Martin
21. Kyle Busch
22. Joey Logano
23. Jimmie Johnson
24. Regan Smith

Jeff Gordon beat out Tony Stewart for the first Gatorade Duel win of 2009. Gordon’s teammate, Jimmie Johnson finished in the third position. A surprising end to the race by rookie, Joey Logano, saw him finish in fourth.

As for the second Duel of the day, Kyle Busch took the victory with Mark Martin coming in a close second. The only rookie in the field was Scott Speed, who only completed 44 of the 60 laps due to a handling issue.

These two races marked the last NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race until the first points event of the year, the Daytona 500, which is to be held this Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.

For the full results from the race, please visit this page:

2009 Gatorade Duels Results

As these races precede the first points race of the season, there is currently no driver standings in this series.

The first race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the Budweiser Shootout, held at Daytona International Speedway. Though it wasn’t a points event, it was the first opportunity to see many of this year’s Sprint Cup competitors. The race itself saw several cautions, leaving many of the teams with a DNF. In the end, only 13 of the 28 entered cars had finished the race without incident.

Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag in his Chevrolet Impala SS, with Jamie McMurray (Ford) and Tony Stewart (Chevrolet) finishing in second and third respectively. Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet) finished fourth and A.J. Allmendinger (Dodge) ended up with the final Top-5 finishing position. The highest placing driver in a Toyota was Kyle Busch who finished 10th.

For the full results from this race, please see the following page:

2009 Budweiser Shootout Results

Since this was a non-points event, there are no standings yet for this series.

Tony Stewart won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season today at Talladega Superspeedway. Paul Menard pulled off an impressive second place with David Ragan coming up with a third place finish. Jeff Burton and Clint Bowyer took fourth and fifth.

This win moved Stewart up four places in the Championship to the seventh position. Jimmie Johnson, who finished eighth in today’s race, extended his points lead to 72 points over the second place driver, Carl Edwards.

For the full results of the Amp Energy 500, please click here:

2008 Amp Energy 500 Results from Talladega Superspeedway

The standings have been updated and can be found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

Jimmie Johnson grabbed another NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory for Hendrick Motorsports Sunday at Richmond International Raceway. Following him to the finish line were Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin, who finished second through fifth respectably.

Kyle Busch, the pole winner, finished 15th.

For full results from this race, please use the following link:

2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Results

The updated standings are found here:

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Standings

This weekend, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will head out to Indianapolis Motor Speedway located in Speedway, Indiana for the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard. Last year’s winner was Tony Stewart, who also won the race in 2005. Can he repeat this year? Or will he face troubles from the race’s past dominating drivers like Jeff Gordon, who has recorded the most wins for this race at four victories (1994, 1998, 2001 & 2004). Tune in and find out!

The race will be broadcast on ESPN at 1 p.m. EST on Sunday, July 27th.

You can catch the qualifying efforts to be held for the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard on ESPN2 starting Saturday at 10 a.m.