Eligibility for Budweiser Shootout

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Burhead

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Requirements:
The 12 drivers who qualified for the 2010 Chase
Past Cup champions
Past Budweiser Shootout champions
Past Daytona points race winners
Cup rookie of the year drivers from 2001-2010

Eligible Drivers :
John Andretti (July race winner)
Greg Biffle (2010 Chase)
Geoff Bodine (Daytona 500, Shootout winner)
Clint Bowyer (2010 Chase)
Jeff Burton (2010 Chase)
Kurt Busch (2010 Chase)
Kyle Busch (2010 Chase)
Kevin Conway (2010 rookie of the year)
Derrike Cope (Daytona 500 winner)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Daytona 500, July race, Shootout winner)
Carl Edwards (2010 Chase)
Bill Elliott (Series champion, Daytona 500, July race, Shootout winner)
Jeff Gordon (2010 Chase)
Denny Hamlin (2010 Chase)
Kevin Harvick (2010 Chase)
Jimmie Johnson (2010 Chase)
Kasey Kahne (2004 rookie of the year)
Matt Kenseth (2010 Chase)
Bobby Labonte (Series champion)
Terry Labonte (Series champion, Shootout winner)
Joey Logano (2009 rookie of the year)
Sterling Marlin (Daytona 500 winner)
Mark Martin (Shootout winner)
Jamie McMurray (Daytona 500, July race winner, 2003 rookie of the year)
Juan Montoya (2007 rookie of the year)
Ryan Newman (Daytona 500 winner, 2002 rookie of the year)
Ken Schrader (Shootout winner)
Regan Smith (2008 rookie of the year)
Tony Stewart (2010 Chase)
Michael Waltrip (Daytona 500, July race winner)

Not Eligible:
David Reutimann (Race winner)
Brad Keselowski
Robby Gordon
David Ragan
Marcos Ambrose
Casey Mears
Paul Menard
Travis Kvapil
David Gilliland
A.J. Allmendinger
J.J. Yeley
Martin Truex Jr
Andy Lally
Sam Hornish Jr.
Brian Vickers
Joe Nemechek
Scott Riggs

So a Kevin Freakin Conway can get in but guys like Reutimann and Vickers aren't?
 
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Burhead said:
Requirements:
The 12 drivers who qualified for the 2010 Chase
Past Cup champions
Past Budweiser Shootout champions
Past Daytona points race winners
Cup rookie of the year drivers from 2001-2010

Eligible Drivers :
John Andretti (July race winner)
Greg Biffle (2010 Chase)
Geoff Bodine (Daytona 500, Shootout winner)
Clint Bowyer (2010 Chase)
Jeff Burton (2010 Chase)
Kurt Busch (2010 Chase)
Kyle Busch (2010 Chase)
Kevin Conway (2010 rookie of the year)
Derrike Cope (Daytona 500 winner)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Daytona 500, July race, Shootout winner)
Carl Edwards (2010 Chase)
Bill Elliott (Series champion, Daytona 500, July race, Shootout winner)
Jeff Gordon (2010 Chase)
Denny Hamlin (2010 Chase)
Kevin Harvick (2010 Chase)
Jimmie Johnson (2010 Chase)
Kasey Kahne (2004 rookie of the year)
Matt Kenseth (2010 Chase)
Bobby Labonte (Series champion)
Terry Labonte (Series champion, Shootout winner)
Joey Logano (2009 rookie of the year)
Sterling Marlin (Daytona 500 winner)
Mark Martin (Shootout winner)
Jamie McMurray (Daytona 500, July race winner, 2003 rookie of the year)
Juan Montoya (2007 rookie of the year)
Ryan Newman (Daytona 500 winner, 2002 rookie of the year)
Ken Schrader (Shootout winner)
Regan Smith (2008 rookie of the year)
Tony Stewart (2010 Chase)
Michael Waltrip (Daytona 500, July race winner)

Not Eligible:
David Reutimann (Race winner)
Brad Keselowski
Robby Gordon
David Ragan
Marcos Ambrose
Casey Mears
Paul Menard
Travis Kvapil
David Gilliland
A.J. Allmendinger
J.J. Yeley
Martin Truex Jr
Andy Lally
Sam Hornish Jr.
Brian Vickers
Joe Nemechek
Scott Riggs

So a Kevin Freakin Conway can get in but guys like Reutimann and Vickers aren't?
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Nascar stopped caring once they figured out how to get Dale Jr. in every year.
 
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How many times have they changed the eligibility rules for this? Pick a format and stick with it!
 
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TheSyxxSynse said:
How many times have they changed the eligibility rules for this? Pick a format and stick with it!
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I think the sponsor has a lot of the say in the format, and this just proves how ludicrous someone not involved in putting on races can be.
 
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I like the old format too but Budweiser isn't going to promote the "Coors" pole winners. Stupid that it came to that but oh well.

The only reason they allowed past rookies of the year in this year is that they wanted Kasey Kahne IMO. I have nothing against Kasey but they will take the bad press of allowing Conway in the race because they want Kasey in there.
 
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After watching him drive like he didn't give a crap in last year's shootout, I hope Jimmie Johnson watches this one on TV. Sadly, it won't happen and he will cruise his way to a meaningless 15th place finish.
 
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DownNDirty said:
I like the old format too but Budweiser isn't going to promote the "Coors" pole winners. Stupid that it came to that but oh well.

The only reason they allowed past rookies of the year in this year is that they wanted Kasey Kahne IMO. I have nothing against Kasey but they will take the bad press of allowing Conway in the race because they want Kasey in there.
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Kasey would have been in anyway. He did win several poles last year.
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volnSC said:
Kasey would have been in anyway. He did win several poles last year.
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Winning the pole is no longer a criteria so with the revised format the only way he could make it was the Rookie of the Year catch.
 
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DownNDirty said:
Winning the pole is no longer a criteria so with the revised format the only way he could make it was the Rookie of the Year catch.
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My bad. Why does Nascar have to screw with everything? I liked it when it was the Busch Clash, 20 laps for pole winners. That's when it was worth watching.
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volnSC said:
My bad. Why does Nascar have to screw with everything? I liked it when it was the Busch Clash, 20 laps for pole winners. That's when it was worth watching.
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I'm not sure this is all NASCAR's doing, AB most likely is behind this, or at least has some say in it.
 
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