Starting positions will again be determined by a blind draw, at the annual Budweiser Shootout Draw Party on Thursday night, Feb. 5, on the SPEED stage in the Midway, outside Turn 4. As of today, cars eligible to compete in the 2009 Budweiser Shootout at Daytona would be as follows (using 2008 car numbers):
Chevrolet: 48, 29, 07, 31, 24, 88; wildcard #70 which will be #14 with Tony Stewart, past champ
Dodge: 9, 12, 2, 43, 19 , 7 [supposedly Gordon will run a Dodge for the race and switch to Toyota for the season]; wildcard #10
Toyota: 11, 20, 18, 83, 44 [will be #00], 55; wildcard #22 [if the team runs]
Ford: 99, 16, 17, 6, 26, 28; wildcard #38
[the #28 and #38 may be switching numbers with #98-Menard and #96-Labonte](NASCAR PR)(1-16-2009)