STEWART-HAAS RACING BUDWEISER SHOOTOUT RACE REPORT

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Date:               Feb. 6, 2010

Event:             Budweiser Shootout (non-points race)

Series:             NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Location:        Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (2.5-mile oval)

Winner:           Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing in a green-white-checker finish (Chevrolet)

SHR Finish:    Tony Stewart (Started 13th, Finished 9th / Running, completed 76 of 76 laps)

                   Ryan Newman (Started 4th, Finished 19th / Accident, completed 74 of 76 laps)

Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet Impala, led the two-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent in Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout by finishing ninth in the non-points NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.

Stewart, a three-time winner of the Budweiser Shootout, led twice for six laps in the 76-lap race around the 2.5-mile oval before scoring his 10th top-10 finish in 11 starts in the event.  The Shootout was extended by one lap due to a green-white-checker finish.

Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for SHR, finished 19th after being involved in a multi-car accident two laps from the conclusion of the event.

The Budweiser Shootout is an exhibition race featuring the following, with eligibility based on a driver having competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series within the last two seasons:

  • The 12 drivers who qualified for the 2009 Chase for the Championship
  • Past NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions
  • Past Budweiser Shootout winners
  • Past Daytona 500 winners
  • Past Coke Zero 400 winners
  • The reigning Raybestos Rookie of the Year

This year's field included 24 drivers.

Kevin Harvick won the Budweiser Shootout to score his second consecutive Budweiser Shootout victory.  Kasey Kahne finished second, while Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top-five.  Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Brian Vickers, Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya comprised the remainder of the top-10.

Next up for SHR is the Gatorade Duel - twin 150-mile heat races that set the majority of the 43-car Daytona 500 field.  Those get underway at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 11 with live coverage on SPEED.  The green flag waves for the 52nd Daytona 500 at 1 p.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 14, with live coverage provided by FOX beginning with its pre-race show at noon.