NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona - Race Results

Kevin Harvick battles with Jamie McMurray for track position during Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout. The pair finished one and two in the season opening event in Daytona Beach.

Kevin Harvick battles with Jamie McMurray for track position during Saturday’s Budweiser Shootout. The pair finished one and two in the season opening event in Daytona Beach.

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Kevin Harvick took the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Impala to victory lane in the Budweiser Shootout for the second consecutive year. Starting on the outside of the front row, Harvick led five times for a total of 21 of the 76 laps. He became only the fourth driver to win back-to-back Shootouts.

The race ended under caution one lap beyond the scheduled distance when a multi-car accident occurred in turn three on the one-time green-white-checkered attempt to finish the race.

Chevrolet has won 19 of the 32 Shootouts, more than any other manufacturer.

Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Impala, finished third in his first race a member of Team Chevy. He led twice for a total of two laps.

Five of the top-10 finishers were behind the wheel of Chevrolet Impala race cars.  Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Impala, finished sixth.

Tony Stewart, No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Impala and Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Impala, finished ninth and 10th respectively. Stewart led twice for a total of six laps.

Kasey Kahne (Ford), Kyle Busch (Toyota) and Denny Hamlin (Toyota) completed the top-five finishers in the non-points race.


FIN	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE
1	29	Kevin Harvick 	Chevrolet
2	9	Kasey Kahne 	Ford
3	1	Jamie McMurray 	Chevrolet
4	18	Kyle Busch 	Toyota
5	11	Denny Hamlin 	Toyota
6	24	Jeff Gordon 	Chevrolet
7	20	Joey Logano 	Toyota
8	83	Brian Vickers 	Toyota
9	14	Tony Stewart 	Chevrolet
10	42	Juan Montoya 	Chevrolet
11	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 	Chevrolet
12	31	Jeff Burton 	Chevrolet
13	48	Jimmie Johnson 	Chevrolet
14	82	Ken Schrader 	Toyota
15	16	Greg Biffle 	Ford
16	17	Matt Kenseth 	Ford
17	99	Carl Edwards 	Ford
18	71	Bobby Labonte 	Chevrolet
19	39	Ryan Newman 	Chevrolet
20	5	Mark Martin 	Chevrolet
21	151	Michael Waltrip 	Toyota
22	34	John Andretti 	Ford
23	2	Kurt Busch 	Dodge
24	175	Derrike Cope 	Dodge

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