The upcoming NASCAR 2012 Daytona Shootout will be the 34th time it runs. It’s been through a rule change here and there, so the field has grown a bit…
The Shootout launches NASCAR‘s Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway and is taking place on Saturday, Feb 18th, 2012.
NASCAR drivers qualified for the Shootout (I have such an urge to type Budweiser in front of that…) by the following qualifications:
- The highest ranked 25 competitors in 2011 NSCS driver points
- Previous winners at Daytona, including the Daytona 500, Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola, and Shootout events
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With that in mind, here is the field for the 2012 Shootout at Daytona:
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Find out who won a few NASCAR Loopies awards, how many years Sprint has renewed their title sponsorship for and the specials on SPEED that are focused on the NASCAR HoF inductees!
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I have a collection of press releases sitting in my inbox so I thought I’d share some of these items.
Sprint Extends Their Contract
First up, NASCAR and Sprint have extended their relationship with each other, through the year of 2016. And that’s a good thing, considering how some sponsors aren’t fully committing to sponsorships within the sport.
So to Sprint, thank you for re-upping and remaining the entitlement partner to NASCAR.
Sprint Nextel has been the NASCAR title sponsor since February of 2004.
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NASCAR’s Loopies
NASCAR has put together what they call The Loopies, or their fifth annual Best-Of-Loop Data from the 2011 season. That’s right, the statistical look at some milestones in on-track performance.
And they added a new category that is funny and interesting, that has to do with Brad Keselowski.
But first some simple Loop stats:
“There were 131,989 green flag passes this season, the most since NASCAR started recording the stat in 2005. Though not Loop Data, there were also an average of 27.1 lead changes and 12.8 leaders per race, both Cup Series records.”
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