Well I finally have a little newsworthy news to share with y'all... The Budweiser Shootout will be held on Saturday, February 12 at 8:10 on the Fox channel. This will be the 33rd Budweiser shoot out that is of 75 laps and will be broken into two segaments: first one is 25 laps seperated with a ten minute break and then a 50 lap segament. There will only be thirty drivers that are able to race in the Shootout: the twelve chasers, past Cup winners, Daytona 500 and Coke 400 winners, past Shootout winners, and Rookie of the Year winners from the years 2001-2010. (Kevin Conway won the Rookie of the Year in 2010...only because he was the ONLY rookie to race. Sad way to win, but at least he won the honor and will be included within the thirty racers on the twelveth...) They will have the annual Budweiser Shoot out Draw party on Friday, February 11 at 8:00 ET on the SPEED channel where the drivers will get to draw their starting positions for the Budwieser Shoot out race. This will be the first race to be raced on the newly repaved Daytona track...though they have been testing on the track. Kevin Harvick has won the past two Shootout races...(I for one am hoping for another driver to win it this year...the driver of the 24 car...LOL my opinion of course.) 35 more days until the Shootout then another eight days for the Daytona 500race equals 43 more days until the 2011 season to start! Don't know about y'all, but am starting to find a little hope that Daytona may eventually get here. A little hope to seeing my NASCAR withdrawl come to an end...