NASCAR and Budweiser recently announced that the Budweiser Shootout, an exhibition race held during Speedweeks prior to the Daytona 500, will undergo a major format change starting with the 2009 race. For the past 30 years, the race sponsor extended invitations to those drivers who won a pole the previous season, or previous winners of the race. Now, the race will only be open to the top 6 teams from each manufacturer. The top 6 teams will be determined by the previous year’s points position.
It is quite obvious the underlying reason for this shift in how the race is run: Coors is now the sponsor of the Pole Award every week, whereas Bud held that sponsorship. The folks at Anheuser-Busch did not deny this, in fact, they cited it as the fundamental reason for the change.
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Nice post title, ya redneck.
Comment by Alan — August 29, 2008 @ 12:02 am
Alan,
What do you mean – redneck? This is the way people think and talk in the northern areas of the east coast – we all wear “rednecks”, flannel, drink beer, eat lots of pasta, etc. Thought it would be the same in MN? After all, you are directly across the US map from us!
Comment by Linda aka Mom — August 29, 2008 @ 4:42 am