Update: 6:03pm Eastern – Drivers to their cars at 6:45p, anthem at 6:53p and green flag at 7:13p tonight on FOX!
1 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford
2 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
3 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet
4 17 Matt Kenseth Best Buy Ford
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet
6 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row/CSX Play It Safe Chevrolet
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
9 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet

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10 33 Elliott Sadler(i) General Mills/Kroger Chevrolet

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Biggest Race Culminates Retro-Fitted Speedweeks

Speedweeks 2012 has gone back to school – old school.
Daytona International Speedway’s signature competition, pack racing, returned with a vengeance during last weekend’s Shootout at Daytona.
The race ended with another Daytona cornerstone, Kyle Busch’s slingshot pass of Tony Stewart at the start-finish line.

It also marked the end of a format. The Shootout returns to its roots in 2013, primarily a battle among Coors Light Pole winners. Carl Edwards, set to start on the pole for Sunday’s 54th Daytona 500, is the first to punch his ticket to next year’s Speedweeks curtain-raiser.

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