BUD SHOOTOUT PRE-RACE NOTES:
* Labonte will start his ninth Bud Shootout. His best finish is third in 1999 and he has at total of one top-five and two top-10 finishes in the Bud Shootout.
* Labonte qualified for the Bud Shootout by winning Bud Poles in 2003 at Las Vegas, Texas and both Michigan races.
* The primary car for the Bud Shootout will be a new car, No. 89. The back-up car for the Shootout is car No. 72.