Friday, February 18, 2005 Of the 43 starters for Sunday's season-opening Daytona 500 Presented by Skip Barber Racing, 13 (30%) are Skippy grads. I've taken the liberty of "asterisk-ing" those guys… Enjoy the race! Daytona 500 starting lineup: 1) Dale Jarrett, No. 88 UPS Ford, 47.793sec/188.312mph 2) * Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet, 47.829/188.170 3) Michael Waltrip, No. 15 NAPA Chevrolet 4) Tony Stewart, No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet 5) Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet 6) * Jeff Burton, No. 31 Cingular Chevrolet 7) Mike Skinner, No. 23 Dodge 8) Kevin Lepage, No. 37 Patron Tequila Dodge 9) Ryan Newman, No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge 10) Martin Truex, No. 1 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 11) Ricky Rudd, No. 21 Motorcraft Ford 12) Scott Riggs, No. 10 Valvoline Chevrolet 13) Kurt Busch, No. 97 Sharpie/Irwin Ford 14) Matt Kenseth, No. 17 DeWalt Tools Ford 15) * Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet 16) Scott Wimmer, No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge 17) Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Havoline Dodge 18) Sterling Marlin, No. 40 Coors Light Dodge 19) Kyle Busch, No. 5 Kellogg's Chevrolet 20) * Bobby Labonte, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 21) Kenny Wallace, No. 00 Aaron's Chevrolet 22) Bobby Hamilton Jr., No. 32 Tide Chevrolet 23) Greg Biffle, No. 16 National Guard Ford 24) * Jeremy Mayfield, No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 25) Travis Kvapil, No. 77 Kodak/Jasper Dodge 26) Jeff Green, No. 43 Cheerios Dodge 27) Carl Edwards, No. 99 Scott's Ford 28) Brian Vickers, No. 25 GMAC Chevrolet 29) Casey Mears, No. 41 Target Dodge 30) Kevin Harvick, No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 31) * Ken Schrader, No. 49 Schwan's Dodge 32) Mark Martin, No. 6 Viagra Ford 33) * Kyle Petty, No. 45 Georgia-Pacific Dodge 34) * Super Joe Nemechek, No. 01 U.S. Army Chevrolet 35) Mike Bliss, No. 0 NetZero Chevrolet 36) Rusty Wallace, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge 37) * Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 38) Dave Blaney, No. 07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 39) Elliott Sadler, No. 38 M&Ms Ford 40) * Jason Leffler, No. 11 FedEx Chevrolet, 47.945/187.715 41) * Boris Said, No. 36 Centrix Chevrolet, 48.097/187.122 42) * John Andretti, No. 14 VB/APlus Ford, 48.303/186.324 43) * Mike Wallace, No. 4 Lucas Oil Chevrolet, 48.411/185.908
Jimmie Johnson, on the front row, leads a pack of 13 Skip Barber Racing graduates on the starting grid of the 2005 Daytona 500.