Let the crash derby begin!

On Thursday we saw what the new policies on the drivers is going to be like with two multi-car accidents in the two practices for the Bud Shootout. Denny Hamlin got into Mark Martin which then broke into one major wreck sending five drivers into back up cars for the shootout.

Drivers involved in Wreck going to backup cars:

Denny Hamlin, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick.

Kevin Harvick who is sick and did not practice had teammate Clint Bowyer driving for him when his car was damanged.

During the second practice Juan Montoya tapped Kurt Busch sending Busch into the wall and a backup car for the Shootout.

"We were just trying to get up to speed," Busch said after only turning two complete laps. "We've got a lot of wrecked race cars in a short practice already."

"That's what we were looking for -- aggressive bump-drafting [and] trust me, we're not finished," Biffle said. "What are we, 20-30 minutes into practice? It's going to be awesome."

Biffle said not only did he not have "a sense that something was about to happen," he didn't know what had occurred. A number of drivers said from their cockpits, the cars around them appeared to be a handful to drive.

"Mine didn't have as much speed, so it was driving fine," John Andretti said of his No. 34 Ford. "But it looked like a lot of the others were either plowing or spinning out really about the same as it's always been."

"I couldn't see over to my right," Biffle said of where Hamlin and Martin made contact. "It happened beside me, so I didn't see anything happen."

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Starting Field for the Shootout:


POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND
1	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Scotts Turf Builder	-	-	-
2	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Shell / Pennzoil	-	-	-
3	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	-	-	-
4	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Haas Automation	-	-	-
5	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	-	-	-
6	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	-	-	-
7	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	-	-	-
8	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Crown Royal	-	-	-
9	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	-	-	-
10	34	John Andretti	Ford	Window World Cares	-	-	-
11	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	National Guard / Amp Energy	-	-	-
12	71	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	TRG Motorsports	-	-	-
13	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Old Spice / Office Depot	-	-	-
14	82	Ken Schrader	Toyota	Red Bull	-	-	-
15	151	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	-	-	-
16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	-	-	-
17	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's	-	-	-
18	175	Derrike Cope	Dodge	Asset Protect / Strutmasterspro.com	-	-	-
19	9	Kasey Kahne	Ford	Budweiser	-	-	-
20	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	-	-	-
21	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	-	-	-
22	2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	-	-	-
23	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	-	-	-
24	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	-	-	-

Look for a great race and a lot of action in this race on Saturday night.

By Richard Gillispie
Pro Racing Fans Staff Writer

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