No Leffler in Shootout: Jason Leffler, who as a rookie for Chip Ganassi Racing last season won a pole for the Winston Cup race at Kansas Speedway, will not participate in Sunday’s Budweiser Shootout, a 70-lap race featuring pole winners and past winners of the event. Leffler has since joined Ultra Motorsports and will drive its #2 Dodge Truck in the CTS this season. “I wish I were in the Shootout,” Leffler said Wednesday. “We hoped to have a car from Ultra Motorsports, but since they were late in signing their sponsor, they got behind in getting things ready for Casey (Atwood).” Leffler’s withdrawal leaves 22 entries for Sunday’s Shootout, an event record. There were 18 entries last season.(ThatsRacin.com)(2-6-2002)
