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Kurt Busch trying to be the first driver:

If #22-Kurt Busch wins the Daytona 500, he would be the first driver to win the Budweiser Shootout [started in 1979], a Gatorade Duel [or Twin] qualifying racew and the Daytona 500 in the same year. Eleven drivers have won a Shootout and Duel, but failed to win the Daytona 500: year, driver, Daytona finish, Daytona 500 winner 2011: Kurt Busch, finished 5th, won by Trevor Bayne 2008: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 9th, Ryan Newman 2007: Tony Stewart, 43rd, Kevin Harvick 2003: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 36th, Michael Waltrip 1995: Dale Earnhardt, 2nd, Sterling Marlin 1993: Dale Earnhardt, 2nd, Dale Jarrett 1991: Dale Earnhardt, 5th, Ernie Irvan 1989: Ken Schrader, 2nd, Darrell Waltrip 1986: Dale Earnhardt, 14th, Geoff Bodine 1983: Neil Bonnett, 22nd, Cale Yarborough 1981: Darrell Waltrip, 36th, Richard Petty 1979: Buddy Baker, 40th, Richard Petty (2-20-2011)