RUSTY STARTING 14TH IN BUD SHOOTOUT

By luck of the draw (or in this case, the click of a computer mouse)
Rusty will be starting Saturday night's Bud Shootout in the 14th starting
spot.

Rusty was 12th of the 19 drivers eligible to join emcee Darrell Waltrip at
the speakers' stand to decide his starting spot.

"The No. 1 spot, the pole, was still available when I got up there and it
didn't get taken until the next to last guy (Geoffrey Bodine) got up,"said
Rusty. "But it really doesn't matter where you start this one. It's a
20-lap run, then a 50-lap run, so there's plenty of time to get to the
front."

Saturday night's race will feature live coverage by FOX-TV and MRN Radio and gets the green flag at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Here's the starting lineup for Saturday night's race:

1 #11 Geoffrey Bodine
2 #48 Jimmie Johnson
3 #97 Kurt Busch
4 #21 Ricky Rudd
5 #17 Matt Kenseth
6 #32 Ricky Craven
7 #88 Dale Jarrett
8 #154 Todd Bodine
9 #6 Mark Martin
10 #22 Ward Burton
11 #49 Ken Schrader
12 #20 Tony Stewart
13 #9 Bill Elliott
14 #2 Rusty Wallace
15 #12 Ryan Newman
16 #29 Kevin Harvick
17 #5 Terry Labonte
18 #24 Jeff Gordon
19 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.