There will be at least 21 drivers eligible for the 2007 Shootout on Saturday, Feb. 10 on FOX.

The non-points NASCAR Nextel Cup event features the previous season’s pole winners and past Shootout champions.

Fifteen drivers won poles in 2006, led by Kasey Kahne and Kurt Busch, who each won six. Others include new Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, four-time champion Jeff Gordon, rookie of the year and defending race winner Denny Hamlin, Brian Vickers, Kevin Harvick, Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch, Elliott Sadler, Scott Riggs, Ryan Newman, rookie David Gilliland and road racing ace Boris Said.

Past Shootout champions eligible for the 2007 event include Dale Jarrett, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Mark Martin, Ken Schrader and Bill Elliott.

“It’s a fun race,” said Sadler, who drives for Evernham Motorsports. “It’s a race you don’t have to worry about points. You can go out there, it’s under the lights, and you can try to win and try to do certain things that can make you or break you.”

Jarrett and Vickers will be behind the wheel of Toyotas in the manufacturer’s first Cup event, and Martin is expected to be driving a Chevrolet for Ginn Racing after a 19-year stint with Roush Racing.

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