Start your engined NASCAR fans, tonight kicks off the 2012 NASCAR season schedule with the annual Bud Shootout from Daytona. The shootout officially kicks of the race season, and will be followed by the Daytona 500 next weekend.

For racing fans, the fun is just beginning!

Kevin Harvick is the Las Vegas odds favorite to win tonights Bud Shootout followed by Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Can this be the year that Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins the Sprint Cup title?

Here is a look at the past Sprint Cup champions since 2004, and tonight's Bud Shootout lineup!

<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Sprint Cup Champions 2004-2011</strong></em></span>

2004 Kurt Busch

2005 Tony Stewart

2006 Jimmie Johnson

2007 Jimmie Johnson

2008 Jimmie Johnson

2009 Jimmie Johnson

2010 Jimmie Johnson

2011 Tony Stewart

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Tonight's Bud Shootout Lineup

1. #1 Jamie McMurray (Chevrolet)

2. #2 Brad Keselowski (Dodge)

3. # 5 Kasey Kahne  (Chevrolet)

4. # 9 Marcos Ambrose (Ford)

5. #11 Denny Hamlin (Toyota)

6. #14 Tony Stewart (Chevrolet)

7. #15 Clint Bowyer (Toyota)

8. #16 Greg Biffle (Ford)

9. #17 Matt Kenseth (Ford)

10. #18 Kyle Busch (Toyota)

11. #20 Joey Logano (Toyota)

12. #22 A.J. Allmendinger (Dodge)

13. #24 Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet)

14. #27 Paul Menard (Chevrolet)

15. #29 Kevin Harvick (Chevrolet)

16. #31 Jeff Burton (Chevrolet)

17. #34 David Ragan (Ford)

18.# 39 Ryan Newman (Chevrolet)

19. #42 Juan Montoya (Chevrolet)

20. #48 Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet)

21.  #51 Kurt Busch (Chevrolet)

22. #55 Michael Waltrip  (Toyota)

23. #56 Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota)

24. #88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (Chevrolet)

25. #99 Carl Edwards (Ford)