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The Budweiser Shootout held since 1979, the non-points event (formerly named the Busch Clash and Bud Shootout) has jump-started the NASCAR Winston Cup Series as the season-opening race at the World Center of Racing one week before the Daytona 500.
HOUSTON â A shootout among members of several rival motorcycle gangs in a busy shopping plaza in the Central Texas city of Waco on Sunday left at least nine bikers dead and 18 others injured, creating chaos in a sprawling parking lot packed with afternoon shoppers, law enforcement officials said.