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Clint Bowyer likely won’t be back with Childress in 2012
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va.—Clint Bowyer’s return to Richard Childress Racing in 2012 appears about as unlikely as Bowyer making the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Bowyer wasn’t optimistic about staying with his current team when talking Thursday at the Chase wild-card contenders news conference at Richmond International Speedway. When asked if his return to RCR was unlikely, Bowyer said: “That’s fair (to say)—we’re just working on everything, that’s the biggest thing, just trying to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Atlanta postponement ramps up pressure on Bowyer
HAMPTON, Ga. – If you’re fighting to keep a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup—or fighting to grab one from someone else – the postponement the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway from Sunday night to Tuesday morning is the last thing you wanted to see. Clint Bowyer is a case in point. After squandering an opportunity with a miserable run Aug. 27 at Bristol, Bowyer is 12th in the Cup standings, 22 … Read entire article »
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Can RCR recover after eight subpar races?
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga.—How “off” were the Richard Childress Racing cars at Bristol? Bad enough that team owner Richard Childress called a competition meeting for the Sunday after the Aug. 27 race, typically a day off for the crews. It wasn’t just Bristol that concerned Childress. In that race and the seven that preceded it, RCR cars had posted only one top-five finish—Paul Menard’s victory in the July 31 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
McMurray treats breast cancer survivors to pace car rides
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga. — Considering the cause, Jamie McMurray didn’t mind getting to the racetrack early Friday morning. During an event orchestrated by Chevrolet, McMurray and fellow drivers Clint Bowyer and Ron Hornaday Jr. each spent more than an hour giving rides in pink Camaro pace cars to breast cancer survivors at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “It’s probably one of the coolest parts of getting to be a NASCAR driver, the ideas that … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Bowyer could make it four in a row in truck series for KHI
By Jared Turner Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service It should come as no surprise that few tears will be shed over Kevin Harvick’s scheduled absence from Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Harvick, a Sprint Cup regular and truck series interloper, is fresh off a rare trifecta of victories beginning with the series’ visit to Pocono Raceway on Aug. 7. Checkered flags at Michigan International Speedway and last Wednesday night at Bristol … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Bowyer again faces a test to make the Chase
By Jim Pedley Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service With three races to go until the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Clint Bowyer finds himself in familiar territory. And in this case, the familiarity is in no way comforting. On the contrary, because for the fourth straight year, Bowyer will arrive at Bristol Motor Speedway for Saturday’s famed Irwin Tools Night Race with his Chase hopes in full scramble mode. “Hey, we’re in one of those … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Bowyer, No. 33 team work hard to fix Kentucky issues
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WELCOME, N.C.—Clint Bowyer had a lot more on his mind this week than the traffic that stymied access to Kentucky Speedway. Bowyer’s No. 33 Chevrolet was out-of-control loose in race traffic during the inaugural Sprint Cup event at the 1.5-mile track. After backing into the Turn 2 wall to bring out the last caution of the race, Bowyer had to settle for a 35th-place finish and a drop to 12th … Read entire article »
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Clint Bowyer to make 200th-Career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Start This Weekend
WELCOME, N.C. – Clint Bowyer, driver of the No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet, will make his 200th-career start in NASCAR’s elite division this weekend when the series returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the LENOX Industrial Tools 301. The 32-year-old Bowyer is no stranger to success at the one-mile oval known as “The Magic Mile.” In 10 starts at the Loudon, N.H.-based facility, he has led more than 400 laps and visited NMHS Victory Lane … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart, Clint Bowyer and Dale Earnhardt are in danger after Kentucky
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service If Saturday night’s inaugural traffic jamboree at Kentucky Speedway wasn’t a wakeup call for Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer and Tony Stewart, it ought to be. Those three drivers — all of whom recently appeared to be shoo-ins for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup — are in serious danger of missing out on NASCAR’s postseason, and their performances at Kentucky helped put them in that position. Stewart, at least, … Read entire article »
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