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Clint Bowyer
By Gregg Leary
Category:NASCAR -> Sprint Cup
#07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet
Richard Childress Racing
Crew Chief: Gil Martin
DOB: 5-30-79 (28)
First Cup Start: 4-23-05 (Phoenix)
First Win: 9-19-07 (NH)
First Pole: 5-13-07 (Darlington)
Best Points finish: 3rd in 2007
2nd in 2005 Busch Series Points
2002 NASCAR Weekly Series Midwest Region Champ
Got first Busch Series win at Nashville 6-12-05
He was “discovered” by Richard Childress during the 2003 ARCA race at Nashville where he finished 2nd in his series debut
Born on Memorial Day…Racing’s Biggest Weekend
Hometown: Emporia, KS
Began racing at age 5
Raced motocross for 9 years…over 200 wins
Drove Pony Stock cars at Thunderhill Speedway in Kansas
Won 2000 Modified Division Championship
In 2001:Won 2 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Championships at two different tracks.
In 2002 he won Championships in two different divisions, Dirt Modified and Late Models…Midwest Region Championship, 2nd in National Championship.
NASCAR AutoZone Elite Series 2003
2004: Finished Season for RCR in #21 Busch Car which he shared with Kevin Harvick
In 17 Starts had 1 Pole (Talladega 4-24-04)
7 Top 10’s…led 2 races for 108 laps…best finish was 3rd at Nashville
In only his second start…he finished 4th…after leading 104 of 170 laps…at Nashville
2005: Tied for second in Busch Points with Martin Truex Jr.…51 behind leader Reed Sorenson
8 Top Tens in 15 races
Ran Cup race at Phoenix in the #33 Sylvania Car S25 F22…1 Lap Down
1. Tell us why dirt is such a good training ground for NASCAR? Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Ken Schrader, Dave Blaney…what does dirt teach you?
2. Give us a Cliff Note version of your early racing career.
3. Your life changed in 2003 when you got a call from Richard Childress. Tell us about that.
4. So you raced motocross for 9 years. Did any of the skills transfer to four wheeled racing?
5. Do you still follow motocross? What do you think of Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart?
6. You list “old cars” as one of your hobbies. What do you have in your collection?
7. Which is your favorite and why?