CLINT BOWYER
RCR Dominates Busch Series Short Track Racing
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (August 22, 2006) – ACDelco driver Clint Bowyer is excited to be returning to his favorite type of racing as he takes to the .533-mile bull-ring in Bristol, Tenn., under the lights on Friday night. He feels confident that Team ACDelco has what it takes to win the Food City 250 this weekend. They are returning with their best short track car and the determination it takes to visit victory lane.
Bowyer led the way in 2005 NASCAR Busch Series short track racing. He had the most top-fives with three and was tied for the most top-10s with four. The 27-year-old also led the most laps which consisted of pacing the field for a total of 243 laps. Then he went on to collect the most points and had the best average finish of 6.7 in 2005.
This season it is his Richard Childress Racing teammate, Kevin Harvick that is dominating the NASCAR Busch Series short track stats. Whether it’s Clint Bowyer or Kevin Harvick, the RCR Busch Series teams are clearly the leaders in short track racing.
Points of Interest…
What Ya’ Haulin’…The Real Car Guys will take chassis No. 19 to Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. They ran this chassis at Bristol on March 25 where they started fourth and finished 12th. It then went to Darlington Raceway in May where it finished 17th and to Dover in June where it finished fourth. The team also ran it at five races during the 2005 season. It finished in the top-four at each event, including a win at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Track Stat…Bowyer has raced three times at Bristol Motor Speedway. Last season he finished 13th in the spring event and fourth in the night race. This season he started fourth due to Busch Series qualifying being snowed out on March 25 and crossed the checkered flag in 12th place.
Happy Birthday…Brandon Miller will be 25-years-old on Monday, August 28. Miller has practiced the ACDelco Chevrolet for Clint Bowyer at Nashville, Kentucky, Milwaukee, Martinsville and Indianapolis this season.
Start Time…Friday’s 250-lap event at Bristol Motor Speedway is scheduled for 7:55 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Live television coverage of the Food City 250 will begin on TNT at 7:45 p.m. EDT, with live radio coverage at the same time on your local PRN radio affiliate and XM Satellite Radio–channel 144. Qualifying will be broadcast live on SPEED at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
Points Chase…Bowyer held onto fourth place in the NASCAR Busch Series driver points chase after his 12th place finish at Michigan International Speedway this past Saturday. He is currently 585 points behind his teammate and points leader, Kevin Harvick, 101 points behind second place Denny Hamlin, and 99 points behind third place Carl Edwards.
Double Duty…ACDelco driver Clint Bowyer will also be competing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 07 Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS this Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. He fell two spots in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point standings after his 33rd place finish last weekend and is now 467 points outside the top-10 in 19th place.
ACDelco Stat… Since its premiere in the spring of 2004, ACDelco’s “Real Car Guys Know” integrated marketing campaign has received acclaim from numerous organizations and media in the industry. Building on that success, ACDelco is showing “Real Car Guys” still “Know” by launching several new television spots that play off the “Real Car Guys” theme.
Clint Bowyer on Bristol Motor Speedway…
Talk about your last trip to Bristol Motor Speedway.
“That was a really fun weekend. The weather was playing havoc on all of us for the Busch race. Qualifying got snowed out and then the race was snowed delayed a couple of times. That is one weekend that I will always remember because of the weather.”
You haven’t won yet this season. What is the team morale like around the shop?
“I think there’s a little frustration there because we know we have what it takes to win and we just haven’t gotten it yet. It’s not for a lack of effort by any means. The guys have been working their guts out on our cars and we’ve been really clicking as a team. We just haven’t found lady luck yet this year, but I think we will before the season is over.”
