Camping World 200 - Clint Bowyer Notes

Clint Bowyer
No. 2 Camping World Chevrolet
Event Preview Fact Sheet

Event/Date: Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com – June 30, 2007
Venue: New Hampshire International Speedway – Loudon, N.H.

NOTES: This Week’s Camping World Chevrolet at New Hampshire International Speedway … Clint Bowyer will pilot Chassis No. 069 from the Richard Childress Racing (RCR) stable. Built new for 2007, this is the same Camping World Chevrolet Bowyer drove to Victory Lane at Phoenix International Raceway. Bowyer also won the Circuit City 250 with this car in May at Richmond International Raceway. In two starts, Chassis No. 069 is undefeated and has a fifth-place starting average. Not Too Shabby for a Part-Timer … In 10 NASCAR Busch Series starts this season, Bowyer has amassed two wins, seven top-five and eight top-10 finishes. Despite having competed in a just over half of the races in NASCAR’s junior division, the Emporia, Kan., driver is 17th in driver points. RCR at New Hampshire … In 14 previous Busch Series starts at New Hampshire International Speedway (NHIS), RCR has posted two poles (Harvick, April 2001and July 2005), six top-five and nine top-10 finishes. RCR cars have also led 615 laps. More McCreadie … RCR development driver Tim McCreadie will make his NASCAR Busch East debut this weekend at NHIS behind the wheel of the No. 33 Camping World Chevrolet. Last weekend, “T-Mac” made his first NASCAR Busch Series start for RCR at The Milwaukee Mile where he started 24th and finished 28th after he was collected in an incident of another driver’s making. Prior to last weekend, McCreadie, 33, of Watertown, N.Y., had only three career asphalt starts to his credit and finished fourth in his ARCA Series debut two weeks ago at Michigan International Speedway. Before that, McCreadie finished 11th in his NASCAR West Series debut in April at Phoenix International Raceway and followed that up with a 10th-place run on May 20 at Iowa Speedway. McCreadie is the 2006 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals winner and the defending World of Outlaws Late Model Series Champion. Double Duty at NHIS … Following his duties behind the wheel of the No. 2 Camping World Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, Bowyer will turn his attention to the No. 07 Camping World Chevrolet Impala SS for Sunday’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race. The LENOX Industrial Tools 300 from New Hampshire International Speedway will take the green flag Sunday, July 1 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The race will be televised live on TNT beginning at 1 p.m. EDT and broadcast from coast-to-coast on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying will be televised live on SPEED Friday, June 29th at 2:30 p.m. EDT. Catch the Action … The Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com will be televised live on ABC Saturday, June 30 beginning at 2:30 p.m. EDT and broadcast on MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 18th race on the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series schedule will be televised live on SPEED the same day beginning at 10 a.m. EDT.

CLINT BOWYER QUOTES:
Considering how well you ran last year at New Hampshire, you must be fairly excited to go back, especially considering you’re taking a car that’s undefeated.
“I’m looking forward to going back to New Hampshire and, hopefully, getting the trophy we left behind last year. We literally had a dominant race car and pitted under green and, sure enough, the caution came out and we ended up a lap down. We didn’t have enough time to get back to the front. It was one of those deals you just had to laugh off because, clearly, it was our race to lose and we lost. We led something stupid like 127 laps and didn’t win. It was a fun day with a bad ending.”

Describe some of the characteristics of New Hampshire.
“New Hampshire has long straightaways so the car has to roll freely off the gas into the turns so it doesn’t get tight in the center of the corner. That’s the main thing at these flat tracks. You have to be able to roll through the center of the corner and get right back in the throttle on exit.”

How difficult is it to pass at New Hampshire? What do you have to do to get by another car?
“It’s all about rolling through the center of the corner. If you have a car that can do that, it’s fairly easy to pass at New Hampshire. If your car is tight in the center (of the corner), you’re going to have trouble. You have to be able to get the car to cut in the center of the corner to get underneath another car coming off the corner. You have to have a car that is capable of turning in the center of the corner so you can have a little more pull on the wheel to get underneath a guy who is tight up off.”