Clint Bowyer | |||||||
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Bowyer at the 2015 Daytona 500
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Born |
Emporia, Kansas |
May 30, 1979 ||||||
Achievements | 2002 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Midwest Division Champion 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion 2011 Prelude to the Dream Winner 2014, 2015 Sprint Showdown Winner |
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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
397 races run over 12 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 14 (Stewart-Haas Racing) | ||||||
2016 position | 27th | ||||||
Best finish | 2nd (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2005 Subway Fresh 500 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead) | ||||||
First win | 2007 Sylvania 300 (New Hampshire) | ||||||
Last win | 2012 Bank of America 500 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
181 races run over 9 years | |||||||
2016 position | 104th | ||||||
Best finish | 1st (2008) | ||||||
First race | 2004 O'Reilly 300 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Drive for Safety 300 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
First win | 2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
Last win | 2009 Dover 200 (Dover) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
14 races run over 6 years | |||||||
2016 position | 84th | ||||||
Best finish | 42nd (2006) | ||||||
First race | 2006 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Toyota Tundra 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
First win | 2006 Silverado 350K (Texas) | ||||||
Last win | 2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 20, 2016. |
Clint Bowyer (born May 30, 1979) is an American professional driver. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 14 Ford Fusion for Stewart-Haas Racing. Prior to driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, he drove for HScott Motorsports for one year, Michael Waltrip Racing for four years, Richard Childress Racing for eight years, and won the 2008 Nationwide Series championship.
Bowyer began racing at the age of five in . He went on to capture over 200 wins and numerous championships over the next eight years. In 1996, he began racing street stocks at Thunderhill Speedway in Mayetta, Kansas, and won the Modified championship there in 2000. Bowyer racked up 18 wins and 32 top-five finishes on his way to capturing the 2001 Modified championships at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas and Heartland Park Topeka. In 2002, he began racing in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series, posting 9 poles, 12 wins and 32 top-five finishes en route to a second-place finish in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series national point standings. He was also crowned the 2002 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Midwest Champion after another Modified championship at Lakeside Speedway and a Late Model championship at the famed I-70 Speedway in Odessa, MO, his first attempt at racing on asphalt.
In 2003, Bowyer raced a full season in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division Midwest Series, scoring one top-ten finish in 11 starts. He also would make his first ARCA starts in 2003, and caught the eye of legendary car owner Richard Childress after leading 47 laps and finishing second in his debut at Nashville Superspeedway driving for Scott Traylor out of Kansas City.