Clint Bowyer News

The midway point came after the second caution of the race because the No. 09 car of John Wes Townley stalled on the track.

Direct quote from last week: "Qualifying was rained out Friday for the . So, the starting order will revert to the season standings.

AP Photo DBd By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Clint Bowyer won the Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedwa9 for his firs4 victory of the year.

Clint Bowyer's first victory of the season gave Richard Childress Racing a much-needed boost.

After a lengthy rain delay, Clint Bowyer won the pole for Friday's Subway Jalapeno 250 Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

Question: Why is RCR doing so badly this year? None of its drivers is currently in the Chase.

"I'm fairly confident we can get at least two of us in," Bowyer said. "... I feel like we are definitely marching in the right direction and hopefully in the next few weeks we have got some good tracks coming up for me." The whole team has been in a strange place this season.

Sticky, sweaty and headed somewhere to try and make his car better before yesterday's second morning practice, Bobby Labonte quickly changed his course.

Don't look now but we're only 10 races away from setting the field for this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship .

Who gets in? Who misses out? Joe Menzer: I think Juan Montoya sneaks in. The dude is actually points racing these days, which seems to go against the very fiber of his being.

It has been a rough season for Richard Childress Racing, but the developments of the past week have been especially troublesome.

Carl Edwards hopes his championship race will change after his victory Saturday; Ron Hornaday has no doubt his will.

Car owner Richard Childress admits this has been a tough season with only one of his drivers in the top 15 in points a year after three finished in the top six.

Matt Kenseth is such a big fan of the heavy metal band Metallica that he even named one of his cats after the group's drummer.

Thanks to a donation from former Emporian Clint Bowyer, who races in NASCAR, Camp Alexander will have enough money to operate summer camp the rest of the summer.

For the second time this season, fantasy owners are going to be without the services of Clint Bowyer at Nashville Superspeedway.

Kevin Harvick has had a tough 2009 with seven finishes of 27th or worse. Smack: Some rough Cup seasons could get rougher RCR in trouble; Town hall good; In need of Shamwow May 28, 2009 03:13 PM EDT 1. We're halfway to the Chase, and right now Kasey Kahne , Clint Bowyer , Dale Earnhardt Jr .

If, like Aesop's fable suggests, slow and steady wins the race, then there will always be a place in NASCAR's record book for the Turtle.

It's not Las Vegas - far from it. But if NASCAR is serious about returning to its roots, those roots aren't hard to find.

Clint Bowyer is a driver that racing's TV commentators like to shove down watchers' throats as the epitome of the everyman, despite his fame as a superstar at NASCAR's highest level.