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Re: Clint Pictures
Poor Clint did not have a good day at Fontana.
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Re: Clint Pictures
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It might have been the best picture of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
No. 14 Mobil 1/Rush Truck Centers Ford Mustang driver Clint Bowyer had just ended his 190-race winless streak and notched his first victory at Stewart-Haas-Racing (SHR) driving the organization’s famous No. 14.
Bowyer climbed from the car on the Martinsville (Va.) Speedway front stretch and looked to his left to see his wife Lorra and daughter Presley led by then 3-year-old son Cash running from turn four toward Dad.
He couldn’t resist running toward his family.
“You know I make fun of these other drivers sometimes for having tears in victory lane, but I’ve got to admit that moment got to me,” said Bowyer with a laugh about embarking on a raucous victory celebration that saw him climb into the stands with the Martinsville fans who stayed in Southern Virginia an extra day because snow cancelled the race scheduled for the previous day.
“Cash is young enough that he had never been to victory lane before, so it was his first chance to be there,” Bowyer said. “That’s something I always wanted to make happen.”
Bowyer said Cash still asks him when he’s going back to victory lane.
“Oh, yeah, it’s just funny how kids are,” he said. “We were all kids once, and kids are probably as competitive as any adult. When their parents race for a living and compete week in and week out – that’s all he knows. He literally hasn’t been old enough to understand anything else. Competition and that edge on the competition is all he knows. All he wants to do is beat all of his buddies and bragging rights are part of it. That Martinsville win was big for his bragging rights.”
Bowyer should be one of the favorites once again this weekend at Martinsville. In addition to his March victory on the flat, half-mile oval, he owns six top-five finishes and 15 top-10s in 26 starts there. Located just 90 minutes from his Mocksville, North Carolina home, he says the facility reminds him of the roots of the sport.
“Martinsville for me is my new home track,” he said. “Everybody lives down in the Charlotte area. We live up north – Winston-Salem area. That’s my home track. That’s the one racetrack you drive back and forth on qualifying day, then go back up there for the race.
“Martinsville has such an old-school feel – even the two-lane road going up to it where you can’t ever get around anybody. You’re stuck in traffic and then you finally get on the open road. Then, you get a (speeding) ticket as soon as you get across the Virginia line. I had the same guy pull me over three years in a row. Finally, he gave me a ticket, which I deserved, and then you get to the racetrack. You’re pulling into these people’s backyards and here’s this awesome racetrack.”
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