Clint Bowyer - No. 2 Camping World Chevrolet

Event Preview Fact Sheet - Event/Date: Camping World RV Sales 200 – June 28, 2008
Venue: New Hampshire Motor Speedway – Loudon, N.H.

• NOTES:

* This Week’s Camping World Chevrolet at New Hampshire Motor Speedway … Clint Bowyer will pilot Chassis No. 069 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable. Built new last season, this is the same Camping World Chevy Bowyer drove to Victory Lane last spring at Phoenix International Raceway and Richmond International Raceway. Additionally, the Emporia, Kan., native raced this car last July at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (St. 3 – Fn. 6). The same car also saw action in September at Richmond (St. 11 – Fn. 33) and again in November at Phoenix (St. 1 – Fn. 3). Most recently, Bowyer raced this car to an eighth-place finish in April at Phoenix and to a ninth-place finish in May at Richmond. All told, Chassis No. 069 has recorded two wins, one pole, three top-five and seven top-10 finishes in seven starts. 

* And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor … For the seventh time this season, Bowyer’s No. 2 Chevy will feature a blue and gold Camping World paint scheme. Camping World offers over 8,000 quality products geared toward the RVing community through 65 nationwide SuperCenters, a well-established catalog call center and an award-winning Web site. Camping World is the industry leader in RV accessories and services. In addition to RVs, Camping World provides its customers with high-quality products and services to help enhance their life on the road. BB&T, the No. 2 machine’s traditional sponsor, will be featured on the car’s lower rear quarter panels and return to its traditional primary sponsor position next weekend at Daytona International Speedway. 

* The Loudon Lowdown … In three Nationwide Series starts at Loudon, Bowyer has earned two top-three starting spots, one top-five and a pair of top-10 finishes. He boasts an impressive 4.3 starting average at Loudon’s flat, one-mile oval coupled with a ninth-place average finish. Meanwhile, the six-time Nationwide Series winner has completed all 601 laps of competition dating back to July 2005.

• Bowyer in the Loop …

o Average Running Position … According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Bowyer leads the Average Running Position category with an 8.723 ARP. The ARP is derived from taking the sum of a driver’s position on each lap and dividing it by the number of laps run in each race.

o Laps in the Top 15 … Meanwhile, the Nationwide Series point leader has spent 2,820 of the 3,144 laps completed this season (89.7 percent) running in the top 15.

o Driver Rating … Bowyer also enjoys a 106.1 Driver Rating – second only to Kyle Busch (110.9). The Driver Rating is a formula that combines the following categories: wins, top-15 finishes, average running position while on the lead lap, average speed under green, fastest lap, most laps led and lead-lap finishes. The maximum a driver can earn in each race is 150 points. The Driver Rating number is used pre-race as a prediction tool and post-race as a performance evaluator.

o Laps Led … Bowyer has led 298 laps in Nationwide Series competition this season and trails only Busch and two-time Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart in that category.

* A Look Back at Last Week … Last weekend in Milwaukee, Bowyer started deep in the field after arriving from Sonoma after Stephen Leicht had already qualified the No. 2 Chevy but still went on to post his seventh top five in 17 races this season. He also extended his points lead by 11 points, to 188 markers, over second-place Brad Keselowski. 

* RCR at New Hampshire … In 17 previous Nationwide Series starts at NHMS, RCR-prepared entries have posted one win (Kevin Harvick, June 2007), four poles, seven top-five and 11 top-10 finishes. At the same time, RCR cars have also led 781 laps. 

* 2008 RCR Nationwide Report … In 43 Nationwide Series starts this season, RCR has claimed two victories (Bowyer-Bristol and Scott Wimmer-Nashville), 13 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes with five different drivers including Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte, Leicht and Wimmer. Additionally, RCR Nationwide teams (Nos. 2, 21 and 29) have led a total of 388 laps. 

* New England Native … Alan Andreoli, engine tuner for the Camping World Chevrolet is a native of Burlington, Conn., located approximately 182 miles southwest of NHMS. Andreoli is an employee of Earnhardt Childress Racing Technologies (ECR) and has been an at-track Nationwide Series engine tuner for RCR-affiliated teams since 2001. 

* Meet the Press … Bowyer will be available outside the Jack Daniel’s Racing transporter inside the Sprint Cup Series garage area Friday, June 27 at 9:30 a.m. to field questions from the gathered media. 

* Catch the Cup Race … Following his duties in the Camping World Chevrolet, Bowyer will turn his attention to the Jack Daniel’s Chevy Impala SS for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The LENOX Industrial Tools 301 from New Hampshire Motor Speedway will take the green flag Sunday, June 29 at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The race will be televised live on TNT beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT and broadcast worldwide on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 17th event on the 36-race Sprint Cup Series tour will be televised live on SPEED Friday June 27 at 3 p.m. EDT. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will provide qualifying updates live. 

* Up to Speed … Live coverage of the Camping World RV Sales 200 will take the green flag Saturday, June 28 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. The race will be televised live on ABC and broadcast from coast-to-coast on MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for round 18 of the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship will be televised live on SPEED the same day at 10 a.m. EDT. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will broadcast qualifying updates live.

• CLINT BOWYER QUOTES

After three straight weeks of having to travel back and forth across the country for non-companion events, what’s it going to feel like to actually race both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series’ races at the same track?

“It’ll be nice. It will definitely be back to normal – that’s for sure. June is kind of the month from hell but it’s been worth it. Honestly, it’s been neat. How many times do you get a chance to fly in to a race track on a helicopter or fly from race track to race track on a private jet? You get on a helicopter right after you step off a jet, land in the infield and go racing. How can it get any better than that? It’s so cool but it’s going to be nice to race both cars and walk across the way to the Nationwide garage and get in the Camping World Chevrolet.”