Clint Bowyer No. 2 BB&T Event Preview 

No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS - Event Preview Fact Sheet
Event/Date: Zippo 200 – August 9, 2008
Venue: Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, N.Y.

NOTES

· This Week’s BB&T Chevrolet at Watkins Glen International … Clint Bowyer will pilot Chassis No. 072 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable. This is the same car that Kevin Harvick drove to Victory Lane last season in Montreal and at Watkins Glen. In two starts, Chassis No. 072 is undefeated.

· Back in the Saddle … Bowyer has taken a two-year sabbatical from Nationwide Series competition at Watkins Glen, having not competed in NASCAR’s No. 2 division at the high-speed, 11-turn road course since August 12, 2006.

· Road Course Report … In six NASCAR Nationwide Series starts on road courses, including events at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Watkins Glen International and last weekend’s race at Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal, Bowyer has a sixth-place finish to call a career-best. Over those six races, the six-time Nationwide Series winner has a 19.8 starting average compared to a solid 11.5 finishing average. He has completed all 453 laps of competition during that stretch and tallied just over $230,000 in purse money.

· Childress, A Champion for Children … On Wednesday, July 30, RCR team owner Richard Childress, along with officials from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., announced the formation of what will become the nation’s most comprehensive Institute for Pediatric Trauma. The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma will drastically increase the survival rate of critically injured children nationwide and will improve the quality of life for those who do not fully recover by focusing on five key areas: research, advocacy and public policy, medical professional education, prevention education, and a comprehensive rehabilitation facility. To learn more and help children across the nation by donating, please visit www.childresspediatrictrauma.org  or call 866-635-8190.

· Looking Back at Last Weekend … Bowyer started 29th and finished ninth in last Saturday’s rain-shortened Napa Auto Parts 200 in Montreal. The solid effort, considering he’d never seen the track before, was his 19th top 10 in 23 races this year.

· RCR Road Course Recap … In 22 previous NNS road course starts, RCR has posted two wins (Harvick – Montreal 2007 and Watkins Glen 2007), eight top-five and 15 top-10 finishes. RCR-prepared entries have also led 103 laps on road courses.

· 12 To Go … Over the season’s first 23 Nationwide Series races, Bowyer has posted one win (Bristol), eight top-five and 19 top-10 finishes. At the same time, the Nationwide Series point leader has logged an impressive 8.4 starting average to go along with his 8.6 finishing average. He has completed 4,071 of the 4,097 laps run this season (99.37 percent) and led 341 laps.

• Bowyer in the Loop …

o Average Running Position … According to NASCAR’s Loop Data Statistics, Bowyer leads the Average Running Position category with an 8.652 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 3,730 of the 4,097 laps completed this season (91 percent) running in the top 15.

o Driver Rating … Bowyer also enjoys a 104.6 Driver Rating – second only to Kyle Busch (115.5). 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 341 laps in Nationwide Series competition this season and trails only Busch and two-time Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart in that category.

· Catching Up With Clint … Bowyer will be available for interviews inside the Watkins Glen media center on Friday, August 8 at 11:10 a.m.

· Twice the Fun … Following his duties behind the wheel of the No. 2 BB&T Chevy, Bowyer will turn his attention to the No. 07 DIRECTV Chevrolet Impala SS for Sunday’s Centurion Boats at the Glen NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Flag-to-flag coverage of the Sprint Cup Series’ second and final road course race on the 2008 schedule will be televised live Sunday, August 10 at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The race will be televised live on ESPN beginning at 1 p.m. EDT and broadcast from coast-to-coast on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 22nd points-paying race on the 36-race Sprint Cup Series tour will be televised live on ESPN2 Friday, August 8 at 3 p.m. EDT.

· Catch the Action … The Zippo 200 will be televised live on ABC on Saturday, Aug. 9 beginning at 2:30 p.m. EDT. The race will be broadcast live on MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 24th round of the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship will be televised on ESPN2 the same day beginning at 10 a.m. EDT.

• CLINT BOWYER QUOTES

Even though the courses were so different, did running at Montreal last weekend help you get ready for Watkins Glen?

“I think so. I’ve come to enjoy road racing so I’m looking forward to back-to-back road course races. My teammate Kevin Harvick is a really good tutor when it comes to road racing so I’ve been trying to talk to him about it as much as I can. Typically, Watkins Glen is the road course where I struggle the most so I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can and getting up to Watkins Glen and having a good day. “