(Courtesy Richard Childress Racing)

Clint Bowyer
No. 2 BB&T Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
Event Preview Fact Sheet


Event/Date: Diamond Hill Plywood 200 - May 9, 2008
Venue: Darlington Raceway - Darlington, S.C.


Clint Bowyer's NASCAR Nationwide Series Race Results at Darlington Raceway

• This Week's BB&T Chevrolet at Darlington Raceway ... Clint Bowyer will pilot Chassis No. 079 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable. Built new for 2008, this is the same No. 2 Chevrolet Bowyer raced to a third-place finish earlier this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and to a second-place finish at Nashville Superspeedway.
• Bowyer in the Loop ...
  • Average Running Position ... According to NASCAR's Loop Data Statistics, Bowyer is ranked second, to Carl Edwards, in the Average Running Position category with a 9.027 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.
  • Driver Rating ... At the same time, Bowyer enjoys a 106.9 Driver Rating - third only to Kyle Busch (111.3) and Edwards (109.1). 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.
  • Laps in the Top 15 ... Meanwhile, the six-time NNS winner has spent 1,660 of the 1,918 laps completed this season (86.5 percent) running in the top 15.
  • Laps Led ... Bowyer has led 200 laps in Nationwide 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 Friday night at Richmond, Bowyer started fifth and struggled with a temperamental-handling BB&T Chevrolet but still notched a ninth-place finish. The top-10 effort was Bowyer's eighth top 10 in 11 races this season. The following night, Bowyer drove the No. 07 BB&T Chevrolet Impala SS to Victory Lane and secured his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career win.
• The Darlington Report ... In four previous Nationwide Series starts at the "Track Too Tough Too Tame," Bowyer has one top-five and two top-10 finishes. The six-time winner in NASCAR's No. 2 division has an 18.3 starting average and an 11.8 average finishing rate. At the same time, Bowyer has completed all 588 laps of competition over those four races.
• Fore the Hometown ... On Tuesday, May 6, Bowyer will host the inaugural Clint Bowyer "Support Emporia" golf tournament and live auction at Emporia Municipal Golf Course in his hometown of Emporia, Kan. All proceeds will benefit the Emporia Community Foundation. The ECF is a collection of separate funds and resources given by caring citizens who have chosen to make their community a better place to work and live, now and in the future. The ECF is a tax-deductible charity and qualifies under the IRS rules governing 501(c)3 charity. The funds collected from the generosity of the community will go towards education, child programs, elder care and recreation in Emporia and surrounding areas. · RCR Nationwide Cars at Darlington ... In 27 previous Nationwide Series starts at Darlington, RCR-prepared race cars have posted one pole (Harvick, 2003), seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. RCR cars have also led 204 laps at the historic 1.366 South Carolina race track. · Three to Go ... RCR has earned a Nationwide Series victory at 23 of the 26 tracks on the 2008 schedule. The only tracks on the current schedule where RCR hasn't earned wins are Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Darlington Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway.
• Double Down in Darlington ... Following his duties behind the wheel of the No. 2 BB&T Chevy, Bowyer will turn his attention to the No. 07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet Impala SS for Saturday's Dodge Challenger 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Live coverage of the 11th stop on the 2008 Sprint Cup tour will take the green flag Saturday, May 10th beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The race will be televised live on FOX and broadcast worldwide on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 11th of 36 points-paying races on the 2008 schedule will be televised live on SPEED Friday, May 9 at 5 p.m. EDT. MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live qualifying updates.
• Catch the Action ... The Diamond Hill Plywood 200 from Darlington Raceway will take the green flag Friday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. EDT The race will be televised live on ESPN2 beginning at 7 p.m. and broadcast on MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio. Qualifying for the 12th race on the 2008 Nationwide Series calendar is scheduled to be televised live on SPEED the same day at 3 p.m. EDT.