Clint Bowyer, a native of Emporia, Kansas, got his big break in 2004 when he got to share driving duties in the No. 21 Reese’s Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing with former NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Kevin Harvick. During that span, which lasted 17 races, he amassed a record of four top-fives, seven top-10s and one pole position.
Those impressive results led to a full time Nationwide Series ride in 2005. Once again, Bowyer impressed his bosses, finishing second in the championship on the back of two victories, 12 top-fives and 22 top-10s.
The results not only earned him another full year of Nationwide Series competition in 2006, but also the full time role in the No. 07 Jack Daniel's Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Under the tutelage of crew chief Gil Martin, Bowyer continued impressing in 2006 and finished the season 17th in the Cup standings. In the Nationwide Series, he finished the year in third place.
2007 was Boywer's best Cup season to date, as the Kansas native finished third in the Cup Championship standings (346 points behind winner Jimmie Johnson). During the season, Bowyer earned his first career Cup victory, winning the first race of the Chase in New Hampshire in dominating fashion. Bowyer led 222 laps from the pole position to win the race. The season also saw him net five top-fives and 17 top-10s. Bowyer also captured his first career pole position for the spring Darlington event.
Bowyer also finished 12th in the point standings in the Nationwide Series, racing 22 of the 35 races that year.
Bowyer's 2008 NASCAR season will be one the former dirt track driver won't soon forget.
He captured his first Nationwide Series title and finished in the top five in the Sprint Cup Series after finding his way to victory lane for the second time in his career.
Bowyer's second career Cup win came in May's visit to Richmond International Raceway and was one of seven top-five finishes for the Richard Childress Racing driver.
He ended the year at Homestead-Miami Speedway by capturing the Nationwide title and finishing fifth in the season-ending Ford 400.
Bowyer moved from the No. 07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet to the Richard Childress Racing's new No. 33 entry in the 2009 Sprint Cup season. He entered the season with no owner's points but was able to come out strong in the beginning, scoring four top-10 finishes in the first seven races.
Trouble from that point into the summer kept Bowyer in check in the points, and he was unable to mount much of a challenge for the Chase.
Bowyer scored his 22nd top-15 finish of the season at the season finale in Homestead-Miami Speedway. He finished 15th in the point standings with four top-five and 16 top-10 finishes.
Prior to moving up the NASCAR ladder, Bowyer won the 2002 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Midwest Region championship with 10 victories and 18 top-five finishes in 19 starts in the NWRS Modified division at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. He also competed in 2003 in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Late Model and the NASCAR International Truck and Engine Corporation Midwest Series (formerly the RE/MAX Challenge Series). Bowyer rounded out his 2003 season by competing in two ARCA events in 2003, finishing second in his series debut at Nashville Superspeedway (Tenn.) in August.
