Clint Bowyer has announced that after 15 full seasons as part of NASCARS Cup series he will be retiring. He has five more races as a full-time driver in the Cup Series. He will be taking a spot in the FOX broadcast booth.
Bowyer has piloted the No. 14 Ford since 2017. Out of his 10 career wins, two were with Stewart-Haas Racing. Both of those victories came in his second season – 2018 at Martinsville Speedway and Michigan International Speedway. Bowyer has been winless since then, including the current 2020 slate.
Bowyer’s best performance was 2012, when he finished runner-up in the final standings and scored a career-best three wins. He drove the No. 15 Toyota for the now-defunct Michael Waltrip Racing at the time.
Bowyer got his start in the Cup Series at Richard Childress Racing. He finished third in the points in his second full-time season with the team and was fifth the next season in 2008. He won the Nationwide Series Championship in 2008.
He move from RCR to Michael Waltrip Racing after 2011 and was with MWR until 2015.
Bowyer is in his fourth season at SHR. He was signed by the team after Tony Stewart announced he’d retire at the end of the 2016 season and spent the 2015 season at HScott Motorsports before taking over Stewart’s seat.
Bowyer, 41, currently sits 11th in the NASCAR playoffs ahead of the final race of the second round on Sunday at the Charlotte Roval. Bowyer needs to win or be in the top eight of the points standings after the race to move on to the third round.
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