Clint Bowyer Quotations

Tony is a handful, but I thought I had him once or twice. We tried him as hard as we could, and everyone was every which way. It was pretty crazy, pretty wild out there.

Me being the rookie that I am, I had the dark visor on out there. It was starting to get a little dark out there.

Richard has given me everything I need to succeed. I expect our team to be very competitive.

I got sideways but Kyle (Busch) pretty much drove right through me. What goes around comes around.

I don't know what it is about this race, but we've had bad luck both times we came here. We've had good luck all year long so I guess this was bound to happen sometime.

I don't know what happened, ... That was our worst race of the year. It just came at the wrong time.

I don't know what happened. But I took a lick in the standings and hit the wall pretty hard.

I 'bout hung up on him. I just thought it was somebody messing with me, ... It's a dream come true. Something I'll never forget.

I hate to gain points like that, but that's plain racing luck, ... We have had bad luck this year, also. He will be able to bounce back, and that just makes for an even closer points race.

I feel like we can carry success on to the Cup Series. It's going to be a big task, but I feel like it's something we can handle and overcome within the next few years.

The rain must have washed away the rubber we built up on the top (of the track), and that was obviously the fastest way around. We had a good race car. It's just frustrating to run second. I'd rather run fifth.

Just two races ago we were on the good side of the luck and Truex was receiving the bad,

It is a good finish for us. A good way to turn things around.

I was an auto body man. I know how to knock out dents,

It has been a wild ride these last couple of weeks. Not that many races ago we were safely in second place and Truex Jr. was looking like he was going to take this thing without a fight. Fortunately the pendulum swung in our direction and we are right back fighting for the championship.

It is a strong field, and anyone can win it. It is going to be a heck of a race.

Restarts earlier this season, do we have to talk about them? I cost us a couple of wins on restarts this year, ... That's something I've really worked on this year, and it showed today. I got good jumps especially the last five times.

Some of the Cup guys trying to make the Chase are setting a good example right now of how it needs to be done. The bottom line is we have to run better than the No. 8 car.

I wish it looked more like a car. But NASCAR has done their homework on it, and it doesn't look like we got much of a choice.

Junior got shuffled out. Stewart was all over the place. (Lamar) came up there. It was wild. It's just as crazy (looking out) the windshield.

That's unfortunate for those guys. They don't deserve that. They work too hard to lose like that.

You just go out and try to win the race, ... We'll just try not to qualify 30th anymore. I'm over that.

Those guys are really neat to get to meet.

Today, we did everything we could do, even though I put us in a bad spot, ... We'd had the fastest car in practice, and I was trying to prove it in qualifying. Maybe it just made me mad enough to do what I had to do.

Today, we did everything we could do, even though I put us in a bad spot,

When you spin out and hit that wall, it's a lot softer. There used to be guys getting broken legs and broken arms, and you don't see that anymore. You definitely feel safer.

We had a pretty good car right there at the end. I didn't really want to see that green-white-checkered. I think we had some momentum going. I really thought that (Dale Earnhardt) Junior was wanting to move. I was going to go with him.

We had a pretty good car right there at the end.

The only healing I’ve ever known is getting back in that race car — for all us racers.

Train wreck, extremely fast train, but usually ends up derailed somehow,

That’s a divorce. You ever seen a divorce? That’s like her taking not only the furniture and the silverware -- she took the dog, too. (Harvick) didn’t get the animal, I would say.

I know it's a lot of fun for you guys to write a lot of wacky things. Go ahead, if you want to. Get creative. But don't look too much into it.

When you can leave a race track and there's people in tears because they won and (people) in tears because they got crashed, you know, that's what brings us to the race track.

Who cares how you get caught? If you're cheating, if you're doing wrong, it doesn't matter what you're doing -- it's wrong.

Confidence is a big part of any sport, but as far as sports psycholgy, I met with one last year before the season, and hell I just felt stupid after that, so I try to stay out of there.

The racecar was really good. It was all weekend. I was probably too confident in the car in qualifying. The good thing was it was just cosmetic; we were able to work on it. I was really proud of the guys and the effort they put forth,

We just got loose over there off turn two, and I got sideways, but Kyle pretty much drove through me. What goes around comes around.

Consistency is still going to play out in the end. Dover is a tough race track. It's my second time being here. We didn't fare too well in the spring, but we've reacted pretty good. We've bounced back, and I think the car's pretty good this weekend.

I started out tight. Everyone was fighting tight. For whatever reason, it wouldn't run on the bottom. If we kept it wound up on the high side, she'd go.

These, ... are real important. It gives us a chance to do things we want to try. Every once in a while you will hit on something at a test session that gives you a big gain. My guys, Gil (Martin, his crew chief) always come out with a gain. Two or three things usually.

That should help. In 250 laps I can learn where to pass, where to get runs, just learn how to pass.

You see those guys give and take with each other. Then they look in the mirror and somehow they know it's us back there and they're attitude changes quite a bit.

It wasn't in Kevin's best interest to push his two cars to the win was it?

It was coming down to the point where your adrenaline is running and you're going for it. At that point, you're just going for it. You're not thinking about wrecking.

It was fun. At that point, you're just going for it. You're not thinking about wrecking. It turned out pretty good.

It's a wonderful opportunity for me. It's pretty incredible,

It's the strongest rookie field the series has ever had. It's a heck of a class. The neatest thing is most of us were in the Busch series last year, so we all know each other.

It's going to be a strong rookie class. It's going to be a fight all the way to the end of this thing.

It's probably us sideways and out of control that may have caused that wreck behind us.

Everybody was going for it at that point. This is Daytona.

The boss is over there hunting and fighting elephants and tigers and whatever else in Africa. He'll be pretty happy when he comes back: all three cars in the top 10. That's a heck of a job.

It was a good day for us. (But) when you got a two-car setup that's the same, it's hard to get back by the other one. But it was a good day for us, a good way to turn things around.

It's tough, Kevin's a determined individual and he liked being The Man. But the thing I have working for me is I am the closest in age to him as any teammate he's ever had and we are good friends. I think the key will be for us to just keep trying to help each other.

It's tough, Kevin's a determined individual and he liked being The Man, ... But the thing I have working for me is I am the closest in age to him as any teammate he's ever had and we are good friends. I think the key will be for us to just keep trying to help each other.

It's tough, Kevin's a determined individual and he liked being 'The Man,' ... But the thing I have working for me is I am the closest in age to him as any teammate he's ever had and we are good friends. I think the key will be for us to just keep trying to help each other.

It will be hard, but it's not impossible,

That's exactly what we needed to do. Come here and get a strong finish.

I'm a firm believer in getting things started right. Getting momentum built and getting confidence built. I know everybody will have a renewed spirit and a little extra spring in their step this weekend.

I knew this AC Delco Chevy was really good in race runs. The guys had a good stop there on that last stop and got us a chance. What a good effort.

If Martin has the equipment, he's going to be there. The bottom line is every one of those guys can take away the rookie of the year honors. It would be pretty cool to come down to the end of the year in a battle with Martin like it was last year and have that shoe on the other foot.

I need as much seat time as I can. Because most of these tracks I am going to, I have never been to before.

I like to have nothing more than to have it come down to him and me and have the shoe on the other foot. I have some unfinished business with Truex.

By no means am I going to count us out of this championship. This championship hunt isn't over until the last race in Homestead.

I definitely agree with that. You've got your adrenaline pumping, and both of us were going for it. It was wild. It wasn't just at the finish. We were bumping each other all the way through (turns) three and four.

I don't think there's going to be any surprises, who's there and who's not.

The car was good all day long, all weekend really, ... I hate to gain points like that, but the way our year has been we will take them where we can get them.