In one of the hardest hits of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, Clint Bowyer angled into the SAFER barrier off Turn 2 and destroyed his No. 15 Michael Waltrip Racing Camry.
The accident on Lap 171 caused the fifth caution of Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 — and it ruined a promising outing at the track closest to Bowyer’s Emporia, Kansas, home.
“It was a hard hit,” said Bowyer, who was running in the top 15 at the time. “We were actually having some fun, doing a little better than I actually thought we were going to. Just disappointed and frustrated. You always hate to have something like that happen, especially at home.”
Bowyer was chasing Jeff Gordon at the time of the wreck.
“I was following Gordon there, and I started to catch him back,” Bowyer said. “I went in (to the corner), and he kind of took my line away, and I tried to pull down. And as soon as my headlight got out (from behind Gordon’s car) and got some air in it, man it turned me.
“I probably should have just spun to the inside, but I thought I could save it. Guess I didn’t save it. Man, it hit hard.”
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