TALLADEGA, Ala. — Clint Bowyer won two of the last three races at Talladega with Richard Childress Racing. Now Bowyer drives for Michael Waltrip Racing, and Martin Truex Jr. is happy to have him as a teammate.
“To have a teammate that is obviously a proven winner on plate tracks — somebody that I have confidence in that, if we can get hooked up together, he’s going to do the right things — that’s really, really cool,” said Truex, who enters Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 fifth in the Cup standings, 22 points behind leader Greg Biffle.
“We worked very well together at Daytona (in the season-opening Daytona 500), and that was the first time we had been teammates at a restrictor-plate track. I expect that this time it will be a little but easier. We’ll both be a little bit more comfortable and kind of understand the way each other does things. That should make for a better tandem if we’re able to do it long enough at the end.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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