Richard Childress Racing’s #29 Holiday Inn/Holiday Inn Express Racing team has added championship-winner Clint Bowyer to its driver lineup for the 2009 Nationwide Series season. The 2008 Nationwide Series drivers’ champion will share the behind-the-wheel duties with Jeff Burton and Stephen Leicht, who were announced in August as co-drivers for 2009. Burton and Scott Wimmer steered the #29 Holiday Inn Racing team to the 2007 Nationwide Series owners’ championship and finished fifth in the owners’ standings last season. Crew chief Dan Deeringhoff, who guided Bowyer to the Nationwide Series driver’s title, will move from RCR’s #2 team to assume the position of crew chief for the Holiday Inn Racing team. “We decided to put Clint in for a few races, with Jeff and Stephen, to try to maximize the exposure for Holiday Inn,” said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. “He’s a champion who will help both the overall performance of the team and, with Jeff, will provide another direct point of reference for Stephen as he progresses through his learning curve.(RCR PR)(1-6-2009)
