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Bowyer comments on appeal loss:

October 2, 2010 at 12:00 AM

  • Clint Bowyer, #33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevy met with members of the media at Kansas Speedway on Friday and discussed the appeal decision, the transcript in part:
    Q) WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE DECISION BY THE APPEALS COMMITTEE AND DID YOUR FANS ASK YOU ABOUT IT?:
    Bowyer: ‘Everyone of them, obviously theyre your fans and everyone of them supports you on it and wish you the best. Just like anybody else, they dont understand, you know. Ill just save everybodys breath in asking me. Heres my answer to that ‘“ Im very disappointed, not surprised at all. Ill just leave it at that. Im looking forward to getting that behind me. This is an important weekend. I made some mistakes on the track last week that were uncharacteristic of myself, we made some mistakes as a team that were uncharacteristic and our heads werent 100 percent in the game. I dont want this mess to bother us anymore. Im at my home track, Im having fun and thats what I aim to do.’
    Q) DO YOU STILL THINK YOU CAN GET IN THE CHASE BEING 235 POINTS BEHIND THE LEADER AT THIS POINT?:
    Bowyer: ‘No, I think the championship hopes are done for myself. The thing that I have to do is be the best teammate I can be. We have to bring a championship home. We still have two shots at that, but for myself and our race team, Ive never finished out of the top-five in the Chase and I want to continue that streak and want to continue that consistency in the Chase and I think thats an attainable goal. The biggest thing is to be the best teammate I can be.’
    Q) WOULDNT IT BE EASY TO TEAR A TEAM APART AS A DRIVER IN THIS SITUATION?:
    Bowyer: ‘Absolutely and thats what Im trying to say is Im not going to let that happen. Ive told Richard (Childress, team owner), its not worth fighting. In my opinion, their (NASCAR) minds are made up, it is what it is and if you want to be a part of this great thing we call a sport, you better just go on and enjoy what it is. Hes fighting hard and Im proud of the case that they put together. I think they worked very hard on it, they put a lot of time and energy and money into presenting a case that could prove less than a 16th of an inch how that car could be out. At the end of the day, if youre going to pick that, it is what it is.’(Team Chevy)(10-2-2010)