Clint Bowyer revealed a surprising twist about his decision [to leave RCR and go to MWR]. The 5-Hour Energy people came to him, and they were willing for him to stay at RCR. “We talked to Richard about it, but still couldn’t put a deal together,” Bowyer said. “At that point I said, ‘OK, we’ll go somewhere else.’ That’s what ultimately led to leaving RCR. It’s a shame. I owe a lot to Richard.” Bowyer said he was surprised and disappointed when Childress told him no, but Bowyer has no hard feelings. “I was in an auto shop in Kansas when he called me the first time,” Bowyer said. “He changed my life, and I’ll always be grateful. But it was time to move on.” Childress opened the books to Bowyer, showing him the numbers didn’t add up. Childress didn’t feel the money from 5-Hour Energy was enough to continue to run a fourth car. And Childress wasn’t going to pay the kind of money Bowyer was wanting (way north of $5 million a year) without full funding on the car.(ESPN)
AND Sponsor 5-Hour Energy, the ‘energy-shot’ beverage, is putting up a reported $13 million or so to back the operation. Precise figures were not announced.(MikeMulhern.net)(10-8-2011)
