#15-Clint Bowyer stumbled through an uncomfortable interview during a Tuesday afternoon edition of ESPNs SportsCenter , his first public comments since Michael Waltrip Racing was given the largest penalty in NASCAR history. Bowyer, who largely was unaffected by the penalty despite a suspicious spin that triggered a controversial sequence of events, apologized several times during the interview. But when pressed on why he was apologizing, Bowyer danced around the question. ‘No, lets not dig too much into this’ Bowyer said when asked if his apology referred to the spin. ‘Ive dealt with a lot of opinions and a lot of things that happened. I gave my interview after the race as to what happened. Weve been penalized with the biggest penalty in NASCAR history and were going to get through this as a race team.” Bowyer acknowledged calling to apologize to Ryan Newman (‘I felt horrible’ he said) and also apologized to any fans ‘who dont agree and are upset.” But pushed to explain his comments further, Bowyer refused to explain himself. ‘Its a bad deal all the way around for MWR’ he said. ‘Again, weve been penalized for this, we stand by our actions, we own up to them and were going to get through this together and go on.” Bowyer said hed enter the garage at Chicagoland this weekend like normal and approach it as he does every weekend, though he admitted the events of the past few days would make it ‘harder.” ‘I dont want this story to be the story of the Chase’ he said.( USA Today )
