#15-Clint Bowyer called it the “damnedest thing I’ve ever seen.” #24-Jeff Gordon didn’t disagree. Bowyer ran into the four-time Sprint Cup Series champion’s #24 Chevy as Gordon was backing out of his own garage stall here at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday morning. Bowyer’s Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota sustained only minor damage to the front end and was eventually able to return to the track. Gordon’s car, meanwhile, required significant repairs to the right-rear quarter panel. The repairs were not completed by the end of the session. “There are so many people in here,” Bowyer said. “Hell, I glanced up “¦ all that (equipment) was there; that guy backing him out, I think he glanced up for a second but when I got there he wasn’t even looking. There’s just so much going on (in the garage). It’s a wonder that stuff doesn’t happen more often.” A pit cart, used to ferry equipment from the team’s transporter to the garage stall, blocked the view of Gordon’s car as it rolled out of its stall. “The guy that backs me out looked over, I guess he was just starting to back me out “¦ I crept out there and he cleared me, but the #15 (Bowyer), probably couldn’t really see me because of that pit cart,” Gordon said. “I don’t know if he kind of glanced away or what, but when he looked back, I was just right there and couldn’t go anywhere. It’s kind of a combination of, I guess, both of us could take fault in that.”(NASCAR.com)(7-19-2015)
