One day after finishing a frustrating season with HScott Motorsports, Clint Bowyer sued the team for at least $2.223 million, alleging it missed two monthly payments and a commission for bringing sponsorship to the team. Bowyer, through his business arm Clint Bowyer Racing Inc., filed the lawsuit for breach of contract and fraud Nov. 21 against team owner Harry Scott and HScott Motorsports in North Carolina Superior Court. Bowyer alleges in the lawsuit that Scott, who is expected to shut down the Cup team, is using money owed to him to pay other creditors and ‘repeatedly failed to make the scheduled payments’ owed on the 20th of each month. ‘[Scott and the team] are in financial distress and in negotiations with various creditors to settle substantial debts ‘¦ all the while [they] refuse to pay [Bowyer] for services performed,’ the complaint states. In the lawsuit, Bowyer alleges that Scott has not paid money owed to him Oct. 20 and Nov. 20 for a total of $1.2 million and that he is also owed at least $1 million from sponsorship of at least five companies ‘ 5-Hour Energy, Maxwell House, Peak, Visine and AAA Insurance ‘ that Bowyer claims he brought to the team. ‘We are aware of the lawsuit,’ HScott Motorsports spokesman Ramsey Poston said. ‘Obviously we won’t speak about the details of the suit, but I can say that overall it is frivolous and capricious. Bowyer obtained an order of attachment, which requires Scott to hold on to at least $2.223 million in property while the lawsuit makes its way through court.(ESPN.com)
