CLINT BOWYER No. 14 Rush Truck Centers/Haas Automation Team Report Round 12 of 36 – Digital Ally 400 – Kansas

Car No.: 14 – Rush Truck Centers/Haas Automation Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing

At Track PR Contact: Drew Brown with True Speed Communication ([email protected])

Primary Team Members:

Driver: Crew Chief: Mike Bugarewicz Hometown: Emporia, Kansas Hometown: Lehighton, Pennsylvania

Car Chief: Jerry Cook Engine Builder: Roush Hometown: Toledo, Ohio Headquarters: Mooresville, North Carolina

Engine Tuner: Matt Moeller Spotter: Brett Griffin Hometown: Monroe, New York Hometown: Pageland, South Carolina

Over-The-Wall Crew Members:

Gas Man: James “Ace” Keener Front Tire Changer: Ryan Mulder Hometown: Fortuna, California Hometown: Sioux City, Iowa

Windshield: Chris Trickett Rear Tire Changer: Coleman Dollarhide Hometown: Grafton, West Virginia Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina

Jackman: Sean Cotten Tire Carrier: Dwayne Moore Hometown: Mooresville, North Carolina Hometown: Griffin, Georgia

Road Crew Members:

Truck Drivers: Dale Lackey and Christopher Hamilton Tire Specialist: Russell Simpson Hometowns: Taylorsville, North Carolina and Muncie, Indiana, respectively Hometown: Medford, New York

Engineers: Lee Deese and James Kimbrough Shock Specialist: Wayne Smith Hometowns: Rockingham, North Carolina, and Pensacola, Florida, respectively Hometown: Melbourne, Australia

Mechanics: Tony Silvestri and Robbie Fairweather Hometowns: Sylvania, Ohio, and Westbrookville, New York respectively

Notes of Interest:

 Bowyer owns career totals of 10 wins, two poles, 76 top-five finishes, 202 top-10s and 2,877 laps led in 480 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races. He also owns eight NASCAR Xfinity Series victories.  His most recent Cup Series victory came at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn (June 10, 2018).  His most recent Cup Series pole came at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon (Sept. 16, 2007).

 Monday Dover: Bowyer started 10th and remained at the front of the field throughout the most recent race postponed due to rain from Sunday to Monday at Dover (Del.) Speedway. Bowyer scored a ninth-place finish, his sixth top-10 in 11 races in 2019.

 Bowyer at Kansas: Bowyer owns two top-five finishes and six top 10s in 21 starts at Kansas. He’s led 51 laps there.

 Kansas October 2018: Bowyer started 14th and climbed to seventh by the end of the first stage. In the second stage, he struggled with handling and finished 11th about a second behind the final points position. In the final stage, Bowyer made contact with another car and suffered fender damage that slowed his progress. He finished the race 13th and advanced to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR playoffs.

 SHR has three Cup Series victories at Kansas ( in October 2009 and in May 2018 and October 2016), plus 11 top-five finishes and 21 top-10s in 58 starts.

• Bowyer’s hometown of Emporia, Kansas, is about a 90-minute drive southwest of . Emporia, with a population of 25,000, is home to Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College. In 1953, Emporia was the site of the first Veterans Day observance in the United States. At the urging of local shoe cobbler Alvin J. King, U.S. Representative Edward Rees introduced legislation in the United States Congress to rename Armistice Day as Veterans Day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law on Oct. 8, 1954.

 All-Time Victory List: With 10 career victories, Bowyer is in a 59th-place tie on the all-time wins list with Donnie Allison and .

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 Crew chief Mike “Buga” Bugarewicz is in his third season as a Cup Series crew chief. He oversaw Stewart’s final campaign in 2016, and his pit strategy played a key role in Stewart’s victory at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway in June 2016. Bugarewicz and Bowyer’s first season together in 2017 saw the duo post the 11th-best average finish of all full-time teams. In 2018 they earned their first victory together at Martinsville in March. Bugarewicz’s two-tire call minutes before a caution combined with Bowyer’s aggressive driving at Michigan in June earned the duo its second victory of the 2018 season. The Lehighton, Pennsylvania, native and Penn State University graduate served as the lead engineer on SHR’s No. 4 entry in 2014 and 2015. He was the only rookie crew chief to be part of the Cup Series playoffs in 2016.

Bowyer’s Kansas Record Year Event Start Finish Status/Laps Laps Led Earnings 2018 KC Masterpiece 400 33 15 Running, 267/267 0 N/A 14 13 Running, 267/267 0 N/A 2017 Go Bowling 400 30 9 Running, 267/267 3 N/A Hollywood Casino 400 9 19 Running, 267/267 0 N/A 2016 Go Bowling 400 33 19 Running, 265/267 0 N/A Hollywood Casino 400 31 26 Running, 266/267 0 N/A 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 21 21 Running, 266/267 0 $119,798 ×Hollywood Casino 400 26 40 Accident, 170/269 0 $110,623 2014 5-hour ENERGY 400 23 23 Running, 264/267 0 $120,181 Hollywood Casino 400 19 18 Running, 267/267 0 $136,801 2013 STP 400 10 5 Running, 267/267 0 $156,218 Hollywood Casino 400 22 14 Running, 267/267 0 $141,613 2012 STP 400 8 36 Engine, 125/267 0 $100,474 Hollywood Casino 400 3 6 Running, 267/267 5 $146,854 2011 STP 400 27 18 Running, 266/267 0 $119,233 Hollywood Casino 400 24 7 Running, 272/272 0 $154,408 2010 Price Chopper 400 27 15 Running, 267/267 0 $104,475 2009 Price Chopper 400 8 21 Running, 266/267 0 $100,200 2008 Camping World RV 400 24 12 Running, 267/267 0 $110,825 2007 *LifeLock 400 10 2 Running, 210/210 0 $218,525 2006 Banquet 400 6 9 Running, 267/267 43 $109,425 * Race cut short due to weather. † Qualifying canceled due to weather, starting position set via car owner points. + Race distance shortened due to change in track configuration. × Race length extended due to green-white-checker finish.

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