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Hunting For a Good Run in the Duck Commander 500 @clintbowyer CORNELIUS, N.C. — After enjoying a rare @mw55 off-weekend for the Easter holiday, the @mwrteam NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to @5hourenergy @toyotaracing this weekend for the Duck Commander 500.

It’s the first night race of the season for Bowyer and the rest of the Sprint Cup competitors. The Racing driver and his No. 15 5-hour ENERGY NO. 15 CREW ROSTER team are ready to get back after it at one of Crew Chief the circuit’s fastest 1.5-mile ovals. Terry Spalding Front Tire Changer

It’s obvious Bowyer knows how to get around the 24-degree banked turns at Allen Steele Front Tire Carrier Texas. More than half of his 18 runs have resulted in top-10 finishes. He will be Lee Cunningham Rear Tire Changer hunting for another good finish to add to his total in Saturday’s Duck Commander P.J. Briody Rear Tire Carrier 500. Brian Chase Jack Man

Evan Marchal Gas Man What can we expect at Texas? “Texas is one of those big, fast, high-banked race tracks. You just have to go. We J.D. Frey Car Chief had a good run going at Martinsville and looking to get another one for this 5-hour Brett Griffin Spotter ENERGY . I’ve had some good runs going at Texas. We’ve been close Dax Gerringer Race Engineer before. I know the guys have been working hard to get our Toyota ready to go. Tim O'Brien Race Engineer Racing under the lights is going to be cool. As drivers it adds a little extra excitement so I’m sure it will for the fans too.” Billy Curwood Race Engineer Adam Cooke Shock Specialist Travis Stock Rear Mechanic CHASSIS Chris Sherwood Front Mechanic Chassis No. 797 serves as Bowyer’s primary chassis at Kyle Anderson Interior Mechanic Texas. Bowyer raced the chassis at Bristol in August (17th), Charlotte in May (17th) and (16th). James Davis Tire Specialist Chassis No. 816 serves as back-up for Bowyer. It Gregg Huls Engine Tuner served as the back-up earlier this year at California and Ray Erwin Truck Driver Las Vegas. Jeff Shano Truck Driver

CHASSIS

Primary - No. 797 August Bristol (17th), May Charlotte (17th) Have you always wanted to know what songs Clint Bowyer would listen to at & California (16th),

200mph if he could? Back-Up - No. 816 Served as back-up at California & Las Watch the video and find out! Vegas this year AskClint

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 Three top-five and 10 top-10 finishes in 18 starts  Completed 6,011 of 6,036 laps (99.6%) and led 85 laps  One DNF (did not finish) - April 2008  Average start 15.5 and average finish 13.3

Race Start Finish Laps Status Led 2006-07 12 19 333/334 running 0 2006-34 14 5 339/339 running 3 2007-07 8 16 333/334 running 0 2007-34 29 19 332/334 running 1 2008-07 25 10 339/339 running 0 2008-34 3 4 334/334 running 36 2009-07 19 22 333/334 running 0 2009-34 10 7 333/334 running 0 2010-08 8 36 316/334 crash 0 2010-34 7 7 334/334 running 0 2011-07 3 2 334/334 running 44 2011-34 18 9 334/334 running 0 2012-07 18 17 333/334 running 0 2012-34 4 6 335/335 running 0 2013-07 26 15 334/334 running 0 2013-34 26 10 334/334 running 0 2014-07 25 8 340/340 running 1 2014-34 24 28 341/341 running 0

CREW CHIEF BRIAN PATTIE

Brian Pattie, crew chief for the No.15 5- Clint is now on facebook hour ENERGY Toyota Camry, grew up in https://www.facebook.com/ Zephyrhills, Fla. Pattie attended his first clintbowyer and instagram NASCAR race in 1992 at Daytona Interna- tional Speedway. @clintbowyer His racing experience started earlier than his first visit to Daytona, however. His father raced at nearby East Bay Raceway in Tampa and the Florida State Fairgrounds.

TEXAS TV SCHEDULE He started working in racing at age 13 on a dirt car with

his friend Shawn Reutimann. The driver was Reutimann’s FRIDAY, APRIL 10 11:30 a.m. 1 - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice cousin and eventual Sprint Cup driver, David. Pattie did fabri- 2:00 p.m. - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Practice cation as the team raced at well-known, local tracks like Ocala 6:30 p.m. Fox Sports 1 - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying and East Bay Raceway. In Pattie’s senior year of high school he went to work for Florida legend Dick Anderson. SATURDAY, APRIL 11 6:30 p.m. Fox Sports 1- NASCAR Race Day After graduation he left Florida for to work in 7:00 p.m. Fox– NASCAR Race Day– Texas NASCAR. 7:30 p.m. Fox- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race (334 laps, 500 miles)

*All Times ET & Subject To Change Pattie also is a Florida State Seminoles fan and is a single- digit handicap golfer.