No. 4 Clint Bowyer

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Clint Bowyer was the unlikely winner in the wild NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were fighting for the lead when they wrecked each other. Earnhardt Jr. had to pit for repairs and finished 15th. Busch ended up second.
Bowyer was the beneficiary of the collision and won the second race of his Cup career.
"They were putting on a show for a while; I thought so, anyway," said Bowyer, driver of the No. 07 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, after the race at Richmond. "They were racing hard. That's what racing at Richmond is all about in my opinion. It just didn't work out. I told the cops, I don't know why they were escorting me in here. I told them, they better get on and escort Kyle Busch out of here. It was meant to be, I guess."
The win vaulted Bowyer into the top five in the Cup standings. The car his team is taking to Darlington Raceway is the same one he raced at Bristol in March. He finished third in that race.
The car raced eight times in 2007, its best results coming at Bristol. In its only race at Darlington, the car won the pole and finished ninth.
"It was cool to get our first pole in the Cup Series at Darlington," Bowyer said. "We were fast all day in practice and we knew we were capable of it. When you know you're capable and have that confidence and can go out there and back that all up, it's pretty satisfying. Darlington is a special place and to be able to win a pole there is something to be proud of."

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