Clint Bowyer hit the wall hard on Lap 133 in Sunday’s Can-Am 500 at ISM Raceway, eliminating his title chances.
Bowyer, who came into the race 51 points behind the cutoff in a must-win situation, was running seventh at the time of impact with the Turn 3 wall.
“I guess we cut a left-rear tire down,” Bowyer said. “I don’t know if it’s a product of being able to get down on the back straightaway off the race track like that. At the end of the day it’s pretty unique. We travel all across the country running on race tracks that we race on the race track and this one we spend more time off of it. It’s fun to be able to do that, but I don’t know.
“We’ve had a great year getting to where we were part of this playoff situation and being in contention to be able to run for a championship. There’s a lot of pride with Mike (Bugarewicz) and all the guys on the 14 car.”
