Clint Bowyer

By Steve McCormick, About.com Guide

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Car:

Number 15 Toyota

Team:

Michael Waltrip Racing

Sponsor:

Five Hour Energy

Birthdate:

May 30, 1979

Rookie Season:

Started one Cup race for Richard Childress in 2005.

Ran the full 36 race schedule in 2006 for Richard Childress in the #07 Jack Daniels Chevy. Managed eleven top tens on his way to a seventeenth place finish in the points. Finished behind Denny Hamlin for 2006 Rookie of the Year honors.

Career Highlights:

2004 - First Nationwide series start (Texas)

2005 - First Cup series start (Phoenix)

2007 - First Sprint Cup Series Win (Loudon)

2007 - First Chase (Finished third in Cup series points)

2008 - NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion

2012 - Left Richard Childress for Michael Waltrip Racing

Solidly Successful:

Clint Bowyer rolled onto the NASCAR scene in 2004 splitting time with Kevin Harvick in the #21 Richard Childress Racing Nationwide Series car. He was consistent in that ride, earned a full-time slot the following year and a Cup series ride after that.

Clint Bowyer has never been flashy. He doesn't attract much controversy and doesn't run his mouth for the media. He doesn't win a lot of races but his consistent style is rewarded under the NASCAR point system.

He has proven that he can win a Championship in the Nationwide Series. Will his smooth style also gain him a Chase-format title?