Clint Bowyer went for a spin through the Daytona International Speedway grass on Saturday night after he was spun by Michael Waltrip Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. with 44 laps remaining in the Bud Shootout.
2012 Bud Shootout: Martin Truex Jr. Spins Teammate Clint Bowyer With 44 Laps Remaining
Bowyer was trying to change lanes and go around Carl Edwards, but Truex missed the memo. When Bowyer went high, Truex hooked the No. 15 car and sent it skidding out of the pack, across the pavement and into the grass.
The Bud Shootout has been a wild affair thus far. The two-car drafts seem to be gone for sure, but it’s brought back the hold-your-breath, wait-for-a-wreck racing.
“It is going to be chaotic,” Paul Menard said after being caught in an early ‘Big One.’ “We have to figure out if we want to just ride around or not, because it is a big, big chance you are going to wreck.”
Menard said the racing is “way more out of control” than last year.
David Ragan, who triggered the first wreck with Menard, said NASCAR “definitely accomplished their goal” of eliminating the two-car drafts.
“We can’t run together very long at all unless we’re overheating, so I think a lap or two is really about all,” he said.
There will be 39 laps to go when the race restarts.
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