{"id":9697,"date":"2013-09-07T23:31:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T03:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=9697"},"modified":"2013-09-09T21:44:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T01:44:44","slug":"clint-bowyer-spins-at-richmond-earns-teammate-martin-truex-jr-a-chase-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/09\/07\/clint-bowyer-spins-at-richmond-earns-teammate-martin-truex-jr-a-chase-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Clint Bowyer spins at Richmond, earns teammate Martin Truex Jr a Chase spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9698\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9698\" alt=\"getty\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/09\/clintbowyerrir.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/09\/clintbowyerrir.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/09\/clintbowyerrir-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>BREAKING NEWS:<br \/>\n<a title=\"NASCAR penalizes MWR, Chase change with Newman in and Truex out\" href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/09\/09\/nascar-penalizes-mwr-newman-in-and-truex-out\/\">NASCAR penalizes MWR removing Truex Jr from Chase, Newman in<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Clint Bowyer had a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase spot sewn up before Richmond began but it is what he did in the closing laps of Saturday&#8217;s race that has everyone raising their eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>Bowyer&#8217;s teammate\u00a0 Martin Truex was outside of a Chase spot when Bowyer&#8217;s No. 15 car spun around.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brrgyDs3CfE\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It could have been a accidental spin but in car audio prior to it consisted of radio transmission that asked &#8220;&#8221;Are your arms starting to hurt?&#8221; just before the No. 15 went around.<\/p>\n<p>The result of Bowyer&#8217;s spin earned Truex Jr. and Joey Logano a spot in the Chase, at the expense of Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman who saw a trip to victory lane disappear that would have earned him a Wild Card spot in the Chase.<\/p>\n<p>Bowyer attempted to downplay the incident in a post race interview while Newman simply blamed his pit crew for a poor pitstop that resulted in him losing a spot to Edwards prior to the final restart.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Y&#8217;all should follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClintBowyer\">@ClintBowyer<\/a>!!! The definition of team player!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23hero&amp;src=hash\">#hero<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blakeshelton\/statuses\/376545870856347648\">September 8, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Bowyer&#8217;s driving, Dale Earnhardt Jr who was behind him said he was unsure what him fellow competitor was doing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>On pit road after the race: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mw55\">@mw55<\/a>: &#8220;You&#8217;ve got awesome teammates&#8221; Truex: &#8220;yes, I know&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23nascar&amp;src=hash\">#nascar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alan Cavanna (@CopaCavanna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CopaCavanna\/statuses\/376548934589497344\">September 8, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR&#8217;s John Darby does not believe that Bowyer intentionally spun his car to alter the outcome of the Chase.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9704\" alt=\"bowyercauses\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/09\/bowyercauses.png\" width=\"631\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/09\/bowyercauses.png 631w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/09\/bowyercauses-300x214.png 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/09\/bowyercauses-70x50.png 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Things were not helped by NASCAR uploading the video to Youtube with the title &#8220;NASCAR Clint Bowyer Causes Restart | Richmond (2013)&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING NEWS: NASCAR penalizes MWR removing Truex Jr from Chase, Newman in Clint Bowyer had a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase spot sewn up before Richmond began but it is what he did in the closing laps of Saturday&#8217;s race that has everyone raising their eyebrows. 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