Bowyer prepping for 'killer' double-duty weekend at Milwaukee, Infineon
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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When drivers who attempt to run every race in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series talk about doing double-duty, the one weekend they loathe is this one. Running the Cup event at Infineon Raceway and the Nationwide race at The Milwaukee Mile on the same weekend is the hardest of the back-and-forth trips drivers have to make.
Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer leads the Nationwide Series points standings and ranks 12th in Sprint Cup. While the Nashville/Pocono and the Kentucky/Michigan weekends are relatively easy, Milwaukee/Sonoma is the "killer," Bowyer said.
"You're tired and miserable all weekend, but it is only one weekend," he said. "You just have to get plenty of rest going into the weekend to be prepared. We've run well at Sonoma, so I'm excited about going out there. Infineon is the one road course that I enjoy running. I've struggled at Watkins Glen, but I really enjoy Sonoma.
"I like Milwaukee as well, so it helps that both races are good tracks for us and tracks I enjoy racing on."
Bowyer plans to practice and qualify for the Toyota/SaveMart 350 in Sonoma on Friday, practice again Saturday and then fly to Milwaukee for the Camping World RV Rental 250. Stephen Leicht will practice and qualify Bowyer's Nationwide car, and Bowyer will have to start at the rear of the field at Milwaukee.
He will then fly back to Sonoma after the race in Milwaukee.
"Man, it's late," Bowyer said. "I know in 2006 I only had a couple hours of sleep at the hotel, and then we went straight to the track. Of course, you're sleeping on the airplane as much as you can, but everybody knows that sleeping on an airplane can be difficult."
Bowyer didn't seem to need much sleep that year, as he finished 10th in his first Cup race at Sonoma. Last year, Bowyer ended up fourth after gambling on fuel mileage.
"We finished 10th the first time we were out there, so I had been moderately successful at Infineon once before," Bowyer said. "There was some strategy at the end [last year], but that's built into that whole package. Fuel mileage is so important at road course races. You pull a jet out of the carburetor, basically everything you can do to the carburetor to get good fuel mileage, which makes your car slower. It doesn't race as well, but on a road course you don't have to race as well.
"You have to race the race track, get on pit road first, do those things, and you'll get a good finish. We just stuck to our guns. We had more speed in practice, but we stuck to our game plan and it paid off."
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- Clint Bowyer
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