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“I don’t think it really matters. Richmond gets really slick and widens out either way. It will be fun. I think all the improvements that they are doing there will be really cool to see.”
Bowman on the Richmond track changes:
“We will definitely have to work around the changes and see when we get there what it is like. It’s like when we got to Pocono that year and all of a sudden there was a Motocross jump in the Tunnel Turn – so, we will just have to work around it.”
Bowman on selfies:
“I think this selfie session at Pocono in June will be a great event for the fans. Pocono always comes up with exciting things for fans to do during the race weekend, so this is just one more event added to their lineup. I think I need to get a book on how to take really good selfies so that I don’t let any of these fans down.”
BRISTOL REWIND: Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, qualified eighth at Bristol Motor Speedway and maintained a position inside the top 10 for most of the race. The 24-year-old driver collected four valuable stage points after finishing Stage 2 in the seventh position. Bowman continued his push forward and moved into fifth by Lap 321, ultimately holding that position until the end of Monday’s rain-delayed race and earning his first NASCAR Cup Series top-five finish. He became the 23rd different driver to earn a top-five finish for Hendrick Motorsports.
SHORT-TRACK SUCCESS: After finishing seventh at Martinsville and fifth at Bristol, Bowman is one of five drivers to have finished inside the top 10 in both races on short tracks in 2018. He joins Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano. The season’s third short-track event is Saturday night at Richmond Raceway.
NATIONWIDE AT RICHMOND: The colors of majority sponsor Nationwide will once again be on board the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with Bowman this weekend at Richmond Raceway. Nationwide has been the primary partner on the No. 88 Chevrolet four times at Richmond with a best finish of fifth coming back in 2015 with driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
IVES AT RICHMOND: Crew chief Greg Ives has called the shots five times for the No. 88 team at Richmond with drivers Earnhardt and four-time Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon. The crew chief’s résumé at the track in the Cup Series includes one top-five finish. The Michigan native has four starts at the track as a crew chief in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, never finishing outside of the top five, including two consecutive runner-up finishes with driver Chase Elliott. When Ives served as a race engineer with the No. 48 team from 2006-12, he earned three wins at Richmond.
BOWMAN AT RICHMOND: Alex Bowman has four career starts at Richmond Raceway in the NASCAR Cup Series and logged his best finish of 28th in 2014. The Tucson, Arizona, native has three starts at the Virginia track in the Xfinity Series, where he captured one top-10 result in 2016 when he finished ninth in the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports.
SELFIE SESSION #POCONOSTYLE: Pocono Raceway announced this week that during its race weekend in June it will hold its first-ever “Selfie Session,” a modern twist on the conventional autograph session. Fans will be able to pose for a selfie with Bowman, the driver of the No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, on June 2 in the infield of the two-mile track. Fans can pre-register at www.poconoraceway.com/selfiesesh. To pre-register for the event, fans must purchase gate admission for that date.
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