4LT GS RoadsterRICHMOND, VA - It doesn't sound as if Clint Bowyer will be back with Richard Childress Racing next season.
Neither driver or car owner delcared talks totally over, but both sounded Thursday as if there's little chance they'll come to an agreement to keep Bowyer behind the wheel of the No. 33 Chevrolet after this year.
Childress even referred to Bowyer in the past tense several times while talking about the driver in an an interview on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
"You know, we've tried and we've really worked really hard to put the deal together to keep Clint," Childress said. "It's not 100 percent off the table, but it's getting tougher and tougher as the day goes by. Clint's got a couple of really good opportunities there facing him. We just, for us, it just didn't seem that we could get everything worked out.
"Clint's still a good friend. I want the best for him."
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Neither driver or car owner delcared talks totally over, but both sounded Thursday as if there's little chance they'll come to an agreement to keep Bowyer behind the wheel of the No. 33 Chevrolet after this year.
Childress even referred to Bowyer in the past tense several times while talking about the driver in an an interview on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
"You know, we've tried and we've really worked really hard to put the deal together to keep Clint," Childress said. "It's not 100 percent off the table, but it's getting tougher and tougher as the day goes by. Clint's got a couple of really good opportunities there facing him. We just, for us, it just didn't seem that we could get everything worked out.
"Clint's still a good friend. I want the best for him."
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