“Merry Christmas, Clint Bowyer.” I’m sure many of you were thinking just that after last Sunday’s race at Michigan. By virtue of being in the right place at the right time, Kansas Clint walks away a winner for the second time this season. Some would say the win was pure luck. Really? Let’s talk about this. Before we dismiss this win as somehow tainted, consider this: that in order to finish first, you must first finish. NASCAR races and racing in general is test of survival. Otherwise, they would just do 10 lap sprints. If Bowyer pancakes the wall earlier in the race, he’s not there for the opportunity at the end. How about this? How does such a winner get there? To be a winner, you have to be up front. Teamwork came into play for Bowyer’s win. Crew chief Mike Bugarewicz made the call for a two tire stop instead of four after stage two. The gamble paid off. It could very well have gone the other way. That last stop has to be properly executed to make it work. A fumbled lug nut or pit road speeding makes it all moot. Speaking of which, it took driving talent on the part of Bowyer to make it work on the track. If he overdrives the car, the whatever good is left on the older tires is run off and Kevin Harvick passes his teammate. You ever thought about the balancing a driver must do in terms of airing it out and not overdriving the car? It’s not as easy as you think. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. That’s what Seneca said. In other words, to be lucky, you must first be good. A winner make their own luck. Every once in a while, a blind squirrel finds a nut. In 2018, Clint Bowyer is no blind and the gang at Stewart-Haas Racing are sure getting lucky a lot.
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