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Bowyer trying for more consistency
"I've signed up with RCR for three more years," Bowyer said Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he earned the first of his two Cup victories last September.
Ironically, as far as Bowyer is concerned, that breakthrough victory last year has added to the pressure as he heads into Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301.
"You've got to live up to what you did last time, and there is a little bit more pressure," he said. "But it is what it is."
Bowyer, who was a surprise contender for the Cup championship last year, finishing third, goes into this week's race 10th in the standings. But it hasn't been a particularly consistent season.
After starting the year with three straight finishes of 19th or worse, Bowyer ran off seven top-10s in a row. Then came a 15th-place finish, followed by four straight finishes of 25th or lower before he turned things around last week at Sonoma with a fourth-place effort.
"We just had four bad races," Bowyer said. "We went into Richmond on (six) top-10s in a row, won Richmond, then the bottom fell out."
"The modified race, J.D. didn't like the idea of that from what happened a couple of years ago with (Tony) Stewart getting into it with a couple guys and what not," Busch said Friday. "It just wasn't a good idea and we decided not to run it," coming off his fifth victory of the season last Sunday on the road course at Sonoma, was supposed to drive the modified owned by Kevin "Bono" Manion, crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver Martin Truex.
"I feel bad for Bono because he had to really scratch through and try to find somebody to put in that car, so I hated it for him," Busch said.
NEW FORD BOSS: Dan Davis, who has been in charge of Ford's racing programs for the past 11 years, will retire Aug. 1. He will be replaced as director of Ford Racing Technology by longtime Ford employee Brian Wolfe.
Davis, who has been with the company for 32 years, helped guide Ford to three NASCAR Cup driver's title and four manufacturers' championships. He also aided with the formation of Roush-Yates Engines, the main engine supplier to Ford NASCAR, sports car and USAC racing programs.
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