Dale Jr. Download: Bowyer, "They Booed Us!"

Clint Bowyer gets real with Dale Earnhardt Jr about getting booed after a recent qualifying fiasco and coming up with solutions rather than just complaining.
The Dale Jr. Download
Ep. 252 "Clint Bowyer: Puke n' Rally"
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[@jmoneill3]

Dale is very good about knowing when not to talk. When he has a guest and they are on a roll, he lets them speak. Makes for an excellent interview. Well done.

[@capthowdy2346]

Absolutely I agree.

[@50yearoldmtber37]

You can truly tell that cup drivers need platforms like this to freely vent their frustrations about their sanctioning body. If they did this on FOX it would cost them 100k.

[@dj3stripes]

Yes. This exactly.

[@RippingItAllSportsCards]

If that's the case then why isn't he getting fined now? Has nothing to do with FOX. It's been years since someone has been fined for words detrimental to NASCAR.

[@jonhoover3133]

@@RippingItAllSportsCards Denny Hamlin came close last year after his Pardon My Take interview

[@mattwoodardtn]

Id say jeremy mayfield which im sure he didnt pay if they fined him at all they just told him kick rocks and never come back.

[@Yippa391]

Nailed it. Though Im shocked... But thankful sponsors and bosses allow it.

[@michaelscott1862]

I'd love to hear more of this. Bowyer is a REAL racer....probably one of the only "newer guys" that are completely relatable. The sport needs more Clint Bowyers.

[@muslimslayer8815]

Scott N 15 years in NASCAR,not really one of the new guys

[@michaelscott1862]

@@muslimslayer8815 I've been in this sport for 29 years. Earnhardt, Elliott, Wallace, Gant, Bodine....anything after them is considered "newer guys" to me.

[@muslimslayer8815]

Scott N haha I here ya,been watching since the early 80s myself

[@Bigblue635]

Scott N agreed 👏

[@Sneak693]

I just became a fan

[@ChuckD351]

Exactly... if you have a problem, bring a solution.

[@lancegleco5226]

Bowyer, the most honest announcer, and interesting people in the sport still...He tells it like it is!!! THANKS CLINT!

[@dannysparrow8976]

Clint flipping gets it!!!!! He is a driver, that happens to be a dedicated race fan. Love it!

[@joycollecting]

Love the show. Thank you guys!

[@sannyo6]

I could listen to Jr & Bowyer talk racing for hours because Jr asks A question & Bowyer answers ALL the questions EXCEPT the one Jr asks!❤😂🎉

[@erikjohnson3434]

We need more ideas and less complaining in this world.

[@277toby]

I wish you guys would play the full interviews in their entirety

[@OutcastCrown]

I really like the perspective he had. It's got me thinking about it. I do miss the old cars from like 2005ish for example. But this is what we got right now

[@lagunagar]

Thank you Clint! Just Thank you.

[@danjimmie0704]

Single car qualifying was always the coolest to watch in my opinion. They couldn't sandbag (as much) or hold back and see what the other racers are doing. Shake n Bake!!!

[@tylerbryant182]

Finally, someone said something about these bumpers!

[@IceCream-and-HeadLice]

I like Clint Bowyer. My favorite and only mid west racer. A good person and farmer. Just a good ole sat nice racer that we need more of.

[@kevinvanpelt4764]

Clint Bowyer just said everything I’ve been saying for a long time: from the qualifying wrecks not happening, to spinning someone out on Richmond on accident being impossible because the bumpers line up. THIS is what NASCAR is missing. I don’t watch racing for wrecks. But wrecks bring a “wow factor”. Knowing a driver is on edge. The cars are too stable and the front and back bumpers can’t be both be square and lined up. Fix those things on the next car and you have something

[@6.4hemidriver44]

Hey buddy don't go get that beer....he's fixing to wreck'em!

[@Josh-zn6uk]

like you can hear the guy next to you at Bristol. anyone who has been there knows you can't.

[@edfulginiti8798]

Clint nails it... BUT... there are waaay too many passionless drivers today, also. Too vanilla. We need more "let the boyz be boyz" type racing!

[@devinaschenbrenner2683]

I don't want to see anybody get hurt, but I wanna see, bumpin and banging. I wanna see dirty racing. I want Attitude on the track again. Everyone's too nice. Almost every race someone would dump somebody because of something that either happened last week, or from something earlier in the race. Not anymore. Rivalry's are all but a thing of yesteryear. And I completely agree that the cars are too stable. Not only from a technical driving skill stand point, but as a fan. They are boring to watch. I loved watching the old in car cams and the driver fighting that car all the way around the track. Clints on the money. Make these things be able to actually spin out from simple mistakes. you have to activley try to spin these damn things out now.

[@loganwatterson7308]

Bowyer is the Hero NASCAR needs. (and maybe some Carl Edwards, too)

[@naynay5637]

Cousin Carl was smart and got out at a good time. Bad for us, but good for him. He's going to live a long and happy life

[@KK-ex5zu]

I have a brand new perspective of Clint Bowyer after this interview! Hello NASCAR, listen to this man! What's really sad is the Kids in their 20's driving half of the Cup cars love that kind of racing and they whine and complain about drivers racing them too hard with 10 laps to go. I say give the Cup cars the horsepower back, stop making every bumper on every car line up perfectly except for maybe the plate races, and stop aerodynamically shaping these cars like a state of the art fighter jets and the racing would get better! It's NASCAR not F1 or Indy car racing.

[@bradthomas3087]

Well said,and on point in my opinion.

[@1sewalker]

Love the die casts on the table. I have spent thousands on 3s, 8s, and 88s. In my office is 1998 (3) Daytona winner, 2004, Budweiser (8) winner, and 2014 (88) Winner. All stacked in cases and something I am very proud of. I also have my picture with the 2004 winner in Daytona USA. Love the Podcast too. It helps with my Earnhardt withdrawal.

[@britannic27]

Thank you for mentioning the ride height and rear panels Clint. Let's get the cars off the ground and curve those fenders in so no more relying on side force.

[@mattfesler3471]

bowyer just gained a fan... im stand behind the pill draw show up and race if you have a good car as a driver you should be able to make it to the front

[@jimmything5915]

Either part of the solution or part of the problem love your ideas

[@jeffmoore7249]

Where can we watch the full episodes? I really like these interviews and would love to see the full thing

[@DirtyMoMedia]

Full episodes available only as podcasts. On dirtymomedia.com or any major podcasting platform.

[@daleprokop1268]

I. Love. This.

[@RustyPugs]

Clint is a good, experienced voice of reason and needs to be more vocal. He’s a senior guy in the sport. Be heard, Clint.

[@melmiller9507]

right on.

[@kipcoulter9302]

THANK UUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUU MR TEACHER TEACHING US

[@Nickearl1]

I love Mr. Bowyer. Single car qualifying may be the way to go, or heat races

[@Lane_KellerRW24]

Well fast forward to 2022, Clint got his wish now the Gen 7 is creating fun challenge for drivers.

[@granddad-mv5ef]

I agree with Scott N, Clint Bowyer has a surprisingly clear vision on racing today. I enjoyed hearing his opinions and ideas.

[@Diecastbuffet]

God I love Bowyer, he said it great how we need more cautions. Those wrecks are apart of racing, this year the racing has been terrible at almost every track. No passing. No cautions. No fuel mileage, instead we have stages, and BS

[@mitchevett]

Hell yeah the Bristol race was AWESOME!! I was there!! The rules package made the racing exciting with lots of lead changes. Yeah, the stands were half empty. The people that didn't go missed a great time! Due to the smaller crowd it was easier for me to get to the race, visit the vendors, get to the restrooms (important after lots of beer!), and get back home. I know it's important to the sport to fill the stands though.

[@TheCrewChief374]

How about going off the finishing order from the past weekends race. Which would make the past weekends race even more important.

[@KenOwens78]

Release the whole video please

[@devinaschenbrenner2683]

Said it best @ 3:05. "If your going to complain, have an idea."

[@donaldthomason4588]

NASCAR listen to these drivers! You guys killed this sport!

[@hoserhosfelt]

Yes.

[@copper4441]

I'll tell ya what wrong with it the driver's have no personality there are no rivals anymore nascar has ruled and regulated the racing out of it

[@NickyD]

because kids are watching the stuff drivers were doing in the 90's would never fly with tv deals or with nascar PR team either drivers cant be taking each other out at 2000 mph its reckless

[@chrisanthony579]

These Dirty Mo podcasts kind of prove you wrong on the first part of the statement.. There are tons of personalities but they are being discouraged from showing them by the likes of NSACAR and the Media. They greatest thing about watching these is we get to see that these drivers and crews are real people, with lives not all that different than the rest of us.

[@SJKLR99]

The cars are all the same..it's a joke and banning the rebel flag was the last straw for me....we flew it out in the parking lot it never ever ment we hate blacks or what someone else says we hate....seeya this is as close as I/we over 20 of us that went to a ton of races quit going after that stupid rule was implemented

[@JordonMMG]

Where do you get the full interviews?

[@zombie1478]

I realize it would take longer, but why not do the Allstar qualifying lap+pit stop?? That would definitely bring back the competition for Pole Day. Maybe throw in a points/cash bonus on top of the pole award. Or make the Pole Award more valuable given the added pit stop time... just sayin... haven’t heard anything from that standpoint.

[@EvanEversTheCaliKid]

Money...hotel and food for people like pit crews that come in only on Sunday

[@jaronhasley9248]

I cant find the hat Clint Bowyer is wearing anywhere! Can someone at Dirty Mo or even Dale Jr, please ask Bowyer where to buy one please. Thank you

[@158shm]

Clint is one of the reasons I still watch the sport, and I would rather listen to JRs podcast than watch some of the racing anymore , everything is to perfect !

[@juanjuangarcia285]

Good ole' Clint

[@gregpalmer3831]

Nascar needs a benevolent dictator. No committees. No councils. No driver meetings. A person needs to be in charge and start fixing things.

[@WeMustRebell]

According to the talking heads on Nascar/Sirius-XM (Big mouth Dave Moody for example) and theTV coverage, everything is GREAT!!!!

[@DecentlyDefault]

I love Clint Bowyer

[@SenorEmborracho]

Ey buddy don't get up to get that beer he's fixin to wreck'm!

[@theroclastnamehere9167]

He better talk about the empty grandstands. Empty grandstands means no nascar. Keep biting the hand that feeds you clint.

[@mpace58]

I think they should line up how they finished in the previous week. Win the race, you're on pole the following week. Just my humble opinion.

[@Andrewlang90]

Interesting idea. NASCAR makes too much advert money on qualifying TV time. But I’d like to see it. Maybe do it on Super Speedways tracks. Be cool to see

[@sametozkan9175]

Dale Jr. Get Reed Sorenson or David Stremme or Jeff Green and or Stephen Leicht on Podcast.

[@MAVU2AC]

Can you live stream a few episodes on YT so people who can't afford NBCSN can watch these in full?

[@sirnickels9979]

You can listen to them on Google

[@redrum2859]

Heat Races for quail, 2 tire compounds (soft ,Hard) to change strategy. no splitter raise ride hgt to lessen the aero dependence. smaller tires, more motor. shorter races.

[@jasonhendrix6932]

From Statesboro, like the Georgia southern hat!

[@drummaman1475]

GATA!!!!!!

[@jasonhendrix6932]

That's right

[@alexburky9124]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that realizes the lack of wrecks is hurting the racing. I think stunts are a contribute to that as well

[@bwman1516]

Here’s my idea or suggestion. Combine single car and group qualifying. What i mean by that is have the normal order like in single qualifying and send them out. The tv deal wants it to go quicker so have one car go out, hold the next car for 5 seconds or 10 seconds or something like that and send them out to eliminate the time limit and holding everyone. They get 2 laps and their qualifying is done. If they have to do stages, have the top 12 do single qualifying completely after that round

[@kevn33]

How about trying something similar to F1. They seem to fill the stands every race. In F1 I enjoy the anticipation of, when one of the leaders is running a harder tire compound than his competition, trying to figure out what position he is going to be in after the pit stops cycle through. And then actually watching it happen on the edge of your seat.

[@davidconley3610]

What is wrong with the old way they used to qualify? At least it was fair to all participants!

[@hotrodscott]

For final Q session, if you don’t get a timed lap in ........ welcome to the tail end of the field to start the race and loss of pit choice. There needs to be a compelling reason to GET A LAP IN.

[@troystenerson]

NASCAR went down when the Earnhardt’s left.

[@derriklee287]

Lol no it didn't, sr just wrecked people and jr just didn't cut it

[@tedsmith4353]

@@derriklee287 I can only hop you Grow some

[@mountainmandale1587]

Living an hour from Bristol, I gotta say that I have quit going because the racing has changed since the track got resurfaced, and the cars just don't run like what I enjoyed in the "old days." Just a fan stating my opinion.

[@Rocketman442-RC]

Boyer is 100% right on all this. Problem I see with most drivers now days is they can not drive the car beyond the limits. If the car is not damn near perfect they start complaining and they can't drive it. Back in the day the car's handling changed and the drivers would change up their driving and still be just as fast. That's how my driving was. Track changes the car changes I changed. Younger drivers now can't seem to figure that out. I say stock car racing is where its at not cookie cutter cars. If Nascar can't figure it out soon then people will not be at the tracks at all and may not be even watching the races on tv

[@danielk6485]

EVERYTHING Bowyer said is spot on! Get the horsepower back, get the cars off the ground, take away the side force, jack up the rear bumpers, let’s make this racing again!!!!

[@Rick-st5ky]

Go back to more, RUN WHAT YA BRUNG

[@turtleboxguitars3796]

You have heat races, their called Stages!

[@christopherenger1602]

That whole segment reminds me of Jeff burton

[@bessyb2]

Maybe incorporate qualifying and practice into one? Qualifying based on practice speeds? ***Disclaimer***This is just off the top of my head and has not been a fully thought thru scenario from the different perspectives of all who are involved.

[@alittletexasingeorgia]

I say the answer is either start the next race in the order that they finished the prior race or invert the order they finished. Racing would be better.

[@rogerhanks8391]

Man I was just getting good? Then it was over? WTH? Take care. Hawk out!!

[@harveynailbanger]

What was the question again?

[@brink442]

Bristol was a better race than it has been in a few years, but it still doesn't compare to the Bristol of old and that's the truth. However, the "empty" grandstands talk is exaggerated because they closed off sections which was the smart thing to do. Like someone on Twitter said, put some sponsor banners up there or something! Make it look better.

[@adamfischer7285]

I can’t believe it, but I absolutely agree with everything Clint said.

[@Hutto478]

(to me) the only way to fix this is go back to single car run.

[@justinhill5246]

The Shaq shoe is awesome

[@xMWarr101x]

I love the Angels and Airwaves sticker on Jr’s IPad, very nice 👌🏼

[@naynay5637]

Whoever finished last in the last race starts on the pole in the next. Reverse order starts. That'd sure cause some wrecks and create some interest, for awhile at least

[@richellebarnes5472]

Damn, gnarly Scar Bowyer. Anyone know what happened?

[@RubenB658]

Then they need to Draw Straws for the first car out.

[@Hutto478]

Don't take hp away give them more hp

[@christix1491]

Love Clint Bowyer!

[@cannongate111]

lets go back to heat races 10 laps highest in points starts in the rear progressive

[@Lazyboy51]

Go back to high HP and low downforce... Gen 5 car was a beast! 7:10 I hope Clint meant that lowering the HP was a step backwards..

[@diychad7268]

yep that 2003-2004 package was pretty on point!!

[@pricey4ever330]

I understand what Clint is saying about trying to get things closer to oem but here's the thing it's a race car. Show me back in the day besides the body where anything was oem. Its wasn't, you had guys like Smokey Yunick or Junior Johnson working those cars over to get as much horse power as possible.

[@ClarkGenneken]

I say bring Kyle Busch on ! He’s definitely not scared to voice is opinion and blast nascar . He will do what bowyer did and tell it how it is

[@stevetaylor1520]

Bowyer's a riot.

[@OkieGrower75]

Whats a Pill Draw???

[@pamelamaloy9778]

❤❤❤❣🌞

[@RacingAtHome]

In fairness to Bowyer, you do see the cars pushing the limits. They just didn't make it so drivers didn't hurt themselves.

[@anitagarrison6916]

Clint gave an opinion on how to fix the racing but he didn't answer the question on how to fix qualifying. With that said I love Clint Bowyer.

[@DerrickRG]

He did. He basically said fix the car. Fix the car and make the drivers drive them.

[@johnlaws8764]

He never answered the question of how he would fix Texas, he was asked two times and started three times but talked his way around it. For people that didn't experience NASCAR in the 50's 60's 70's and 80's, they don't realize how screwed up NASCAR has become. That's why the fan base and major sponcers have left NASCAR in droves because it's a joke now.

[@chevydiesel350015]

I like Clint only thing that sucks is he not in a Chevy any more

[@bryanyounger8164]

Us Ford guys are glad to have him. Always been a cool cat. Watched him race dirt at lakeside speedway.

[@williamdickman7917]

They need to get back to Stock Car racing instead of Fonny Car racing....real cars set up for racing with small aero packaging and light materials

[@paulhutton8462]

If you want to piss people off take the points as to where the driver is an invert the lineup. Do you want to get someone’s attention that’s how you do it

[@Morpheen999]

Im with Clint.. quit making Cup-cake cars!!

[@fastballfilms4214]

Mabey get back to “stock car” racing!

[@podcastbunker]

The problem is. The excitement use to just happen. Now it has to be manufactured, FAKE Excitement. It’s pathetic.

[@ThisGuyJustin]

Bowyer basically contradicts what every other driver has said. "We need more cautions" never thought I'd hear that from a driver who complained about phantom debris cautions to make a race exciting again.

[@420muffy]

Too many mile and half tracks #cookie cutters tracks

[@jdsedberry3074]

They wouldn't be bad tracks to race at if they took away the downforce of the cars. Get rid of the splitter and go back to the nose they were running 2007 and prior and get the cars off the ground.

[@sirnickels9979]

Have to wait till 2021

[@Tarv1]

@@jdsedberry3074 exactly right early-mid 00s races at Charlotte were really good for example. I really hope they go the lines of the X-3 test car they tried a couple years ago, basically took the car down to no or nearly no sideforce, and guess what the current car can run similar to prior COT

[@jadavisfamilyfarms]

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