CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If Clint Bowyer could have scripted his sendoff, it most certainly would have been a proper blowout for NASCAR’s best partier.
Bowyer would have had fans and friends and celebrated every week all along the NASCAR circuit if he'd had his way. He certainly would not have chosen this year as his last, this season of no spectators in the stands, no raucous revelers roaming the infield.
Bowyer is one of many caught in the circumstances of the pandemic and pushed to make career-deciding decisions. Hang around for another season driving race cars, or make a jump to the television booth.