CONCORD, N.C. — Chris “Pops” Bowyer sat in a lawn chair wearing a plain white T-shirt and drinking a beer alongside wife Jana and their friends outside of their motorhome a few hundred yards from Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Bowyer knew he wasn’t getting into the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday to see his Cup driver son Clint race, but decided to make the trek from Kansas to be close to the action.
“Well, we’re here,” said Bowyer, while dog Hank was lying on the grass near his feet. “The kid is racing, so we’re here.”
Added Clint’s mother, Jana: “We don’t like it.