NASCAR: Dirt-Track Racer Clint Bowyer Holds on to Win Sonoma

Racin’ with Russ - Who would have thought a dirt-track racer from the Midwest could land a win at the tricky, twisty road course by the name of Sonoma.But that’s exactly what occurred on a hot Sunday afternoon in California when Clint Bowyer won his very first road race after many years of trying.And it certainly wasn’t easy, as road-racing aces Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart chased the Waltrip Toyota driver to the finish line.The race started with another road-race ace, Marcos Ambrose, on the pole. The Aussie driver led for a while before his Ford started to fade as the handle left the building.He would later recover to finish eighth as Bowyer ironically won with the car Ambrose stalled and lost the same race with a couple o...

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