Jason Bowles Wins NASCAR All-Star Showdown; Travis Pastrana Finishes Sixth

Every year, the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway produces high-octane excitement that includes chaos at every end of the track with wrecks and debates. The 2011 showing didn't disappoint as it included controversy, lots of wrecks and a brand new winner. Jason Bowles has won nine K&N Pro Series races, has come close before, though he had never won the overall event to date. That all changed on Jan. 29 as Bowles took the checkered flag after some of the other leaders ran into problems. "I knew I had a good car going into the race and there were so many things that happened that was I able to avoid," Bowles said after the race. "I just got a huge jump there and that was it." Being the race leader didn't seem to be the positio...

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