NASCAR Sprint Cup: The Implications of Clint Bowyer Leaving Richard Childress

The biggest free agency story of the 2011 season actually resulted in very little change within the ranks of NASCAR. During the late summer, Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards created great intrigue and speculation as to who he would drive for after his contract expired. Strong rumours abounded whether Edwards was considering a defection to Joe Gibbs Racing and adding a fourth car to that team's stable of three drivers, already including Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano.  Alas, it was not to be and Edwards, after an extended period, announced that he was indeed staying with Jack Roush. This move would have, in some ways, changed the shape of NASCAR. It would have conglomerated a group of four ...

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