Clint Bowyer suffered engine failure early in Sunday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
As a result, Bowyer is out for the race and takes a huge hit in his bid to make the NASCAR Cup playoffs.
“To be out like this this early, pretty much sucks,” Bowyer told NBCSN.
Bowyer came into today’s race one spot below the playoff cutoff line. But with his last-place finish, he has no choice but to go out and win next week’s race at Richmond Raceway to make the playoffs.
“We’re certainly not out of this deal,” Bowyer said. “We have one more race to go. We’ll go to Richmond and see if we can’t win that thing.”
Well that certainly wasn't how I wanted to honor my hero @markmartin. 💩 happens i guess!
— Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) September 3, 2017
This is always the final kick in the nuts when you blow up early in a race. pic.twitter.com/wXy6Ls4ZHd
— Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) September 3, 2017