There were some tense moments for Alex Bowman before he learned his primary sponsor, Nationwide Insurance, had agreed to a two-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports.
That news was announced last week in conjunction with Bowman’s one-year extension.
But for a few minutes, Bowman feared Nationwide might actually be leaving the team.
Bowman shared the story on this week’s Dale Jr. Download.
“I was in the shop with the guys for all our Tuesday meetings,” Bowman said. “I got a text from (PR rep) Kelsey (Tucker), that said, ‘Hey, can you come upstairs (for a meeting)?’” Bowman said. “I said, ‘What’s it about?’ She said, ‘Well, did you hear about Nationwide?’
“I was like, ‘Oh no. What did I do wrong?’”
Bowman called it the “most ominous text message ever.”
“My heart is pounding, right?” Bowman said. “I’m like, ‘Hopefully that’s good news and not bad news.’”
Tucker responded, “Yeah, they signed back up for two years.”
“I was like, ‘Thank you, baby Jesus,’” Bowman said. “That was a pretty frantic two-and-a-half minutes waiting for her to text me back.”
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