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2016 NASCAR Rewind: Clint Bowyer

2016 Indianapolis CUP Clint Bowyer Logan Whitton NKP

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Perhaps no driver in NASCAR was happier for Homestead to come than Clint Bowyer. It's here…..IT IS HERE!!!! @HomesteadMiami — Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) November 16, 2016 It was a pretty dire season for Bowyer in 2016. After jumping from the sinking ship that was Michael Waltrip Racing at the end of 2015, Bowyer landed a …

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2016 NASCAR Rewind: Landon Cassill

2016 Cup Charlotte Landon Cassill Zach Catanzareti

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Throughout a season, NASCAR teams will experience — like clockwork — the ups and downs of a racing season, and Landon Cassill’s 2016 season consisted of exactly that. Cassill and Front Row Motorsports showed both flashes of brilliance and rough days at the racetrack. However, the season also consisted of Cassill and his team showing their …

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2016 NASCAR Rewind: Michael McDowell

2016 Phoenix I CUP Michael McDowell Nigel Kinrade NKP

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade NKP)

Michael McDowell gave NASCAR fans some of the year’s best underdog moments in not only the Sprint Cup Series but also the XFINITY Series. From his top-10 efforts in Cup to a maiden XFINITY win in the summer, 2016 was a season of progress, triumph and memories for the 31-year-old. At the 2016 Daytona 500, its …

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2016 NASCAR Rewind: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

2016 Kentucky CUP Dale Earnhardt Jr Nigel Kinrade NKP

(Photo: Nigel Kinrade / NKP)

“My biggest concern was, ‘Is this it?’ After five weeks I couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Will I ever be the same again?” Dale Earnhardt, Jr.’s words, coming from an interview with Marty Smith of ESPN last week, just about summed up the questions surrounding him in 2016. Earnhardt was sidelined halfway through the season due …

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