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Clint Bowyer Dedicates His Labour Day Weekend Livery to NASCAR Legend Kyle Petty

Published 06/04/2020, 5:29 AM EDT

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Recently, Clint Bowyer revealed his special tribute livery for the Cup Series race in the NASCAR throwback week. He made the announcement at the Darlington Raceway on Wednesday night.

Clint Bowyer uncovered his paint scheme for the weekend during a live stream of the Petty’s 1990 win at Rockingham Speedway. Bowyer revealed that he teamed up with his childhood hero Kyle Petty himself to make this happen.

In the coming Labour Day weekend, the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang will adorn a similar design to Petty’s 1990 race-winning car. Luis Torres, a NASCAR writer and photographer posted a few pictures of Clint’s car on Twitter.

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NASCAR will celebrate its “Throwback Weekend” during the famed Southern 500 on the Labour Day weekend. The Southern 500 will be run at the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. It will be a 501-mile long race and will have 367 laps.

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“As a kid, I dreaming about lapping the field just like Kyle”: Clint Bowyer

During the live stream, Clint Bowyer revealed that Petty was his childhood hero and he always dreamed of racing in Petty’s car. He said, “I watched that race as a kid and remember dreaming about lapping the field just like Kyle,”.

Bowyer added, “That car was always one of my favorites with the PEAK/Petty Blue and the hot pink stripe that was so popular in the early ’90s. I asked the guys at PEAK why they picked that scheme and they said, ‘you could always find it on TV because of the hot pink stripe’”.

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Additionally, he said, “In honor of his dominating performance, PEAK is bringing back the scheme for this year‘s Darlington Throwback event later in the season. I can‘t wait to drive this No. 14 PEAK Ford Mustang and maybe we can dominate Darlington like Kyle did that day in Rockingham.”

Watch: Clint Bowyer Takes A Funny Jibe at Brad Keselowski After His Win at Bristol Motor Speedway

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