Clint Bowyer Opened Up On His Tough Relationship With Hendrick Motorsports Legend Jeff Gordon To Danica Patrick in Candid Conversation

Clint Bowyer’s greatest highlight of his career is his sprint on the Phoenix Raceway. The Richard Childress Racing driver ran all the way to Jeff Gordon’s hauler to have it out with him, which triggered Gordon.

In around 2012, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer had a few on-track incidents that weren’t exactly friendly. Hence, when Jeff Gordon wrecked Bowyer at Martinsville, he couldn’t keep calm and decided to get back at the Hendrick Motorsports driver.

Not only Bowyer but his crew too pushed and shoved Gordon and his team. However, the on-track authorities soon took hold of the issue and separated the two team members. As one would expect, the whole incident is still etched in the minds of NASCAR fans.

In an episode of Danica Patrick’s Podcast Pretty Intense in 2021, Patrick asked Bowyer how he managed to sort things out with Gordon. Moreover, Gordon and Bowyer now co-host a show and discuss NASCAR races on a daily basis.

While talking about working with Gordon, Bowyer told Patrick, “Well, the first day back on the job was a little bit awkward. Let’s just go ahead and say that. (laughs) We had to get past the differences but there were a lot of differences right there. But at the end of the day, we both knew that was going to be fine.”

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Furthermore, Bowyer shared that they still do not agree with each other over the incident. According to him, what Gordon did was a form of aggravation, whereas Gordon believes it to be retaliation.

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In a chat with Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer explained how he and Jeff Gordon broke the ice between them for the first time. He shared that shortly after the Phoenix incident, he, along with Kevin Harvick and Guy Fieri, went to a party at P. Diddy’s yacht.

He said that no one recognized the two NASCAR drivers but since Guy Pierri was with them, they got into the party. However, Bowyer soon noticed that Jeff Gordon was there too. And right then he decided to pull a revenge prank on Gordon.

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Bowyer shared; “I go over and grab him in a headlock and start acting like I’m punching him. And Ingrid (Gordon’s wife) is flipping out. Even Gordon is like, ‘Oh, dude, what are you doing? I didn’t mean it.’ And I’m like, ‘Dude, I’m just kidding. Let’s have some fun, but I’m gonna go back to hating you tomorrow.’”