Bowyer here at the Ford Performance technical center.
Look who I got, Brad Keselowski!
That's right.
(music plays throughout)
Guess what?
You're going to follow me.
Let's go.
(car engine)
I gotta get the traffic control turned off.
Did you just do a burnout at Ford Performance's
technical centers parking lot.
Do you realize that? I'm telling Edsel.
Man, play off time, baby. We'll talk a little play off.
I want to know all about your playoffs, your outlook, your quest
for another championship, which by the way, it still irks me.
I know it does.
I had to beat you for the first one while you never really good that year, man.
That was the only one that I ever had a shot at.
I had a shot at that one.
Well, you certainly know the thing is too about electric vehicles.
Tell me about this hot rabbit.
I'm driving a Mustang Mach-E.
What's your favorite thing about this car and where it's headed?
Well, I love the both Mustangs.
So you've got your traditional Mustang and I'm driving then the Mach-E Mustang,
the electric version, and they got, uh, both of them really got some
cool things about, of course the Mustang will always be a Mustang.
It'll always be fast.
It always be cool, would always be fun, but the Mach-E adds
a new flavor to it, right.
It adds the flavor of, you know, not having to stop and those gas stations
and being emission free and, uh, driving a car that's super quiet and smooth.
It's just a 21st century car.
And a Ford is now right there on the leading edge of all the
technologies that I think our kids are going to drive and, and know,
uh, as the future of automobiles.
So I'm so happy for Ford to see them kind of innovate and getting
into this new technology space.
And I can't wait until my Mach-E comes in.
Let me guess yours is ahead of mine?
Probably, yeah.
Well, Hey, it's, don't take it personally.
I mean, it's not like I'm gonna, you know, rub it in your face or anything.
This is got to take this one.. That's sad. So I can beat Brad Keselowski at
something in life for crying out loud.
I'm just taking this one. Edsel,
if you're watching this, you just lost a vehicle.
So out of all the playoff races, which one's your favorite?
If I had to bet,
Not saying anything, just needing a little bit of help here.
If I'm betting on old Brad Keselowski, where would I do that at?
Uh, you know, I like there's two races that really stand out to me.
Uh, I really like, uh, the track, uh, in Martinsville.
Uh, you know, it's been a good track for us.
And then Talladega, I think those two tracks are two of
our best tracks and we're gonna have a shot to win at those two.
And my goal, Clint, is, you know, I want to have that picture with the
NASCAR Championship Cup trophy, and
You know, that opportunity is in front of us.
This year was in front of us last year and we came so close
it's in front of us this year.
And boy, I can't think of anything prouder that, that, that would be in my life
than having a second cup championship and having that picture with my wife and my
two daughters in victory lane, that would, uh, that would mean the world to me.
And to close out your tenure with, with Penske.
I mean, I, could you ever script anything better than that?
Uh, the appreciation, the opportunity, the both of you gave one another.
Um, you handed them a championship, which is why they hired you
And if you walked out the door with another one, um, I couldn't
imagine how, how good that it would feel.
0ne heck of a way to go out. And, you know, I feel like my pit crew is phenomenal.
We've got that really tightened up.
Um, so I'm super proud of them.
We got to get a little bit faster.
Hopefully we can find those pieces over the next few weeks, but the execution has
been really strong and you never know, that's the fun of these NASCAR playoffs.
It's been fun, I'm going to close it at that.
It doesn't get any better than that.
Talking about closure,
You're talking about championships, talking about Brad Keselowski every time.
Thanks buddy.
Appreciate you Clint.