Clint Bowyer goes all-out for annual fireworks show

Clint Bowyer has some extra time on his hands now that NBC Sports has taken over for FOX for the remainder of the NASCAR season.

Evidently, that’s led him to pick up pyrotechnics as a hobby. Maybe it was just for the Fourth on July, but that would be a waste of his obvious talent.

Check out the message Bowyer shared to Twitter on Independence Day, where he showed the world his skills at putting on an intense fireworks display, better than most towns do this time of the year.

Not bad for a few rednecks. 😜 pic.twitter.com/YIbG6qT0yA

— Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) July 5, 2023

That’s certainly as impressive of a display as you’re going to see. As Bowyer said, ‘Not bad for a few rednecks,’ not bad at all Clint.

If it doesn’t work out at FOX with Kevin Harvick joining the booth next season, at least Clint Bowyer has an easy backup plan. Somewhere in the country, Bowyer’s firework display would be able to sell a few tickets. Heck, the WWE always needs new ideas for their entrances, maybe Bowyer could help with that.

Until then, we’ll be happy to hear him in the booth, and elated to see he still has all his fingers are lighting those babies up.

Denny Hamlin was in awe of Shane van Gisbergen’s talent during Grant Park 220

Meanwhile, while many were in awe of Clint Bowyer’s firework display, Denny Hamlin couldn’t help but be in awe of Shane van Gisbergen after his victory in Sunday’s Grant Park 220 Chicago Street Race. 

Van Gisbergen, the Supercars Championship driver who became the first driver to win his NASCAR Cup Series debut since Johnny Rutherford in the second qualifying race at Daytona in 1963, conquered the 12-turn, 2.2-mile street course to pick up the win. Hamlin heaped praise on van Gisbergen upon learning that the New Zealand native is used to racing right-hand-drive cars and had to adjust to being on the left side. 

“That, to me, blows my mind,” Hamlin said on his “Actions Detrimental” podcast Monday, via Connor O’Brien of V8 Sleuth. “I guess I could do it, but I probably wouldn’t be very efficient shifting with the other hand. We knew he was really good, but this is blowing my mind as we talk about it. You know what? Crown him. Greatest f—— athlete in the history of sports. 

“I mean, he went from one side of the car to the other. I did it when I went to Japan for Toyota and I ran out in a GT3 car. It took me forever to get comfortable driving from the other side of the car. Holy cow. Everywhere you turn it’s pretty amazing what he did.”