Clint Bowyer insists that he would be happy inking a long-term deal with current team owner Richard Childress, even though his name has been bandied about in the usual 'silly season' speculation.
The #07 Jack Daniels Chevy driver has been confirmed at RCR for next season, but says that he would be willing to extend that even further into the future.
“Richard exercised his option for '09 and we are just working on a long-term deal right now," he said, when asked for his opinion on the 'silly season' rumours, “Everybody wants to know where you are going to be as soon as they can. I think that is probably the corporate sponsor side of it. The sponsors are paying a lot of money to be able to know where they are going to be and want to be there for a long time. It just takes so long to get a team put in place - getting the right driver, right crew chief, all that stuff. You need to get started as soon as you can.”
Admitting that he was happy to have had the RCR option exercised for next season, Bowyer said that stability was something he was looking for.
“Absolutely, nobody wants to shuffle around year to year," he explained, "You want to know where you are at, and know that your team is underneath you and every thing's put in place for long term.
"Nobody wants to be bouncing back and forth and see the guys in the silly season year after year - that has to be torture. Not knowing where you are going to be and worrying about that all the time and trying to stay focused on the task at hand at the same time; I think that would be pretty tough.”
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