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Alex Bowman chats with HOT ROD Pod about his passion for wrenching on high-powered C6 Corvettes, including a 1,000hp drift car and 1,200hp ZR1, and how growing up in his dad’s body shop set him on the path to racing. He reflects on the sacrifices of late-night cross-country trips to go to races in Quarter Midgets, filling in for Dale Jr. and Jeff Gordon to earn his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports ride, and the razor-thin margins in Cup competition where a half-tenth of a second can make or break a weekend. Still addicted to the sport, Bowman owns midget and sprint car teams (doing most of the prep himself) and plans to stay in the automotive world long after his Cup career.

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