NASCAR champion and Kansas native Clint Bowyer has taken delivery of a Beechcraft Premier 1A light business jet. Bowyer was in Wichita for the delivery. While here, he toured Hawker Beechcraft and signed autographs for employees.
The plane cruises at 520 mph, fulfilling Bowyer’s need for speed on the racetrack and in the skies, the company said.
Bowyer, who grew up in Emporia, is a three-year veteran of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, finishing in the top five in 2007 and 2008. He drives a Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress RAcing in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. He has two career victories in the Sprint Cup Series.
