Here's a race Clint Bowyer doesn't mind losing

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Now that Clint Bowyer has been a father for four months, what has he learned about parenting?

For one thing, there are no days off. When son Cash wakes up in the middle of the night, it's go time – at least for Bowyer's wife, Lorra.

"There's no race at 4 a.m. to go to the screaming baby that needs changed," Bowyer said Thursday during NASCAR Media Day. "But he doesn't want me. I cannot feed him with my tools. Unfortunately for her, she's on duty during those nighttime hours and fortunately for me, I'm not."

Bowyer said he used to be a deep sleeper and someone could "drive a bulldozer through my bedroom" and he wouldn't wake up.

But Cash has a way of getting his parents' attention through the baby monitor.

"It's like, 'Holy…! He's really pissed, you'd better get in there!'" Bowyer said. "It's like there are gears. He'll start in low gear, then shift it to second, third and when he gets in high gear, boy, you know it's time."

Another thing Bowyer has learned: A woman's maternal instincts kick in when she becomes a mother.

"He's got such a good mom," Bowyer said of his wife. "It's weird to watch when they go through motherhood, they just turn into a machine and you didn't even know that was in them. You've never seen that before."

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