JOLIET, Ill. -- Clint Bowyer often fills his postrace interviews with comedy.
Unfortunately for Bowyer, his comedy routine was on the track Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.
Bowyer led 21 of the first 38 laps but gave up the lead in serving three penalties over Lap 40-50 following a series of errors in the Overton's 400, where the Stewart-Haas Racing driver rallied to finish fifth.
"You come in leading and make those mistakes, it's just not very good," Bowyer said. "The guys work hard on pushing the envelope there. ... [Our comeback] was just a day late and a dollar short.