Bowyer won the 2002 NASCAR Weekly Racing series Midwest Championship . In 2002 , he began racing in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series , posting 9 poles , 12 wins and 32 top-five finishes en route to a second place finish in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series national point standings . He was also crowned the 2002 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Midwest Champion after another Modified championship at Lakeside Speedway and a Late Model championship at the famed I-70 Speedway in Odessa , MO , his first attempt at racing on asphalt .