NASCAR: Bowyer sues HScott Motorsports

Clint Bowyer is suing HScott Motorsports for more than $2 million over two alleged missed monthly payments and commission for brining sponsorship to the team, ESPN reports.

According to ESPN, the lawsuit filed by Clint Bowyer Racing Inc. in North Carolina Superior Court alleges breach of contract and fraud against HScott owner Harry Scott and HScott Motorsports.

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Bowyer alleges in the lawsuit that Scott has "repeatedly failed" to make scheduled payments of at least $2.223 million, instead using money owed to Bowyer to pay other creditors. Bowyer also alleges he is owed at least $1 million from sponsorship of several companies, including 5-Hour Energy, Maxwell House and Peak.

"We are aware of the lawsuit," HScott Motorsports spokesman Ramsey Poston told ESPN. "Obviously we won't speak about the details of the suit, but I can say that overall it is frivolous and capricious.

"It is also important to know that Mr. Scott has used personal resources to loan money to the race team to support it, and to allege that he has taken money out of the race team is simply false. Mr. Scott and the team will aggressively defend itself and will ultimately prevail."

Bowyer signed a one-year deal with HScott Motorsports last October just days after it was announced he would replace Tony Stewart at Stewart-Haas Racing in 2017. Bowyer spent four seasons with Michael Waltrip Racing until it closed its doors at the end of the 2015 season. The 37-year old from Emporia, Kansas, has eight Sprint Cup wins in 12 seasons and was the championship runner-up in 2012 to Brad Keselowski. His last win came in the Charlotte Chase race in 2012.

HScott has competed full-time in NASCAR's top level for three years, moving to the former TriStar Motorsports shop in Mooresville, North Carolina in the offseason. Harry Scott purchased the team, which began as Phoenix Racing in 1989, from owner James Finch in 2013. It is believed that HScott will fold Cup operations; the team also operates four cars in the K&N Pro East Series.