Alex Bowman was disqualified after the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, which knocked him out of the Round of 8 of the series playoffs.
The disqualification, which relegates Bowman to 38th in the race, moves Joey Logano into the Round of 8.
According to NASCAR, Bowman’s car was disqualified after failing a check of the No. 48’s postrace weight, being too light.
He had finished the race 18th.
Bowman joins Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Chase Briscoe as the drivers who failed to advance past the Round of 12.
Hendrick Motorsports has not yet announced if it plans to appeal the disqualification.
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Alex is gone, definitely not his fault, he did his part. Wonder what Denny or Tyler’s car weighed.
Hmmm now, guess NA$CAR doesn’t kiss up to Hendrick after all. What conspiracy will be next for the goons?
One published infraction doesn’t negate decades of favoritism.
I’m going to go with they don’t want Ford to get mad, so they chose to kick the lowest Hendrick driver on the totem pole out to get a 2nd Ford into the round of 8. It’s all for optics, as neither Joey nor Bowman are serious threats to win the championship this year.
Brian gifted 7 titles to his pet Jimmie Johnson. At least he didn’t get to 8.
I’m wondering why Chase Elliott doesn’t have 5 already? And why did Jr. never get a single one? Major missed opportunities for NA$CAR. Must be more great business decisions by Brian? lol
Did the car meet weight requirements pre-race? What about all those cars that had parts and pieces lost during the race?
That was my thought too. If the weight was correct at the start seems odd that it would weigh less at end of the race. We’ve all seen parts falling off cars.
unless NASCAR jus really wanted Logano in the field of 8 and this was a convenient way to make that happen
They can’t lose Joey. He’s one of the top names. Don’t piss off Penske.
Yeah they just wanted Rug Head in final 8