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NASCAR takeaways: Alex Bowman DQ 'd from playoffs, Joey Logano gets Round of 8 place

.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson failed to reach competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Might, overlooking a race that resulted in him coming up short for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the keep track of strengthened him as the championship fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 tours for his sixth Cup success of 2024 as he travelled to the triumph on the Charlotte nc roadway training course, a blend of the egg-shaped as well as an infield section of the facility.While Larson's win wasn't dramatic, other parts of the competition-- as well as postrace examination-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman was disqualified for his vehicle failing to satisfy postrace body weight needs. The 38th-place surface for Bowman led to him not progressing to the next around of the playoffs. The crew can appeal the choice, and also the beauty will be heard this week.With Bowman being done away with, Joey Logano relocated in to the ultimate innovation area to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal around). William Byron went into the competition as the only motorist secured into the semifinal around, where he is going to be signed up with through Hendrick allies Larson and also Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin and also Christopher Bell Team Penske's Ryan Blaney as well as Joey Logano as well as 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had actually advanced along with an 18th-place appearance, however his car was also light in postrace body weights. " We are actually working to comprehend the problem and will definitely choose Monday about whether to submit a charm," Hendrick Motorsports pointed out in a statement.NASCAR Cup Collection policies demand the cars and truck to be 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending upon the body weight of the driver. The staff obtains 5 per-cent-- regarding 17 extra pounds-- of sensitivity after a race however the Bowman cars and truck still did not make weight.The staff was actually made it possible for to fan to the automobile and expunge the water system as well as place in brand-new water." Our experts operated it back on [the ranges] and also sadly it was the same body weight," NASCAR Cup Series Supervisor Brad Moran mentioned. "The cars and truck possessed a weight concern. ... That winds up in an incompetency." Due to the feasible appeal, Moran will not mention just how much body weight the cars and truck was below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotations might stink of swagger but they were actually a lot more practical as Larson currently possesses twice as numerous wins as some other vehicle driver this season.Larson: "The industry knows that our experts are actually tough. I assume the area understands that our company can succeed at any monitor." Crew main High cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a extremely powerful amount of appreciation for all the staffs that are actually mosting likely to remain in the Around of 8. Everyone has actually gained their way to arrive. I think our No. 1 competitor is our own selves, and I believe if our experts carry out things that we require to carry out, our team may execute." The collection moves to Las Vegas to open the following round, a path where Larson has won the final pair of races. He also has actually succeeded at the various other monitors-- Farm and also Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our experts desire to go to Las vega with a considerable amount of peace of mind simply in our recent run there certainly," Daniels claimed. "Our team're heading to possess a well-balanced amount of appreciation for that competition and also all set for each one of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, possessed difficult contact with Hamlin making an effort to avoid Austin Dillon in the 2nd phase. He had to pit several times for repair services as well as devoted much of the event behind Logano in the war wherefore they assumed was the last place (up until learning more about the Bowman DQ hrs after the competition). Countering for tires along with 27 laps staying while Logano didn't desire to quit his track position showed to be the correct call as Reddick blistered his means from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 factors in front of Logano, that went down from fourth to eighth over the last twenty laps.Reddick performed it typically tidy but performed have exposure to Daniel Hemric in the hairpin twist." He only miscalculated," Hemric mentioned. "I understood he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing outright, simply portion of the turmoil back there. I know he's on tires and also must make progress onward yet longed for a little much more patience certainly there." Beyond sensation bad for that mistake, it was actually a sandy efficiency for the chauffeur for the staff co-owned through Michael Jordan." That is actually not precisely the planning of responding to the front end, getting together with fellow drivers you appreciate," Reddick said. "However it is actually racing. It's a deadline ethnicity. You have actually got to create vigorous techniques and you've got to go for it. I made an effort to accomplish it as easily as possible. ... It was actually certainly a blunder." It doesn't alter the simple fact that it happened. It performed. But our company needed to pass some cars." Cindric, that ended up fourth, carried out as high as he could. Briscoe and Suarez possessed technical problems. " I believed that within reason, without examining my head, the staff contacted an excellent nationality, I experienced I drove an excellent race-- merely not nearly enough," Cindric claimed. "I believed that our experts were excellent yet not the most ideal. Therefore really great to carry that when our company needed it one of the most. Yet our company needed to discover one more level to win." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Scene publication and also The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire extra coming from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your faves to get information about games, news and even more.