A significant domino within the 2024 NASCAR Cup Sequence playoffs has fallen.
After an 18th-place end was initially sufficient for Alex Bowman and the No. 48 workforce to advance to the penultimate spherical of the NASCAR playoffs, Bowman was disqualified in post-race inspection, with NASCAR citing weight as the difficulty that disqualified the automobile and relegating Bowman to a Thirty eighth-place end.
Bowman’s disqualification signifies that Joey Logano, who completed eighth on Sunday and initially was knocked out of the playoffs, might be one of many eight drivers nonetheless eligible for the 2024 championship.
“Sadly, once we have been working the N0. 48 by means of (inspection) it did not move the minimal weight specs,” stated NASCAR Cup Sequence Managing Director Brad Moran. “We pulled the automobile off to the aspect and allowed them to gasoline it, which they already did. We give the groups each alternative to try to meet minimal weight. Sadly, they didn’t meet the minimal weight. They’re allowed a half a % of a weight break, which is about 17 kilos, give or take. That is what they’re allowed, and it was greater than that.”
It is attainable that the infraction inadvertently occurred early in Sunday’s race when laborious contact with a curb in flip 17 of the Charlotte Roval course despatched Bowman’s Camaro briefly airborne earlier than tapping the skin wall. Bowman gained Stage Two of the race and led 5 laps within the occasion.
The No. 48 workforce can try to enchantment the disqualification later within the week.
