.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson didn't come to race at Charlotte Electric motor Speedway in Might, missing out on a competition that contributed to him coming up short for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the keep track of solidified him as the champion preference. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his 6th Cup success of 2024 as he navigated to the conquest on the Charlotte nc street training program, a combination of the egg-shaped as well as an infield part of the facility.While Larson's gain had not been dramatic, various other component of the competition-- and also postrace evaluation-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was actually suspended for his vehicle neglecting to satisfy postrace body weight needs. The 38th-place finish for Bowman caused him not accelerating to the next around of the playoffs. The group can appeal the decision, and the allure would be actually heard this week.With Bowman being actually gotten rid of, Joey Logano relocated right into the ultimate improvement spot to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal sphere). William Byron entered the competition as the only vehicle driver latched in to the semifinal round, where he will definitely be participated in by Hendrick colleagues Larson and also Pursuit Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Alarm Group Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and also 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had actually progressed along with an 18th-place surface, yet his vehicle was too light in postrace body weights. " We are operating to understand the problem and also is going to make a decision Monday concerning whether to submit a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports stated in a statement.NASCAR Mug Series guidelines require the cars and truck to become 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending on the weight of the motorist. The staff obtains 5 percent-- regarding 17 extra pounds-- of endurance after a race but the Bowman vehicle still carried out not bring in weight.The crew was actually permitted to intensify to the automobile as well as expunge the water supply and place in brand-new water." Our team ran it back on [the ranges] as well as regrettably it was the same weight," NASCAR Mug Set Director Brad Moran stated. "The car had a weight concern. ... That finds yourself in a disqualification." Due to the possible charm, Moran would certainly certainly not claim the amount of weight the car was listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe prices quote could reek of swagger however they were actually extra practical as Larson now possesses twice as several success as some other vehicle driver this season.Larson: "The field understands that our team are actually solid. I think the area understands that our experts might gain at any sort of monitor." Team principal Cliff Daniels:" [With] a very sturdy amount of appreciation for all the staffs that are actually visiting be in the Round of 8. Everybody has gotten their method to get there. I believe our No. 1 rival is ourselves, and I assume if our team perform things that our company need to accomplish, our team can easily carry out." The collection moves to Las Vegas to open the next round, a monitor where Larson has actually won the final two nationalities. He likewise has succeeded at the various other keep tracks of-- House and also Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our company want to head to Las vega along with a ton of self-confidence simply in our current operate there certainly," Daniels stated. "Our company are actually going to possess a well-balanced volume of regard for that race and also prepared for each of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champ, possessed tough exchange Hamlin trying to avoid Austin Dillon in the 2nd stage. He had to counter a number of times for fixings and invested much of the occasion responsible for Logano in the battle for what they believed was actually the last area (till learning more about the Bowman DQ hours after the competition). Matching for tires with 27 laps remaining while Logano failed to want to surrender his path posture proved to become the correct ring as Reddick blistered his means from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 points before Logano, that lost from 4th to eighth over the final twenty laps.Reddick performed it usually clean yet carried out possess contact with Daniel Hemric in the hairpin spin." He just made a mistake," Hemric stated. "I recognized he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing at all egregious, merely portion of the disarray back certainly there. I recognize he's on tires as well as has to act forward yet yearned for a bit extra persistence there certainly." Beyond emotion bad for that mistake, it was actually a sandy efficiency for the vehicle driver for the team co-owned by Michael Jordan." That's certainly not exactly the strategy of getting back to the front end, getting together along with fellow drivers you care about," Reddick mentioned. "But it's auto racing. It's a deadline ethnicity. You have actually reached bring in vigorous actions and also you have actually got to go all out. I attempted to carry out it as easily as feasible. ... It was undoubtedly a blunder." It does not alter the simple fact that it happened. It performed. But our company needed to pass some cars." Cindric, that finished fourth, performed as long as he could. Briscoe as well as Suarez had technical issues. " I seemed like within reason, without going over my head, the team called a great race, I felt I steered a great race-- only insufficient," Cindric mentioned. "I believed that we were actually great but not the greatest. Therefore really cool to deliver that when our experts needed it the best. But we needed to find another amount to gain." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has devoted years dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance publication and The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get extra from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your faves to receive info regarding video games, news as well as even more.