.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson really did not come to race at Charlotte Electric motor Speedway in May, skipping a competition that contributed to him losing for the regular-season title.His victory Sunday at the path solidified him as the champion fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 tours for his 6th Mug triumph of 2024 as he navigated to the victory on the Charlotte roadway training program, a mixture of the egg-shaped and an infield portion of the facility.While Larson's win had not been significant, other portion of the competition-- and also postrace evaluation-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports ally Alex Bowman was actually precluded for his vehicle neglecting to comply with postrace weight needs. The 38th-place coating for Bowman resulted in him certainly not accelerating to the following around of the playoffs. The crew may appeal the selection, as well as the charm will be heard this week.With Bowman being removed, Joey Logano moved into the final improvement place to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's model of a semifinal around). William Byron entered into the competition as the only motorist latched in to the semifinal round, where he will certainly be participated in through Hendrick allies Larson as well as Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin as well as Christopher Bell Staff Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and 23XI Dashing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez as well as Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman presumed he had accelerated with an 18th-place coating, but his auto was actually also lightweight in postrace weights. " Our experts are actually operating to comprehend the issue as well as is going to make a decision Monday regarding whether to submit a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports claimed in a statement.NASCAR Cup Set guidelines demand the auto to become 3,400-3,500 pounds, relying on the body weight of the motorist. The staff gets 5 per-cent-- regarding 17 pounds-- of tolerance after a race however the Bowman vehicle still did certainly not make weight.The staff was actually allowed to add fuel to the automobile and purge the water system and place in brand new water." Our team operated it back on [the scales] and unfortunately it coincided body weight," NASCAR Cup Collection Director Brad Moran pointed out. "The car had a weight issue. ... That ends up in an incompetency." Due to the achievable allure, Moran would certainly certainly not say the amount of weight the vehicle was below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotations may reek of swagger but they were actually more matter-of-fact as Larson currently possesses two times as many success as every other motorist this season.Larson: "The industry understands that our experts're solid. I presume the industry recognizes that our experts can win at any kind of track." Team principal Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a really tough amount of appreciation for all the staffs that are actually mosting likely to be in the Round of 8. Everyone has actually earned their means to get there. I presume our No. 1 competition is ourselves, as well as I think if we perform things that our team need to have to carry out, our staff can easily carry out." The set moves to Sin city to open up the next around, a monitor where Larson has succeeded the final pair of nationalities. He additionally has succeeded at the other keep tracks of-- Ranch and also Martinsville-- in the round." We intend to most likely to Vegas with a bunch of assurance merely in our current run there certainly," Daniels pointed out. "Our company're going to have a healthy and balanced volume of appreciation for that race as well as ready for each of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champ, had hard contact with Hamlin attempting to steer clear of Austin Dillon in the 2nd stage. He needed to counter a number of times for repairs and also spent a lot of the activity behind Logano in the war of what they assumed was actually the last spot (till discovering the Bowman DQ hours after the competition). Matching for tires with 27 laps staying while Logano really did not intend to surrender his path position verified to become the right call as Reddick blistered his method from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 aspects in advance of Logano, that went down from fourth to eighth over the ultimate 20 laps.Reddick did it usually tidy but performed have exposure to Daniel Hemric in the hairpin spin." He simply made a mistake," Hemric said. "I understood he got on fresher tires. ... Nothing egregious, simply portion of the disarray back certainly there. I know he performs tires and also has to make progress forward yet longed for a bit more patience certainly there." Beyond sensation bad for that oversight, it was actually a rough performance for the chauffeur for the group co-owned through Michael Jordan." That's not specifically the program of returning to the front end, getting together with fellow vehicle drivers you love," Reddick mentioned. "But it's auto racing. It is actually a cutoff nationality. You have actually got to make vigorous steps and you have actually reached go for it. I tried to do it as easily as possible. ... It was actually certainly an error." It doesn't transform the truth that it took place. It performed. Yet we had to pass some cars." Cindric, who ended up fourth, did as high as he could. Briscoe and Suarez had technical issues. " I believed that within reason, without going over my head, the crew got in touch with a wonderful ethnicity, I felt I steered an excellent ethnicity-- merely inadequate," Cindric mentioned. "I felt like our experts were excellent but not the very best. Therefore actually amazing to carry that when our company required it the absolute most. But we required to find another level to gain." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene publication and The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain much more from NASCAR Cup Set Follow your favorites to obtain information concerning video games, updates and also even more.