.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson didn't get to race at Charlotte nc Motor Speedway in Might, skipping a race that supported him coming up short for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the keep track of solidified him as the championship fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Mug victory of 2024 as he cruised to the victory on the Charlotte street course, a blend of the oblong and also an infield section of the facility.While Larson's gain wasn't remarkable, various other aspect of the competition-- and postrace evaluation-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports ally Alex Bowman was actually invalidated for his car stopping working to satisfy postrace body weight requirements. The 38th-place finish for Bowman resulted in him not evolving to the upcoming around of the playoffs. The team may strike the decision, and also the appeal would be heard this week.With Bowman being actually done away with, Joey Logano relocated right into the final development area to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal round). William Byron entered into the competition as the only vehicle driver secured right into the semifinal around, where he will definitely be actually signed up with through Hendrick teammates Larson and also Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Dashing's Denny Hamlin as well as Christopher Bell Crew Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano and also 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman believed he had actually evolved with an 18th-place surface, yet his auto was actually also lightweight in postrace body weights. " We are functioning to understand the concern as well as will decide Monday regarding whether to submit an allure," Hendrick Motorsports mentioned in a statement.NASCAR Mug Series guidelines require the automobile to become 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, depending upon the weight of the motorist. The team gets 5 per-cent-- about 17 extra pounds-- of tolerance after a race however the Bowman vehicle still performed not make weight.The group was made it possible for to intensify to the auto and remove the water supply and also invest brand-new water." Our company ran it back on [the ranges] as well as regrettably it was the same body weight," NASCAR Cup Series Director Brad Moran claimed. "The cars and truck had a weight problem. ... That ends up in an incompetency." Because of the achievable allure, Moran will not state the amount of body weight the cars and truck was listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes may reek of swagger but they were actually a lot more practical as Larson now has twice as numerous wins as any other driver this season.Larson: "The area understands that our experts're powerful. I believe the field understands that our company could succeed at any sort of monitor." Crew principal High cliff Daniels:" [With] a really powerful volume of appreciation for all the staffs that are heading to remain in the Round of 8. Everybody has gotten their technique to arrive. I believe our No. 1 competitor is our own selves, as well as I assume if our company do the many things that our experts need to do, our group may implement." The set moves to Las Vegas to open the next around, a monitor where Larson has succeeded the last pair of races. He likewise has won at the various other keep tracks of-- Ranch as well as Martinsville-- in the round." Our team intend to visit Vegas along with a ton of assurance simply in our latest run there," Daniels pointed out. "Our company are actually visiting possess a well-balanced quantity of regard for that competition and all set for each of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had hard exposure to Hamlin attempting to stay clear of Austin Dillon in the second stage. He needed to match a number of opportunities for repairs as well as spent much of the activity responsible for Logano in the battle for what they assumed was actually the ultimate area (till learning more about the Bowman DQ hrs after the competition). Countering for tires along with 27 tours remaining while Logano didn't want to surrender his track setting confirmed to become the right ring as Reddick blistered his means from 26th to 11th, leaving him four points in front of Logano, that fell from 4th to 8th over the ultimate twenty laps.Reddick did it primarily tidy but performed possess contact with Daniel Hemric in the hairpin turn." He just slipped up," Hemric claimed. "I knew he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing at all outright, only portion of the mayhem back there certainly. I understand he's on tires as well as has to make progress forward but wished for a little bit a lot more determination there." Beyond sensation bad for that blunder, it was a rough functionality for the motorist for the team co-owned by Michael Jordan." That is actually certainly not exactly the strategy of returning to the front end, meeting with fellow vehicle drivers you love," Reddick pointed out. "But it is actually auto racing. It's a cutoff race. You have actually come to make vigorous relocations and you've got to go all out. I attempted to perform it as easily as feasible. ... It was actually undoubtedly an oversight." It doesn't modify the fact that it happened. It performed. However we must pass some automobiles." Cindric, who completed fourth, carried out as high as he could. Briscoe as well as Suarez had mechanical problems. " I felt like within reason, without discussing my mind, the team phoned a fantastic ethnicity, I experienced I steered a wonderful race-- only not enough," Cindric pointed out. "I believed that we were excellent yet certainly not the most effective. Thus actually cool to bring that when our experts needed it one of the most. But we needed to locate one more level to gain." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has invested years covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more from NASCAR Cup Collection Follow your faves to get details concerning video games, news as well as more.