Hendrick Motorsports has chosen to not attraction Alex Bowman’s disqualification from Sunday’s NASCAR Cup playoff elimination race on the Charlotte Roval.
Initially, all 4 HendrickĀ drivers had superior into the Spherical of 8, with Bowman set to affix team-mates Kyle Larson, William Byron and Chase Elliott tillĀ in post-race technical inspection his #48 HMS Chevrolet failed to meet minimum weight requirements.
Per Brad Moran, the managing sequence director for Cup, Bowman’s automobile was weighed a number of occasions and the crew was given the possibility to each gasoline up the automobile and add water.
Bowman was disqualified and the next lack of factors resulted in him being eradicated from the playoffs after a season that has to this point netted a single victory on the Chicago street course.
In a press release launched on Monday, HMS defined that it accepted the penalty.
“NASCAR permits a transparent margin to account for the distinction in pre- and post-race weight,” it stated in a press release.
“After an intensive assessment by our crew and the sanctioning physique, we merely didn’t give ourselves sufficient margin to satisfy the post-race requirement.
“Though unintentional, the infraction was avoidable.
Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports, Ally Chevrolet Camaro
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“We’re extraordinarily upset to lose a playoff spot beneath these circumstances and apologise to our followers and companions.”
Bowman’s misfortune put two-time NASCAR Cup champion and Team Penske driver Joey Logano again in. On the checkered flag, he was out by 4 factors.
This additionally modified the proprietor’s championship, because the #45 23XI Racing Toyota was initially eradicated there, however is now again in as properly.
The subsequent three races at Las Vegas, Homestead and Martinsville will decide the quartet that contest the Championship 4 title decider in Phoenix on 10 November.
Victory for any of the eight drivers remaining in playoff competition will routinely lock of their place.