.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson didn't reach competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Might, missing a race that contributed to him losing for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the track solidified him as the champion preference. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Cup victory of 2024 as he travelled to the accomplishment on the Charlotte road training program, a blend of the oblong and also an infield part of the facility.While Larson's win wasn't dramatic, various other parts of the race-- and also postrace examination-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports ally Alex Bowman was actually suspended for his automobile falling short to meet postrace body weight needs. The 38th-place finish for Bowman caused him not evolving to the next sphere of the playoffs. The team can easily appeal the choice, and also the charm would certainly be heard this week.With Bowman being done away with, Joey Logano relocated in to the last advancement spot to the Around of 8 (NASCAR's variation of a semifinal sphere). William Byron entered into the race as the only driver locked right into the semifinal around, where he will definitely be actually joined through Hendrick teammates Larson as well as Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin and also Christopher Alarm Crew Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano and 23XI Dashing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Chase Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had actually accelerated with an 18th-place finish, but his auto was also lightweight in postrace body weights. " Our experts are actually working to comprehend the concern and also will certainly choose Monday regarding whether to submit a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports pointed out in a statement.NASCAR Cup Series rules require the automobile to be 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending on the body weight of the motorist. The crew gets 5 per-cent-- about 17 extra pounds-- of endurance after a competition however the Bowman auto still did certainly not create weight.The crew was permitted to add fuel to the auto and purge the water system as well as put in brand-new water." Our experts operated it back on [the ranges] and also however it was the same body weight," NASCAR Mug Collection Supervisor Brad Moran claimed. "The vehicle possessed a weight problem. ... That finds yourself in an incompetency." Due to the achievable beauty, Moran would certainly certainly not mention the amount of body weight the car was below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe prices estimate may reek of swagger but they were actually much more practical as Larson right now has twice as several wins as any other chauffeur this season.Larson: "The field knows that we're sturdy. I believe the field recognizes that we might win at any sort of path." Staff main High cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a really sturdy volume of regard for all the staffs that are actually going to be in the Sphere of 8. Everybody has made their method to arrive. I assume our No. 1 rival is our own selves, and I think if our team do the important things that our experts need to have to perform, our crew can easily carry out." The collection heads to Las Vegas to open up the following around, a keep track of where Larson has succeeded the final two ethnicities. He likewise has actually succeeded at the other monitors-- House as well as Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our team desire to visit Vegas with a lot of peace of mind only in our current operate there certainly," Daniels claimed. "Our company're mosting likely to possess a well-balanced amount of regard for that race as well as all set for every one of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champ, possessed tough exchange Hamlin trying to prevent Austin Dillon in the second phase. He had to match many opportunities for repair work as well as spent much of the event responsible for Logano in the fight for what they believed was actually the final location (until discovering the Bowman DQ hours after the race). Matching for tires with 27 tours remaining while Logano didn't intend to give up his path setting showed to be the right phone call as Reddick blistered his technique from 26th to 11th, leaving him four points before Logano, who fell coming from fourth to 8th over the final 20 laps.Reddick did it mainly well-maintained but did possess exposure to Daniel Hemric in the barrette spin." He just slipped up," Hemric stated. "I understood he was on fresher tires. ... Absolutely nothing egregious, just component of the turmoil back there. I know he gets on tires and has to act ahead but wished for a little bit more determination there." Beyond sensation poor for that oversight, it was actually a gritty performance for the motorist for the staff co-owned through Michael Jordan." That is actually not precisely the plan of returning to the face, getting together along with fellow chauffeurs you appreciate," Reddick claimed. "Yet it is actually auto racing. It's a deadline ethnicity. You have actually reached bring in aggressive actions as well as you have actually got to go all out. I attempted to do it as easily as achievable. ... It was actually absolutely a blunder." It doesn't change the simple fact that it happened. It carried out. But our experts must pass some vehicles." Cindric, who finished fourth, carried out as high as he could. Briscoe as well as Suarez possessed mechanical problems. " I seemed like within reason, without examining my head, the group got in touch with an excellent ethnicity, I experienced I steered a wonderful nationality-- only insufficient," Cindric claimed. "I thought that we were terrific but not the most effective. Therefore actually trendy to carry that when our team required it the absolute most. Yet we required to locate one more level to win." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually spent many years dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene publication as well as The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get extra coming from NASCAR Mug Set Follow your preferences to get details about activities, headlines as well as more.