.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson really did not get to race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, missing a race that supported him coming up short for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the monitor hardened him as the championship fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Cup triumph of 2024 as he cruised to the triumph on the Charlotte roadway training course, a mixture of the oblong as well as an infield portion of the facility.While Larson's win had not been significant, various other aspect of the race-- and also postrace examination-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman was actually excluded for his auto neglecting to meet postrace weight criteria. The 38th-place surface for Bowman resulted in him certainly not accelerating to the upcoming round of the playoffs. The team can easily appeal the selection, and the charm would certainly be heard this week.With Bowman being actually removed, Joey Logano relocated in to the ultimate development place to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal round). William Byron got in the race as the only driver locked in to the semifinal round, where he will be actually participated in by Hendrick teammates Larson and also Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell Team Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano and 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had actually evolved along with an 18th-place finish, yet his auto was also light in postrace body weights. " Our company are actually working to recognize the issue and is going to decide Monday regarding whether to provide an allure," Hendrick Motorsports mentioned in a statement.NASCAR Cup Set policies require the cars and truck to be 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending on the weight of the vehicle driver. The group gets 5 percent-- regarding 17 pounds-- of tolerance after a race yet the Bowman automobile still carried out not create weight.The crew was actually permitted to add fuel to the vehicle and also remove the water supply and invest brand new water." Our experts ran it back on [the scales] and sadly it coincided body weight," NASCAR Mug Series Director Brad Moran mentioned. "The car possessed a weight issue. ... That finds yourself in an incompetency." Because of the feasible appeal, Moran would certainly not mention the amount of weight the car was listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes might stink of swagger however they were even more matter-of-fact as Larson now has two times as several success as every other driver this season.Larson: "The field understands that our company are actually powerful. I presume the industry recognizes that our company can gain at any kind of monitor." Team principal Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a incredibly solid volume of respect for all the staffs that are going to reside in the Sphere of 8. Everybody has actually earned their means to get there. I assume our No. 1 competitor is ourselves, and also I assume if our team perform the things that we require to do, our team may carry out." The series heads to Sin city to open the upcoming around, a monitor where Larson has gained the final two races. He likewise has succeeded at the other keep tracks of-- House and also Martinsville-- in the round." Our experts want to head to Vegas with a ton of peace of mind simply in our latest operate there certainly," Daniels stated. "We're going to have a healthy amount of respect for that competition and ready for each one of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had tough exchange Hamlin trying to stay clear of Austin Dillon in the second phase. He must match many opportunities for repairs as well as devoted considerably of the celebration responsible for Logano in the struggle for what they believed was the ultimate spot (till finding out about the Bowman DQ hrs after the race). Countering for tires along with 27 tours remaining while Logano didn't wish to surrender his keep track of posture verified to be the best call as Reddick blistered his way from 26th to 11th, leaving him four points ahead of Logano, that lost from fourth to 8th over the final twenty laps.Reddick did it primarily well-maintained but did possess exposure to Daniel Hemric in the hairpin twist." He simply miscalculated," Hemric claimed. "I knew he got on fresher tires. ... Absolutely nothing outright, merely component of the disarray back certainly there. I understand he performs tires and has to make progress onward yet longed for a little more persistence there certainly." Beyond feeling negative for that blunder, it was an abrasive performance for the motorist for the staff co-owned by Michael Jordan." That is actually not precisely the planning of returning to the face, getting together along with fellow motorists you care about," Reddick claimed. "However it is actually racing. It's a cutoff ethnicity. You have actually got to create assertive techniques and you have actually come to go for it. I tried to accomplish it as safely as achievable. ... It was most definitely an oversight." It does not alter the fact that it occurred. It carried out. However our company had to pass some automobiles." Cindric, who ended up fourth, performed as much as he could. Briscoe and Suarez had mechanical troubles. " I thought that within reason, without going over my mind, the staff got in touch with an excellent race, I experienced I steered a fantastic ethnicity-- only inadequate," Cindric mentioned. "I believed that our team were actually terrific yet not the very best. Thus definitely cool to take that when our team needed it the best. But our experts needed to find one more degree to gain." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually invested decades dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene magazine and also The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain extra from NASCAR Cup Collection Follow your preferences to obtain details concerning games, news as well as additional.