.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson really did not come to race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, overlooking a race that supported him losing for the regular-season title.His victory Sunday at the track solidified him as the champion favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 tours for his sixth Mug success of 2024 as he navigated to the accomplishment on the Charlotte street course, a blend of the egg-shaped as well as an infield part of the facility.While Larson's gain wasn't remarkable, various other parts of the competition-- and postrace inspection-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was actually disqualified for his auto failing to satisfy postrace body weight criteria. The 38th-place surface for Bowman caused him not evolving to the upcoming around of the playoffs. The crew can easily appeal the selection, as well as the allure will be heard this week.With Bowman being done away with, Joey Logano moved into the last advancement spot to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal round). William Byron entered into the race as the only vehicle driver latched into the semifinal around, where he will be signed up with through Hendrick allies Larson and also Pursuit Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin as well as Christopher Bell Group Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano as well as 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had actually accelerated along with an 18th-place coating, however his vehicle was actually also lightweight in postrace body weights. " Our experts are working to comprehend the concern and also is going to make a decision Monday about whether to send a charm," Hendrick Motorsports claimed in a statement.NASCAR Cup Collection policies demand the automobile to become 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending upon the body weight of the motorist. The staff receives 5 percent-- regarding 17 extra pounds-- of altruism after a race but the Bowman automobile still performed certainly not make weight.The group was actually made it possible for to add fuel to the vehicle and purge the water system as well as put in brand new water." Our experts ran it back on [the ranges] as well as sadly it coincided weight," NASCAR Cup Set Supervisor Brad Moran mentioned. "The car had a body weight issue. ... That finds yourself in an incompetency." Due to the feasible beauty, Moran will certainly not point out just how much body weight the automobile was listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotations might reek of swagger yet they were extra matter-of-fact as Larson now has two times as several victories as any other motorist this season.Larson: "The area knows that our experts're powerful. I think the industry recognizes that we might succeed at any keep track of." Workers main Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a really strong volume of respect for all the groups that are actually visiting remain in the Round of 8. Everyone has actually earned their method to arrive. I presume our No. 1 competitor is our own selves, and also I believe if our company carry out things that our experts need to have to accomplish, our crew can easily carry out." The set moves to Las Vegas to open up the next around, a keep track of where Larson has won the last pair of races. He likewise has actually won at the other keep tracks of-- Ranch and Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our experts would like to head to Las vega with a considerable amount of peace of mind simply in our recent operate there," Daniels claimed. "We are actually mosting likely to have a healthy volume of appreciation for that race as well as prepared for each one of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, possessed challenging exchange Hamlin trying to prevent Austin Dillon in the 2nd phase. He had to counter many opportunities for repair services as well as spent considerably of the celebration behind Logano in the war of what they assumed was actually the ultimate place (till learning more about the Bowman DQ hrs after the competition). Pitting for tires along with 27 tours continuing to be while Logano really did not wish to give up his track posture verified to be the ideal phone call as Reddick blistered his way coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 factors in front of Logano, who dropped from 4th to eighth over the final twenty laps.Reddick did it mainly well-maintained yet carried out possess exchange Daniel Hemric in the hairpin turn." He simply made a mistake," Hemric said. "I understood he performed fresher tires. ... Nothing at all egregious, only portion of the chaos back there certainly. I recognize he gets on tires and must act onward but wanted a little even more persistence there." Beyond feeling negative for that error, it was actually a gritty functionality for the motorist for the group co-owned through Michael Jordan." That is actually not precisely the strategy of returning to the front end, getting together with fellow vehicle drivers you appreciate," Reddick claimed. "Yet it's auto racing. It's a deadline nationality. You have actually come to make aggressive moves and also you have actually come to go all out. I attempted to perform it as safely as feasible. ... It was actually definitely an error." It does not transform the fact that it occurred. It did. Yet our company had to pass some autos." Cindric, who finished fourth, carried out as much as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez had technical problems. " I felt like reasonably, without discussing my mind, the group got in touch with a wonderful ethnicity, I felt I steered a great race-- only not nearly enough," Cindric claimed. "I felt like we were excellent yet certainly not the very best. Thus actually trendy to take that when our experts needed it the absolute most. But our team needed to have to discover yet another level to succeed." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted decades dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance journal as well as The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain more coming from NASCAR Mug Collection Observe your faves to receive information regarding video games, headlines and also additional.