.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson really did not come to race at Charlotte Electric motor Speedway in Might, missing a competition that supported him coming up short for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the track hardened him as the championship favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Mug success of 2024 as he cruised to the accomplishment on the Charlotte nc street course, a mixture of the oblong and also an infield portion of the facility.While Larson's win had not been significant, various other component of the competition-- and also postrace examination-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman was precluded for his automobile failing to fulfill postrace body weight demands. The 38th-place finish for Bowman resulted in him certainly not evolving to the upcoming around of the playoffs. The crew can appeal the selection, and also the allure will be actually heard this week.With Bowman being done away with, Joey Logano relocated right into the ultimate advancement place to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's model of a semifinal round). William Byron entered the race as the only motorist latched right into the semifinal sphere, where he will certainly be actually participated in by Hendrick colleagues Larson and Pursuit Elliott Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Alarm Group Penske's Ryan Blaney as well as Joey Logano and also 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez as well as Chase Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had actually accelerated with an 18th-place surface, however his auto was as well light in postrace body weights. " Our company are functioning to comprehend the concern and will certainly make a decision Monday concerning whether to send a charm," Hendrick Motorsports pointed out in a statement.NASCAR Mug Series policies need the vehicle to be 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, depending on the weight of the motorist. The staff acquires 5 percent-- regarding 17 pounds-- of sensitivity after a competition yet the Bowman vehicle still did certainly not bring in weight.The group was allowed to intensify to the automobile as well as purge the water supply and also invest brand new water." Our team operated it back on [the ranges] as well as however it was the same body weight," NASCAR Cup Set Director Brad Moran pointed out. "The automobile possessed a body weight issue. ... That winds up in a disqualification." As a result of the feasible appeal, Moran will certainly not claim just how much weight the car was below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes might reek of swagger however they were extra practical as Larson currently has two times as a lot of victories as some other chauffeur this season.Larson: "The industry knows that our team're strong. I think the field understands that our team can win at any type of path." Team chief High cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a really strong amount of respect for all the groups that are going to reside in the Around of 8. Everybody has earned their way to arrive. I think our No. 1 competition is ourselves, and also I presume if we carry out things that our experts need to have to perform, our group can easily implement." The set moves to Las Vegas to open the next around, a track where Larson has actually gained the last two ethnicities. He additionally has won at the other keep tracks of-- Homestead and also Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our company wish to go to Vegas along with a ton of peace of mind simply in our recent run there," Daniels mentioned. "Our experts are actually heading to possess a well-balanced volume of appreciation for that race as well as all set for all of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had challenging exposure to Hamlin attempting to avoid Austin Dillon in the 2nd stage. He had to counter many times for repair work and also spent much of the celebration behind Logano in the war wherefore they assumed was the ultimate location (until learning about the Bowman DQ hours after the competition). Pitting for tires with 27 tours continuing to be while Logano failed to desire to surrender his monitor placement confirmed to become the appropriate call as Reddick blistered his technique from 26th to 11th, leaving him four aspects in front of Logano, that fell from fourth to 8th over the last twenty laps.Reddick did it typically clean but carried out have contact with Daniel Hemric in the barrette twist." He only slipped up," Hemric mentioned. "I recognized he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing outright, merely component of the disorder back certainly there. I understand he gets on tires as well as needs to make progress onward however yearned for a little bit even more persistence there." Beyond emotion poor for that blunder, it was actually a sandy functionality for the chauffeur for the group co-owned by Michael Jordan." That is actually not specifically the program of returning to the front end, getting together with fellow vehicle drivers you respect," Reddick claimed. "Yet it is actually racing. It's a cutoff ethnicity. You have actually come to create aggressive steps as well as you've come to go for it. I made an effort to do it as easily as feasible. ... It was most definitely a mistake." It does not alter the simple fact that it happened. It performed. However our company must pass some cars." Cindric, that finished fourth, performed as much as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez had technical troubles. " I believed that reasonably, without discussing my mind, the team called a great ethnicity, I experienced I steered an excellent nationality-- only not enough," Cindric pointed out. "I believed that our experts were actually fantastic but certainly not the most ideal. So actually awesome to deliver that when our team needed it the most. However our team required to find yet another degree to win." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent years covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance magazine and also The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire extra from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your faves to get information regarding activities, news and also additional.