.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson failed to reach competition at Charlotte nc Motor Speedway in May, overlooking a race that brought about him coming up short for the regular-season title.His success Sunday at the path thickened him as the championship fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Mug victory of 2024 as he navigated to the victory on the Charlotte nc road course, a blend of the egg-shaped and also an infield part of the facility.While Larson's gain had not been remarkable, other parts of the race-- and also postrace inspection-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports ally Alex Bowman was actually disqualified for his cars and truck falling short to meet postrace weight criteria. The 38th-place finish for Bowman led to him not progressing to the next sphere of the playoffs. The staff can strike the selection, and also the appeal would certainly be actually heard this week.With Bowman being eliminated, Joey Logano moved right into the last development location to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's variation of a semifinal round). William Byron entered the competition as the only driver locked in to the semifinal round, where he will definitely be signed up with through Hendrick teammates Larson and also Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Dashing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell Staff Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and 23XI Dashing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez as well as Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had actually progressed along with an 18th-place coating, however his auto was actually too light in postrace body weights. " Our company are actually working to understand the issue and will definitely make a decision Monday about whether to send an appeal," Hendrick Motorsports stated in a statement.NASCAR Mug Set policies demand the vehicle to be 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, relying on the weight of the motorist. The crew acquires 5 per-cent-- concerning 17 extra pounds-- of altruism after a competition however the Bowman vehicle still did certainly not make weight.The group was actually permitted to fan to the vehicle as well as expunge the water system and also put in brand new water." Our team ran it back on [the ranges] and also sadly it was the same weight," NASCAR Mug Series Supervisor Brad Moran said. "The auto had a weight issue. ... That winds up in a disqualification." Due to the possible beauty, Moran would certainly not claim how much body weight the auto was listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe estimates could reek of swagger however they were a lot more matter-of-fact as Larson now possesses two times as a lot of triumphes as some other vehicle driver this season.Larson: "The field understands that we are actually tough. I think the industry recognizes that we could possibly gain at any keep track of." Staff principal Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a very tough amount of regard for all the crews that are actually mosting likely to be in the Around of 8. Everyone has actually made their way to get there. I think our No. 1 rival is ourselves, and also I presume if our company carry out things that we need to have to perform, our group can implement." The series heads to Las Vegas to open the next around, a path where Larson has actually gained the last pair of races. He likewise has won at the various other keep tracks of-- Farm as well as Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our company want to most likely to Vegas with a great deal of assurance just in our current run there certainly," Daniels stated. "Our team're visiting have a healthy and balanced amount of respect for that race and ready for each of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champ, had hard contact with Hamlin attempting to avoid Austin Dillon in the 2nd stage. He needed to match numerous opportunities for repair services as well as invested a lot of the celebration behind Logano in the battle wherefore they presumed was the last location (up until discovering the Bowman DQ hrs after the race). Matching for tires with 27 tours staying while Logano failed to want to surrender his path posture showed to be the right phone call as Reddick blistered his means coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 points before Logano, who fell from fourth to eighth over the last twenty laps.Reddick performed it primarily well-maintained yet carried out have exposure to Daniel Hemric in the barrette twist." He just made a mistake," Hemric stated. "I recognized he got on fresher tires. ... Nothing outright, merely component of the chaos back certainly there. I recognize he gets on tires and needs to make progress forward however wished for a little bit more determination there certainly." Beyond feeling poor for that mistake, it was a gritty efficiency for the motorist for the staff co-owned by Michael Jordan." That is actually not exactly the plan of getting back to the front, meeting along with fellow vehicle drivers you care about," Reddick mentioned. "Yet it is actually auto racing. It is actually a cutoff race. You've got to bring in aggressive techniques as well as you have actually come to go for it. I tried to do it as precisely as possible. ... It was actually certainly a mistake." It does not transform the simple fact that it occurred. It did. But our company needed to pass some autos." Cindric, that completed fourth, did as high as he could. Briscoe and Suarez had technical issues. " I thought that within reason, without going over my mind, the crew phoned a fantastic nationality, I felt I steered a terrific ethnicity-- only inadequate," Cindric stated. "I thought that our team were actually wonderful yet not the most ideal. Thus really cool to bring that when we required it the absolute most. Yet our experts needed to have to find an additional amount to win." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually invested decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance publication and also The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more coming from NASCAR Cup Set Follow your preferences to obtain details regarding games, news and additional.