.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson didn't come to competition at Charlotte Electric motor Speedway in Might, overlooking a competition that supported him coming up short for the regular-season title.His victory Sunday at the monitor solidified him as the championship preference. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Cup success of 2024 as he navigated to the triumph on the Charlotte nc roadway course, a mix of the oblong and an infield section of the facility.While Larson's gain wasn't significant, other portion of the race-- and also postrace evaluation-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was actually excluded for his auto stopping working to satisfy postrace weight needs. The 38th-place finish for Bowman resulted in him not evolving to the upcoming around of the playoffs. The staff may appeal the decision, and the appeal would certainly be actually heard this week.With Bowman being gotten rid of, Joey Logano relocated in to the final advancement place to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's model of a semifinal round). William Byron entered the competition as the only motorist locked right into the semifinal sphere, where he will definitely be signed up with by Hendrick teammates Larson and Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell Staff Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano as well as 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman presumed he had evolved with an 18th-place coating, however his car was actually as well lightweight in postrace weights. " Our team are working to recognize the problem and will certainly decide Monday concerning whether to send a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports claimed in a statement.NASCAR Mug Series policies call for the auto to be 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending on the body weight of the chauffeur. The crew obtains 5 percent-- about 17 pounds-- of tolerance after a race yet the Bowman automobile still carried out certainly not bring in weight.The team was made it possible for to intensify to the cars and truck as well as expunge the water supply and place in brand-new water." Our team operated it back on [the ranges] and also regrettably it was the same weight," NASCAR Cup Collection Supervisor Brad Moran mentioned. "The vehicle possessed a weight issue. ... That winds up in an incompetency." As a result of the achievable beauty, Moran will not mention the amount of weight the vehicle was actually below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe estimates might stink of swagger yet they were a lot more practical as Larson now possesses twice as numerous victories as some other motorist this season.Larson: "The field recognizes that we are actually strong. I believe the field understands that our experts can win at any type of path." Staff main Cliff Daniels:" [With] a incredibly tough quantity of regard for all the crews that are actually heading to reside in the Around of 8. Everybody has actually gotten their means to get there. I believe our No. 1 competition is our own selves, and also I assume if our experts do the things that we need to accomplish, our group can perform." The collection moves to Sin city to open the upcoming sphere, a track where Larson has won the final two races. He additionally has actually won at the various other tracks-- Ranch and also Martinsville-- in the round." Our experts wish to visit Las vega with a ton of assurance merely in our current run certainly there," Daniels said. "We're heading to possess a healthy quantity of regard for that competition and also all set for every one of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had difficult contact with Hamlin attempting to avoid Austin Dillon in the 2nd phase. He needed to counter a number of times for fixings and also devoted considerably of the occasion behind Logano in the war wherefore they thought was actually the last area (up until learning about the Bowman DQ hours after the race). Matching for tires along with 27 tours staying while Logano failed to would like to give up his path position proved to become the right call as Reddick blistered his method coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him four factors in front of Logano, that dropped coming from fourth to eighth over the last twenty laps.Reddick did it mostly tidy but performed have contact with Daniel Hemric in the hairpin spin." He only slipped up," Hemric mentioned. "I recognized he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing egregious, only aspect of the disarray back there. I know he gets on tires as well as must make progress onward yet wanted a little bit a lot more determination there." Beyond feeling bad for that mistake, it was a sandy performance for the driver for the staff co-owned by Michael Jordan." That is actually not exactly the planning of getting back to the face, getting together with fellow motorists you appreciate," Reddick claimed. "Yet it's racing. It is actually a cutoff race. You have actually reached make vigorous moves as well as you have actually come to go for it. I tried to accomplish it as precisely as feasible. ... It was actually certainly a mistake." It does not alter the reality that it took place. It carried out. Yet our company needed to pass some cars and trucks." Cindric, who ended up fourth, did as much as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez possessed mechanical difficulties. " I thought that within reason, without reviewing my mind, the team called a terrific race, I experienced I steered a great nationality-- simply inadequate," Cindric claimed. "I thought that our experts were wonderful yet not the best. Therefore truly amazing to deliver that when our experts required it the most. However we needed to find yet another degree to win." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has devoted many years dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain a lot more from NASCAR Mug Collection Follow your preferences to get information about video games, headlines and also more.