.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson didn't come to competition at Charlotte nc Motor Speedway in May, skipping a race that contributed to him losing for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the track thickened him as the champion favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 tours for his sixth Mug victory of 2024 as he cruised to the triumph on the Charlotte nc roadway training course, a mixture of the oblong as well as an infield part of the facility.While Larson's gain had not been significant, various other component of the race-- as well as postrace inspection-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports ally Alex Bowman was excluded for his vehicle falling short to comply with postrace body weight demands. The 38th-place finish for Bowman resulted in him not progressing to the next sphere of the playoffs. The group can easily appeal the decision, and also the charm would be actually heard this week.With Bowman being actually eliminated, Joey Logano relocated into the final improvement place to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's variation of a semifinal round). William Byron entered into the race as the only chauffeur secured in to the semifinal around, where he will be actually signed up with through Hendrick colleagues Larson and Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Dashing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Alarm Team Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and also 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had progressed along with an 18th-place coating, however his automobile was actually as well light in postrace body weights. " Our experts are working to know the concern as well as will choose Monday about whether to provide a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports pointed out in a statement.NASCAR Mug Series rules require the cars and truck to be 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, relying on the weight of the driver. The team acquires 5 per-cent-- about 17 pounds-- of altruism after a competition however the Bowman auto still did not bring in weight.The group was actually permitted to add fuel to the car and also expunge the water supply and also place in brand new water." Our company ran it back on [the scales] and however it was the same weight," NASCAR Cup Series Supervisor Brad Moran stated. "The cars and truck had a body weight problem. ... That finds yourself in an incompetency." As a result of the feasible allure, Moran would certainly not mention just how much weight the vehicle was below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe prices estimate could stink of swagger but they were actually much more matter-of-fact as Larson currently possesses twice as lots of success as every other motorist this season.Larson: "The industry recognizes that our experts are actually strong. I think the area understands that our experts can succeed at any kind of track." Staff principal Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a extremely strong volume of regard for all the groups that are heading to reside in the Sphere of 8. Everybody has actually earned their way to arrive. I assume our No. 1 rival is our own selves, and I assume if our experts do the things that our company need to carry out, our crew may implement." The set heads to Sin city to open up the next sphere, a keep track of where Larson has gained the final two races. He likewise has actually won at the various other tracks-- House as well as Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our company would like to go to Vegas with a bunch of self-confidence just in our recent run there," Daniels stated. "We are actually visiting have a healthy and balanced volume of appreciation for that race and also ready for each of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had challenging contact with Hamlin attempting to steer clear of Austin Dillon in the 2nd stage. He had to pit many opportunities for repair services and devoted much of the celebration responsible for Logano in the struggle for what they believed was actually the last place (up until discovering the Bowman DQ hrs after the race). Pitting for tires along with 27 laps remaining while Logano really did not wish to surrender his keep track of setting confirmed to be the appropriate call as Reddick blistered his technique coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 factors before Logano, who fell coming from fourth to eighth over the ultimate twenty laps.Reddick performed it typically tidy however did have exposure to Daniel Hemric in the barrette spin." He merely miscalculated," Hemric claimed. "I knew he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing egregious, only aspect of the disorder back there. I recognize he gets on tires and must act ahead yet yearned for a little bit more determination certainly there." Beyond sensation bad for that oversight, it was a rough performance for the driver for the group co-owned by Michael Jordan." That is actually not specifically the program of responding to the front, getting together with fellow chauffeurs you respect," Reddick stated. "But it's auto racing. It is actually a cutoff ethnicity. You have actually got to make assertive actions and you have actually got to go all out. I made an effort to carry out it as precisely as possible. ... It was certainly a mistake." It does not modify the simple fact that it happened. It carried out. However our team had to pass some cars and trucks." Cindric, that finished fourth, did as much as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez had technical difficulties. " I seemed like within reason, without discussing my mind, the staff phoned a great nationality, I felt I steered a wonderful race-- just not enough," Cindric pointed out. "I thought that our experts were actually excellent however certainly not the very best. Thus actually great to deliver that when our team needed it one of the most. Yet our company required to locate yet another degree to succeed." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted years covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Scene publication and The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive much more from NASCAR Cup Set Follow your preferences to receive relevant information about games, information and even more.