.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson failed to reach race at Charlotte Electric motor Speedway in May, missing a race that supported him coming up short for the regular-season title.His victory Sunday at the track thickened him as the champion favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Mug victory of 2024 as he cruised to the accomplishment on the Charlotte nc road training program, a combo of the egg-shaped and an infield section of the facility.While Larson's gain had not been significant, other component of the race-- and postrace inspection-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was actually excluded for his car stopping working to meet postrace body weight needs. The 38th-place appearance for Bowman resulted in him not progressing to the following around of the playoffs. The team may strike the selection, and also the appeal would be actually heard this week.With Bowman being actually done away with, Joey Logano moved into the last development location to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's model of a semifinal round). William Byron entered into the race as the only vehicle driver secured in to the semifinal around, where he is going to be signed up with through Hendrick teammates Larson as well as Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin and also Christopher Alarm Group 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 Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had actually progressed with an 18th-place coating, but his car was as well lightweight in postrace body weights. " We are operating to recognize the problem as well as is going to make a decision Monday concerning whether to provide a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports stated in a statement.NASCAR Cup Set guidelines demand the automobile to become 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 but the Bowman car still performed certainly not make weight.The crew was enabled to add fuel to the vehicle and purge the water supply and also invest brand-new water." Our team operated it back on [the scales] and also however it was the same body weight," NASCAR Mug Set Director Brad Moran stated. "The automobile possessed a body weight problem. ... That ends up in an incompetency." Because of the feasible allure, Moran would not say the amount of body weight the vehicle was below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes might reek of swagger however they were actually even more practical as Larson right now possesses two times as several victories as some other motorist this season.Larson: "The area understands that our team are actually solid. I think the area recognizes that we might win at any sort of track." Workers chief Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a extremely strong amount of respect for all the teams that are actually mosting likely to remain in the Sphere of 8. Everyone has made their technique to get there. I presume our No. 1 rival is ourselves, as well as I believe if we do the many things that our company need to have to do, our crew can easily perform." The set heads to Sin city to open the next around, a track where Larson has gained the last two ethnicities. He likewise has actually gained at the other keep tracks of-- House and also Martinsville-- in the around." Our company want to visit Vegas along with a ton of self-confidence just in our latest run there certainly," Daniels pointed out. "Our team are actually mosting likely to have a healthy and balanced volume of appreciation for that competition and also prepared for each one of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, possessed hard exchange Hamlin trying to stay clear of Austin Dillon in the 2nd phase. He must pit several times for repair work as well as invested much of the event responsible for Logano in the struggle for what they presumed was actually the ultimate place (until learning about the Bowman DQ hours after the competition). Pitting for tires along with 27 tours remaining while Logano didn't intend to surrender his keep track of setting showed to become the right phone call as Reddick blistered his way coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 points in advance of Logano, who fell from fourth to 8th over the ultimate 20 laps.Reddick did it typically clean however did have exchange Daniel Hemric in the barrette spin." He just made a mistake," Hemric stated. "I understood he performed fresher tires. ... Nothing at all egregious, simply aspect of the turmoil back there certainly. I understand he gets on tires as well as must act forward but longed for a little much more perseverance there certainly." Beyond sensation negative for that blunder, it was a sandy functionality for the motorist for the crew co-owned through Michael Jordan." That's certainly not specifically the program of getting back to the face, meeting with fellow drivers you respect," Reddick stated. "Yet it is actually auto racing. It is actually a cutoff race. You have actually come to bring in aggressive relocations and also you've come to go for it. I attempted to carry out it as easily as achievable. ... It was most definitely an error." It doesn't change the reality that it happened. It carried out. But our team had to pass some autos." Cindric, that completed fourth, carried out as high as he could. Briscoe as well as Suarez possessed technical problems. " I felt like within reason, without discussing my mind, the team got in touch with a terrific race, I felt I steered a terrific ethnicity-- only not enough," Cindric said. "I seemed like our company were great yet certainly not the most ideal. So truly cool to take that when we required it the most. Yet our experts needed to locate one more level to succeed." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually spent many years dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive a lot more coming from NASCAR Mug Series Observe your preferences to obtain information about games, news and additional.