.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson failed to come to competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, missing out on a competition that brought about him losing for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the keep track of solidified him as the championship fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his 6th Mug triumph of 2024 as he navigated to the triumph on the Charlotte roadway training course, a mixture of the oval and an infield portion of the facility.While Larson's succeed wasn't remarkable, various other aspect of the competition-- as well as postrace inspection-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was invalidated for his automobile neglecting to fulfill postrace body weight requirements. The 38th-place appearance for Bowman resulted in him not accelerating to the next sphere of the playoffs. The crew can easily strike the choice, and the beauty will be heard this week.With Bowman being actually done away with, Joey Logano relocated in to the final development spot to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal around). William Byron entered the race as the only vehicle driver secured right into the semifinal round, where he is going to be signed up with by Hendrick allies Larson as well as Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin as well as Christopher Alarm Team Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano as well as 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Chase Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman believed he had actually progressed with an 18th-place coating, however his auto was actually too light in postrace weights. " We are actually functioning to comprehend the concern and will choose Monday concerning whether to submit an appeal," Hendrick Motorsports said in a statement.NASCAR Cup Set regulations need the cars and truck to become 3,400-3,500 pounds, relying on the weight of the vehicle driver. The crew acquires 5 per-cent-- regarding 17 pounds-- of endurance after a race however the Bowman automobile still carried out certainly not make weight.The crew was actually made it possible for to fan to the cars and truck and expunge the water supply and put in brand new water." Our team ran it back on [the scales] as well as however it coincided body weight," NASCAR Mug Series Supervisor Brad Moran said. "The cars and truck possessed a weight concern. ... That finds yourself in a disqualification." Due to the possible appeal, Moran would not mention the amount of weight the car was actually listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe prices quote could reek of swagger however they were actually a lot more matter-of-fact as Larson now possesses two times as a lot of victories as every other vehicle driver this season.Larson: "The field knows that our team are actually tough. I think the area knows that we could succeed at any kind of monitor." Crew chief High cliff Daniels:" [With] a really powerful volume of respect for all the teams that are mosting likely to reside in the Around of 8. Everyone has gotten their means to arrive. I assume our No. 1 rival is ourselves, as well as I believe if we do the many things that our experts need to have to do, our group may perform." The set moves to Sin city to open up the following round, a track where Larson has gained the last pair of ethnicities. He additionally has won at the other keep tracks of-- Farm and Martinsville-- in the round." We desire to go to Vegas with a bunch of peace of mind simply in our latest operate there certainly," Daniels mentioned. "Our team are actually heading to possess a well-balanced amount of respect for that race and all set for each one of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had hard exposure to Hamlin attempting to prevent Austin Dillon in the second phase. He must pit several opportunities for repair services and spent a lot of the event behind Logano in the battle of what they believed was actually the final place (until learning about the Bowman DQ hours after the competition). Matching for tires along with 27 tours continuing to be while Logano didn't intend to surrender his keep track of position confirmed to be the best call as Reddick blistered his means coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 factors ahead of Logano, that went down coming from fourth to 8th over the last twenty laps.Reddick performed it usually clean yet did have contact with Daniel Hemric in the barrette spin." He simply slipped up," Hemric stated. "I recognized he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing at all egregious, just part of the chaos back there certainly. I understand he performs tires as well as has to make progress forward however wished for a bit extra determination there certainly." Beyond emotion bad for that blunder, it was a gritty efficiency for the vehicle driver for the team co-owned by Michael Jordan." That's not specifically the program of getting back to the front, meeting along with fellow vehicle drivers you appreciate," Reddick pointed out. "But it is actually auto racing. It is actually a deadline nationality. You have actually come to create assertive moves as well as you've reached go for it. I made an effort to perform it as cleanly as feasible. ... It was definitely a blunder." It doesn't alter the truth that it happened. It did. Yet our experts must pass some vehicles." Cindric, who finished fourth, carried out as long as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez had technical troubles. " I felt like reasonably, without looking at my mind, the team got in touch with a terrific ethnicity, I experienced I steered a great race-- just not nearly enough," Cindric pointed out. "I seemed like our team were great but not the most effective. Therefore definitely awesome to bring that when our experts needed it the most. Yet we needed to find yet another degree to win." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually spent many years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire extra from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your faves to get relevant information concerning games, news and more.