.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson failed to come to competition at Charlotte nc Motor Speedway in May, overlooking a competition that helped in him coming up short for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the path hardened him as the championship favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Cup triumph of 2024 as he cruised to the victory on the Charlotte nc street training program, a blend of the oblong and an infield section of the facility.While Larson's gain wasn't significant, various other parts of the race-- and postrace examination-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman was invalidated for his vehicle stopping working to satisfy postrace weight demands. The 38th-place finish for Bowman resulted in him certainly not progressing to the next around of the playoffs. The group can easily strike the choice, and also the allure would certainly be heard this week.With Bowman being removed, Joey Logano relocated into the final development place to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal sphere). William Byron entered the competition as the only motorist secured right into the semifinal around, where he is going to be actually joined by Hendrick colleagues Larson and Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin and also Christopher Bell Team Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano and 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez as well as Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had advanced along with an 18th-place surface, yet his cars and truck was actually too light in postrace body weights. " Our team are actually operating to comprehend the problem and is going to choose Monday about whether to submit a charm," Hendrick Motorsports pointed out in a statement.NASCAR Mug Set policies demand the cars and truck to be 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, depending upon the body weight of the vehicle driver. The group gets 5 percent-- regarding 17 pounds-- of sensitivity after a race but the Bowman auto still carried out not make weight.The group was actually made it possible for to fan to the car and remove the water system and put in brand-new water." Our company ran it back on [the ranges] as well as regrettably it coincided weight," NASCAR Mug Collection Supervisor Brad Moran stated. "The car had a body weight concern. ... That finds yourself in an incompetency." Because of the achievable allure, Moran would certainly not state just how much weight the automobile was actually listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe prices quote could reek of swagger but they were actually much more matter-of-fact as Larson now has twice as lots of wins as every other motorist this season.Larson: "The field knows that our company're solid. I assume the field knows that we could possibly win at any type of keep track of." Crew principal High cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a quite powerful amount of respect for all the groups that are heading to reside in the Around of 8. Everybody has made their means to get there. I believe our No. 1 competitor is our own selves, and also I think if our team carry out the many things that our company require to carry out, our staff can carry out." The series heads to Sin city to open up the next round, a monitor where Larson has succeeded the last 2 ethnicities. He likewise has gained at the other keep tracks of-- Ranch and Martinsville-- in the round." Our experts desire to go to Las vega with a great deal of peace of mind merely in our current run there certainly," Daniels claimed. "Our experts are actually mosting likely to have a well-balanced amount of appreciation for that race as well as all set for each of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had difficult exposure to Hamlin trying to stay clear of Austin Dillon in the second stage. He had to match many times for fixings and also spent a lot of the event responsible for Logano in the fight for what they presumed was actually the last place (up until learning more about the Bowman DQ hrs after the race). Matching for tires with 27 laps staying while Logano failed to would like to surrender his path placement confirmed to be the appropriate ring as Reddick blistered his method from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 aspects ahead of Logano, who fell coming from fourth to eighth over the ultimate 20 laps.Reddick did it typically well-maintained but performed possess contact with Daniel Hemric in the hairpin twist." He simply made a mistake," Hemric said. "I knew he performed fresher tires. ... Nothing at all outright, just aspect of the disarray back there. I know he's on tires and has to act ahead but longed for a little bit more patience there." Beyond feeling negative for that mistake, it was actually a sandy performance for the vehicle driver for the team co-owned through Michael Jordan." That's certainly not specifically the program of returning to the face, meeting along with fellow vehicle drivers you appreciate," Reddick said. "Yet it's auto racing. It's a cutoff ethnicity. You've come to make aggressive relocations as well as you've come to go for it. I tried to perform it as cleanly as possible. ... It was actually absolutely a blunder." It doesn't modify the fact that it happened. It performed. Yet our company had to pass some cars and trucks." Cindric, that finished fourth, carried out as much as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez possessed technical issues. " I believed that within reason, without examining my mind, the group got in touch with an excellent ethnicity, I experienced I steered a great race-- simply not enough," Cindric stated. "I seemed like our company were actually excellent however certainly not the most ideal. Therefore actually trendy to carry that when we needed it the most. However our team needed to find another level to win." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually devoted decades covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene magazine and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive a lot more coming from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your preferences to obtain relevant information about video games, news and also additional.