Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman finished 18th at the Charlotte ROVAL last week thinking he had advanced to the Playoffs’ Round of 8 – only to find out hours later that his No. 48 Chevrolet did not pass post-race inspection. The resulting penalty – last place points – was enough to drop Bowman out of the Playoff mix and move the ROVAL’s eighth place finisher – Team Penske’s Joey Logano – into the championship mix.
Bowman brought a good attitude about the disappointment with him to Las Vegas this weekend, frustrated he’s no longer racing for a title, but holding onto perspective.
“[Crew chief] Blake [Harris] called me and wasn’t sure about things and then the next thing I got was [a] tweet and I proceeded to throw my phone in the pool and my phone proceeded to call 911 and tell them I was in a car crash,” Bowman said, managing a smile. “So my Sunday night was not too good.
“Part of life and just moving on and going to do my best this weekend,” he added. “Honestly, it’s just part of the deal. We win and lose as a team. We worked really hard and have done a lot of things right and unfortunately, that situation we did something wrong and really no way around that. Really all we can do is run well the rest of the year and continue doing what we’ve been doing and I think this is a good place for us to go try to win and hopefully, we’ll have a shot at it.”
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