.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson really did not get to race at Charlotte Electric motor Speedway in May, missing a competition that helped in him coming up short for the regular-season title.His success Sunday at the keep track of solidified him as the champion preference. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his sixth Mug success of 2024 as he travelled to the conquest on the Charlotte nc roadway course, a combination of the oblong as well as an infield section of the facility.While Larson's gain wasn't dramatic, other parts of the competition-- and postrace evaluation-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was disqualified for his vehicle falling short to meet postrace weight criteria. The 38th-place surface for Bowman caused him certainly not advancing to the next around of the playoffs. The staff may strike the decision, and the appeal would certainly be actually heard this week.With Bowman being actually gotten rid of, Joey Logano relocated in to the last improvement spot to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal round). William Byron entered the competition as the only motorist locked into the semifinal around, where he is going to be joined by Hendrick colleagues Larson and Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin and also Christopher Bell Team Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano and also 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Chase Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had actually accelerated with an 18th-place surface, however his automobile was also light in postrace body weights. " We are operating to understand the problem as well as will certainly make a decision Monday regarding whether to send an appeal," Hendrick Motorsports mentioned in a statement.NASCAR Cup Series regulations need the auto to be 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, depending on the weight of the motorist. The staff acquires 5 per-cent-- regarding 17 extra pounds-- of endurance after a competition however the Bowman car still performed not bring in weight.The crew was made it possible for to intensify to the auto and expunge the water supply as well as invest brand new water." Our experts ran it back on [the ranges] and regrettably it was the same body weight," NASCAR Mug Set Supervisor Brad Moran stated. "The automobile possessed a body weight concern. ... That winds up in an incompetency." As a result of the feasible appeal, Moran would certainly not point out how much weight the vehicle was actually below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe estimates might reek of swagger yet they were actually a lot more matter-of-fact as Larson now possesses two times as many triumphes as some other chauffeur this season.Larson: "The field knows that our team are actually tough. I assume the industry knows that our experts might succeed at any type of track." Team chief Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a very solid quantity of respect for all the staffs that are going to remain in the Round of 8. Everyone has made their technique to arrive. I believe our No. 1 competition is our own selves, and also I assume if our experts do the things that our company need to have to accomplish, our team can easily carry out." The set heads to Las Vegas to open up the following sphere, a path where Larson has won the final two nationalities. He additionally has actually gained at the various other tracks-- Home as well as Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our team want to head to Vegas with a great deal of self-confidence merely in our recent run certainly there," Daniels said. "Our team're mosting likely to possess a well-balanced quantity of appreciation for that competition and also prepared for every one of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, possessed tough contact with Hamlin attempting to stay away from Austin Dillon in the second phase. He had to counter several opportunities for fixings and also spent considerably of the celebration responsible for Logano in the struggle of what they thought was actually the final area (until discovering the Bowman DQ hrs after the race). Matching for tires with 27 laps staying while Logano didn't desire to lose hope his monitor setting proved to be the right ring as Reddick blistered his method coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him four aspects in front of Logano, who dropped coming from 4th to 8th over the ultimate 20 laps.Reddick performed it primarily clean however carried out possess exposure to Daniel Hemric in the barrette spin." He only slipped up," Hemric pointed out. "I understood he was on fresher tires. ... Nothing at all egregious, merely part of the mayhem back there. I understand he gets on tires as well as has to make progress forward however wished for a little much more determination there." Beyond sensation negative for that error, it was actually an abrasive efficiency for the chauffeur for the group co-owned by Michael Jordan." That is actually certainly not exactly the program of getting back to the front, getting together with fellow chauffeurs you care about," Reddick said. "But it's racing. It is actually a deadline ethnicity. You have actually reached bring in vigorous relocations and you have actually got to go for it. I attempted to perform it as precisely as feasible. ... It was actually absolutely a blunder." It does not alter the truth that it took place. It did. Yet our company had to pass some cars and trucks." Cindric, that ended up fourth, performed as long as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez had mechanical issues. " I believed that reasonably, without looking at my head, the team contacted a terrific race, I felt I steered a terrific ethnicity-- just insufficient," Cindric said. "I felt like our team were excellent but certainly not the best. Therefore truly great to bring that when our team required it the best. But we needed to have to locate an additional degree to succeed." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has devoted years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene magazine and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain more coming from NASCAR Mug Collection Observe your favorites to get relevant information concerning video games, news and also even more.