.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson really did not get to race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, missing out on a race that resulted in him coming up short for the regular-season title.His victory Sunday at the path hardened him as the championship fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his 6th Cup victory of 2024 as he cruised to the accomplishment on the Charlotte street training course, a combo of the oval as well as an infield part of the facility.While Larson's gain wasn't dramatic, other parts of the competition-- and also postrace assessment-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was actually disqualified for his car stopping working to fulfill postrace body weight requirements. The 38th-place surface for Bowman caused him certainly not advancing to the upcoming round of the playoffs. The crew may appeal the decision, and also the appeal would be actually heard this week.With Bowman being actually removed, Joey Logano relocated right into the ultimate innovation place to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's model of a semifinal around). William Byron entered into the race as the only driver locked in to the semifinal around, where he is going to be actually participated in by Hendrick allies Larson and Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Dashing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Alarm Crew 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 as well as Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had progressed with an 18th-place surface, yet his auto was actually too lightweight in postrace body weights. " Our experts are actually working to know the concern and will definitely decide Monday regarding whether to send an allure," Hendrick Motorsports said in a statement.NASCAR Mug Set guidelines need the vehicle to become 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending upon the weight of the driver. The crew obtains 5 percent-- concerning 17 pounds-- of sensitivity after a competition yet the Bowman automobile still performed not bring in weight.The crew was actually allowed to add fuel to the cars and truck and also remove the water supply and place in new water." We ran it back on [the scales] and also unfortunately it was the same body weight," NASCAR Cup Set Director Brad Moran stated. "The cars and truck possessed a weight concern. ... That winds up in an incompetency." Due to the feasible allure, Moran will not claim just how much weight the auto was actually listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe estimates may reek of swagger however they were extra practical as Larson now possesses two times as numerous wins as every other vehicle driver this season.Larson: "The area understands that our team are actually solid. I assume the area recognizes that our experts could gain at any kind of monitor." Staff main Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a very solid volume of appreciation for all the teams that are actually mosting likely to be in the Sphere of 8. Everybody has gained their technique to arrive. I presume our No. 1 competition is our own selves, as well as I presume if our company perform the things that our company need to have to do, our staff can easily implement." The series heads to Las Vegas to open the upcoming sphere, a track where Larson has gained the final two races. He additionally has gained at the other tracks-- Farm as well as Martinsville-- in the round." Our team wish to most likely to Las vega along with a great deal of confidence merely in our recent operate certainly there," Daniels said. "We're heading to have a well-balanced volume of regard for that race as well as ready for all of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had tough contact with Hamlin attempting to stay clear of Austin Dillon in the 2nd phase. He needed to pit a number of opportunities for repair work and spent a lot of the celebration behind Logano in the struggle of what they presumed was actually the ultimate area (until learning about the Bowman DQ hours after the competition). Pitting for tires with 27 laps continuing to be while Logano failed to intend to give up his keep track of setting confirmed to become the ideal ring as Reddick blistered his means from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 factors in advance of Logano, who went down from 4th to 8th over the ultimate twenty laps.Reddick did it usually clean however did possess contact with Daniel Hemric in the hairpin spin." He simply made a mistake," Hemric claimed. "I knew he got on fresher tires. ... Nothing at all outright, just portion of the disarray back there. I know he gets on tires and also has to act ahead yet wanted a bit much more determination there." Beyond feeling poor for that error, it was actually an abrasive performance for the vehicle driver for the staff co-owned by Michael Jordan." That's not specifically the plan of responding to the front, getting together with fellow drivers you care about," Reddick mentioned. "However it is actually racing. It is actually a cutoff nationality. You've got to bring in assertive relocations and also you've reached go for it. I attempted to accomplish it as safely as achievable. ... It was actually absolutely a mistake." It doesn't modify the fact that it took place. It carried out. Yet we had to pass some cars and trucks." Cindric, who ended up fourth, carried out as much as he could. Briscoe and Suarez possessed technical issues. " I seemed like within reason, without discussing my mind, the staff got in touch with a wonderful ethnicity, I felt I drove a terrific race-- just not nearly enough," Cindric said. "I thought that our team were actually great but not the greatest. Therefore actually awesome to carry that when our company required it the best. Yet our experts needed to locate an additional level to succeed." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually spent many years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene journal as well as The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get a lot more from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your faves to get information regarding games, news and even more.