.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson didn't reach race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, missing out on a competition that added to him coming up short for the regular-season title.His success Sunday at the path hardened him as the championship favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his 6th Cup victory of 2024 as he travelled to the triumph on the Charlotte nc roadway program, a combination of the oblong and an infield portion of the facility.While Larson's succeed had not been remarkable, other portion of the competition-- as well as postrace inspection-- were as his Hendrick Motorsports ally Alex Bowman was actually disqualified for his cars and truck neglecting to comply with postrace body weight demands. The 38th-place coating for Bowman resulted in him not advancing to the next sphere of the playoffs. The staff can appeal the selection, and the allure would be actually heard this week.With Bowman being actually removed, Joey Logano relocated right into the final improvement location to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's variation of a semifinal round). William Byron entered into the race as the only vehicle driver locked in to the semifinal sphere, where he is going to be actually joined through Hendrick teammates Larson and also Hunt Elliott Joe Gibbs Dashing's Denny Hamlin as well as Christopher Alarm Staff Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano and 23XI Dashing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had advanced with an 18th-place finish, yet his automobile was too lightweight in postrace body weights. " We are functioning to recognize the issue and will make a decision Monday about whether to send a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports pointed out in a statement.NASCAR Cup Set regulations require the vehicle to become 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending upon the body weight of the driver. The team acquires 5 per-cent-- regarding 17 extra pounds-- of sensitivity after a race but the Bowman vehicle still performed certainly not make weight.The team was allowed to add fuel to the auto and also remove the water system as well as place in brand-new water." Our company operated it back on [the scales] and also sadly it coincided weight," NASCAR Mug Set Supervisor Brad Moran mentioned. "The auto possessed a body weight problem. ... That ends up in a disqualification." As a result of the achievable beauty, Moran would certainly not point out just how much weight the cars and truck was actually below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes could stink of swagger but they were extra matter-of-fact as Larson currently has twice as numerous wins as some other chauffeur this season.Larson: "The area knows that we're strong. I think the field knows that our company could gain at any type of monitor." Staff main Cliff Daniels:" [With] a really powerful quantity of regard for all the crews that are actually going to be in the Around of 8. Everyone has actually made their method to get there. I believe our No. 1 competition is ourselves, and I believe if we carry out the things that our team need to have to perform, our group can easily carry out." The collection heads to Sin city to open the upcoming around, a path where Larson has won the final two ethnicities. He likewise has actually succeeded at the other tracks-- Ranch and Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our company wish to visit Vegas along with a considerable amount of self-confidence only in our latest run there certainly," Daniels said. "Our experts're mosting likely to possess a healthy amount of regard for that race as well as all set for all of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champ, possessed hard exchange Hamlin trying to avoid Austin Dillon in the second phase. He must counter numerous times for repair work and spent a lot of the event behind Logano in the struggle wherefore they assumed was actually the last spot (till learning about the Bowman DQ hrs after the competition). Countering for tires along with 27 tours staying while Logano failed to would like to give up his keep track of placement proved to become the appropriate telephone call as Reddick blistered his means coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 factors ahead of Logano, that lost coming from fourth to 8th over the ultimate twenty laps.Reddick performed it usually tidy but carried out possess exposure to Daniel Hemric in the barrette turn." He merely made a mistake," Hemric pointed out. "I understood he performed fresher tires. ... Nothing outright, only aspect of the disarray back certainly there. I recognize he's on tires as well as must make progress ahead however yearned for a little bit more patience certainly there." Beyond sensation negative for that blunder, it was actually a sandy efficiency for the motorist for the team co-owned through Michael Jordan." That's not specifically the program of returning to the face, getting together with fellow motorists you appreciate," Reddick claimed. "Yet it's racing. It is actually a deadline ethnicity. You have actually got to bring in aggressive actions and also you've reached go for it. I made an effort to carry out it as cleanly as possible. ... It was undoubtedly an error." It doesn't alter the reality that it occurred. It carried out. However our experts had to pass some vehicles." Cindric, who completed fourth, performed as long as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez possessed technical issues. " I believed that reasonably, without going over my head, the team contacted a wonderful ethnicity, I experienced I steered a terrific nationality-- only not enough," Cindric pointed out. "I seemed like we were actually wonderful yet certainly not the very best. Therefore really awesome to deliver that when our team needed it one of the most. However our team required to locate another level to gain." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually invested years dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene publication and The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire even more coming from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your preferences to obtain information concerning video games, updates and more.