.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson failed to come to competition at Charlotte nc Motor Speedway in May, missing out on a competition that supported him losing for the regular-season title.His triumph Sunday at the keep track of solidified him as the championship favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 tours for his 6th Cup victory of 2024 as he navigated to the accomplishment on the Charlotte road training course, a combo of the oblong as well as an infield portion of the facility.While Larson's win wasn't dramatic, various other parts of the competition-- as well as postrace examination-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman was actually precluded for his vehicle stopping working to meet postrace body weight criteria. The 38th-place appearance for Bowman resulted in him not progressing to the upcoming around of the playoffs. The staff can easily strike the selection, and the allure will be actually heard this week.With Bowman being actually removed, Joey Logano relocated into the final development place to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal round). William Byron entered the race as the only motorist secured into the semifinal round, where he is going to be participated in through Hendrick colleagues Larson and Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell Group Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and also 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways coming from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had actually accelerated with an 18th-place finish, but his auto was actually too lightweight in postrace weights. " Our company are actually functioning to know the concern as well as is going to make a decision Monday about whether to submit a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports said in a statement.NASCAR Mug Set rules need the vehicle to become 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, depending upon the weight of the chauffeur. The team acquires 5 per-cent-- about 17 pounds-- of tolerance after a competition but the Bowman car still performed certainly not bring in weight.The group was allowed to fan to the car as well as remove the water system as well as place in new water." Our experts operated it back on [the scales] and also regrettably it was the same body weight," NASCAR Cup Series Director Brad Moran said. "The automobile possessed a body weight problem. ... That finds yourself in an incompetency." As a result of the achievable beauty, Moran would certainly not state how much body weight the auto was actually listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes may stink of swagger however they were actually much more practical as Larson now has twice as many success as any other driver this season.Larson: "The field understands that our company're solid. I believe the area knows that our company could gain at any type of path." Team chief Cliff Daniels:" [Along with] a really sturdy volume of regard for all the staffs that are mosting likely to remain in the Around of 8. Everyone has actually earned their way to arrive. I presume our No. 1 competitor is our own selves, as well as I presume if our company do the things that our company need to have to accomplish, our group can easily carry out." The set heads to Las Vegas to open up the next around, a monitor where Larson has actually won the last 2 nationalities. He also has won at the various other tracks-- Home as well as Martinsville-- in the round." Our team would like to most likely to Las vega with a considerable amount of peace of mind just in our current run certainly there," Daniels pointed out. "Our experts're mosting likely to have a healthy volume of appreciation for that competition and all set for each one of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champ, possessed difficult contact with Hamlin making an effort to steer clear of Austin Dillon in the 2nd phase. He needed to pit several opportunities for repair services as well as invested much of the event responsible for Logano in the battle of what they thought was the ultimate place (till discovering the Bowman DQ hours after the race). Matching for tires with 27 tours remaining while Logano failed to would like to surrender his track position proved to be the best telephone call as Reddick blistered his means from 26th to 11th, leaving him four aspects ahead of Logano, who went down from fourth to 8th over the ultimate twenty laps.Reddick performed it typically tidy however performed have exchange Daniel Hemric in the hairpin turn." He only made a mistake," Hemric pointed out. "I recognized he performed fresher tires. ... Nothing at all outright, just aspect of the disorder back certainly there. I understand he performs tires and must make progress forward however wished for a bit extra determination there." Beyond emotion bad for that blunder, it was actually a rough efficiency for the driver for the staff co-owned through Michael Jordan." That is actually not precisely the program of responding to the front end, meeting with fellow motorists you love," Reddick claimed. "Yet it is actually auto racing. It is actually a cutoff ethnicity. You have actually got to create assertive steps and you have actually come to go for it. I tried to do it as safely as feasible. ... It was certainly an oversight." It doesn't transform the fact that it occurred. It carried out. But we had to pass some cars and trucks." Cindric, that completed fourth, did as much as he could. Briscoe as well as Suarez had technical issues. " I felt like within reason, without examining my mind, the team phoned an excellent ethnicity, I experienced I steered a terrific ethnicity-- just inadequate," Cindric said. "I felt like our experts were wonderful however not the best. So actually trendy to deliver that when our team needed it one of the most. But our team required to find an additional level to succeed." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually invested decades dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive much more coming from NASCAR Cup Set Observe your preferences to acquire info about games, updates and more.