.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE NC, N.C.-- Kyle Larson didn't get to competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, skipping a race that resulted in him losing for the regular-season title.His success Sunday at the track solidified him as the champion fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 laps for his 6th Mug success of 2024 as he navigated to the victory on the Charlotte nc street course, a blend of the oval and an infield section of the facility.While Larson's gain wasn't impressive, various other portion of the competition-- as well as postrace inspection-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was suspended for his car neglecting to comply with postrace body weight criteria. The 38th-place surface for Bowman led to him not accelerating to the next around of the playoffs. The staff can appeal the selection, and the charm would certainly be heard this week.With Bowman being actually dealt with, Joey Logano relocated right into the ultimate development location to the Round of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal round). William Byron got into the race as the only driver locked in to the semifinal sphere, where he will certainly be actually signed up with through Hendrick teammates Larson as well as Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Dashing's Denny Hamlin and also Christopher Bell Team Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated coming from the playoffs were actually Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman thought he had accelerated with an 18th-place coating, yet his car was as well lightweight in postrace weights. " We are operating to comprehend the problem as well as will certainly make a decision Monday concerning whether to send an allure," Hendrick Motorsports stated in a statement.NASCAR Cup Set guidelines demand the automobile to become 3,400-3,500 pounds, depending upon the weight of the chauffeur. The team gets 5 per-cent-- concerning 17 extra pounds-- of tolerance after a competition but the Bowman auto still did not create weight.The staff was actually allowed to intensify to the vehicle and also purge the water system and invest new water." Our team operated it back on [the scales] and also however it was the same weight," NASCAR Cup Set Supervisor Brad Moran claimed. "The automobile had a body weight problem. ... That ends up in an incompetency." As a result of the feasible appeal, Moran would certainly not mention how much weight the automobile was below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes might reek of swagger yet they were extra matter-of-fact as Larson currently possesses two times as a lot of victories as every other vehicle driver this season.Larson: "The industry understands that our company're solid. I assume the area knows that our company could succeed at any path." Team main High cliff Daniels:" [With] a very tough quantity of appreciation for all the staffs that are mosting likely to be in the Sphere of 8. Everybody has actually made their technique to arrive. I assume our No. 1 rival is ourselves, and also I presume if we do the many things that we require to accomplish, our crew can implement." The collection moves to Sin city to open the upcoming round, a path where Larson has succeeded the final two races. He also has actually succeeded at the various other keep tracks of-- Ranch and also Martinsville-- in the round." Our company intend to go to Vegas along with a great deal of confidence only in our current operate there certainly," Daniels claimed. "Our company're going to have a healthy and balanced volume of regard for that race and all set for each one of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, possessed tough contact with Hamlin making an effort to avoid Austin Dillon in the second phase. He must counter numerous opportunities for repairs and spent much of the celebration behind Logano in the war of what they believed was the ultimate area (until learning more about the Bowman DQ hours after the race). Countering for tires with 27 tours staying while Logano failed to would like to lose hope his keep track of position verified to become the right call as Reddick blistered his way from 26th to 11th, leaving him 4 points ahead of Logano, that dropped from 4th to 8th over the last 20 laps.Reddick performed it primarily tidy however carried out possess exchange Daniel Hemric in the barrette twist." He simply made a mistake," Hemric claimed. "I recognized he performed fresher tires. ... Nothing egregious, just aspect of the chaos back there. I know he's on tires and must act onward yet longed for a little bit extra determination there." Beyond feeling bad for that oversight, it was a rough performance for the vehicle driver for the staff co-owned through Michael Jordan." That's not precisely the planning of getting back to the front, meeting along with fellow vehicle drivers you care about," Reddick pointed out. "However it is actually auto racing. It is actually a deadline ethnicity. You've come to create vigorous steps and also you've come to go for it. I attempted to carry out it as safely as achievable. ... It was actually certainly a mistake." It doesn't transform the simple fact that it occurred. It performed. However our team must pass some autos." Cindric, that completed fourth, performed as much as he could. Briscoe and Suarez had technical issues. " I thought that within reason, without examining my mind, the crew contacted a great nationality, I experienced I steered a terrific nationality-- simply inadequate," Cindric pointed out. "I seemed like we were excellent yet not the greatest. Thus really amazing to deliver that when our experts required it the absolute most. But our company needed to have to locate an additional amount to win." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has devoted years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene journal and The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain a lot more coming from NASCAR Cup Set Follow your faves to get relevant information concerning activities, updates and even more.