.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson failed to reach race at Charlotte Electric motor Speedway in May, missing a race that resulted in him coming up short for the regular-season title.His victory Sunday at the keep track of thickened him as the championship favorite. Larson led 62 of the 109 tours for his sixth Mug triumph of 2024 as he travelled to the accomplishment on the Charlotte nc road training program, a combo of the oblong and an infield part of the facility.While Larson's succeed had not been dramatic, various other aspect of the race-- and postrace assessment-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports colleague Alex Bowman was actually precluded for his car neglecting to fulfill postrace body weight demands. The 38th-place finish for Bowman led to him not progressing to the following around of the playoffs. The staff may strike the choice, and also the charm would be actually heard this week.With Bowman being dealt with, Joey Logano moved into the last innovation spot to the Around of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal sphere). William Byron entered the competition as the only chauffeur locked into the semifinal round, where he will certainly be actually joined by Hendrick teammates Larson as well as Pursuit Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell Team Penske's Ryan Blaney and also Joey Logano and also 23XI Competing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Pursuit Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman believed he had evolved along with an 18th-place finish, yet his car was actually too light in postrace weights. " Our team are actually operating to know the concern and also will definitely make a decision Monday about whether to provide an allure," Hendrick Motorsports pointed out in a statement.NASCAR Mug Collection regulations demand the vehicle to be 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, depending on the weight of the motorist. The group acquires 5 per-cent-- regarding 17 pounds-- of altruism after a race but the Bowman auto still did not bring in weight.The group was permitted to fan to the car and also remove the water system as well as place in brand-new water." We operated it back on [the ranges] and also however it was the same weight," NASCAR Mug Series Director Brad Moran claimed. "The auto had a body weight concern. ... That winds up in a disqualification." As a result of the achievable allure, Moran will not point out just how much body weight the auto was listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe prices estimate may stink of swagger however they were actually even more matter-of-fact as Larson right now has two times as a lot of victories as every other driver this season.Larson: "The field knows that our experts are actually solid. I assume the field knows that our experts could gain at any type of monitor." Staff principal Cliff Daniels:" [With] a quite tough quantity of respect for all the groups that are visiting reside in the Around of 8. Everyone has actually earned their method to arrive. I think our No. 1 competition is our own selves, and also I assume if our experts perform the important things that our team need to do, our group can easily implement." The set heads to Sin city to open the upcoming sphere, a track where Larson has succeeded the final 2 ethnicities. He additionally has actually won at the other keep tracks of-- Farm and Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our team wish to most likely to Vegas along with a lot of self-confidence only in our recent operate there certainly," Daniels claimed. "Our experts are actually visiting have a healthy quantity of respect for that competition and prepared for each one of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, possessed tough exposure to Hamlin trying to stay away from Austin Dillon in the 2nd phase. He had to counter several times for repair services and also spent a lot of the celebration responsible for Logano in the battle wherefore they assumed was actually the last spot (till finding out about the Bowman DQ hours after the race). Matching for tires with 27 tours staying while Logano really did not intend to lose hope his monitor setting verified to become the right telephone call as Reddick blistered his means from 26th to 11th, leaving him four points ahead of Logano, that fell from fourth to eighth over the final 20 laps.Reddick performed it primarily clean but did have exposure to Daniel Hemric in the hairpin spin." He just slipped up," Hemric mentioned. "I knew he got on fresher tires. ... Nothing at all outright, merely portion of the disarray back there certainly. I understand he performs tires and also has to act onward but longed for a little bit even more determination certainly there." Beyond sensation bad for that error, it was actually an abrasive performance for the vehicle driver for the crew co-owned by Michael Jordan." That's certainly not exactly the strategy of returning to the face, getting together along with fellow drivers you care about," Reddick claimed. "But it is actually racing. It is actually a cutoff ethnicity. You have actually got to bring in assertive relocations as well as you've come to go for it. I made an effort to carry out it as precisely as achievable. ... It was most definitely an oversight." It does not modify the reality that it occurred. It carried out. But our company must pass some cars and trucks." Cindric, who completed fourth, did as much as he could. Briscoe and Suarez possessed mechanical troubles. " I believed that reasonably, without reviewing my mind, the group phoned a great nationality, I felt I drove a terrific race-- merely not enough," Cindric claimed. "I seemed like we were great yet certainly not the most ideal. So really trendy to carry that when our experts required it the best. However our experts needed to have to find one more amount to win." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested decades dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance magazine and also The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire a lot more from NASCAR Cup Set Follow your preferences to acquire details about games, headlines as well as additional.