.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Kyle Larson really did not come to competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, missing out on a competition that resulted in him losing for the regular-season title.His victory Sunday at the monitor thickened him as the championship fave. Larson led 62 of the 109 tours for his sixth Cup success of 2024 as he navigated to the accomplishment on the Charlotte nc road course, a combo of the oblong and also an infield portion of the facility.While Larson's win had not been dramatic, various other aspect of the race-- and postrace examination-- were actually as his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman was actually invalidated for his cars and truck neglecting to meet postrace weight criteria. The 38th-place surface for Bowman resulted in him certainly not progressing to the next round of the playoffs. The group can strike the decision, as well as the appeal would certainly be heard this week.With Bowman being eliminated, Joey Logano relocated into the last improvement location to the Sphere of 8 (NASCAR's version of a semifinal around). William Byron got in the competition as the only motorist secured in to the semifinal around, where he will definitely be participated in through Hendrick allies Larson and Chase Elliott Joe Gibbs Competing's Denny Hamlin and also Christopher Bell Group Penske's Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and also 23XI Dashing's Tyler Reddick.Eliminated from the playoffs were Bowman, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and also Hunt Briscoe.Takeaways from Charlotte Nc: Bowman DisqualifiedBowman assumed he had progressed with an 18th-place coating, yet his cars and truck was actually as well lightweight in postrace weights. " Our experts are functioning to comprehend the concern and also will definitely make a decision Monday concerning whether to provide a beauty," Hendrick Motorsports said in a statement.NASCAR Mug Set policies need the auto to be 3,400-3,500 extra pounds, relying on the body weight of the driver. The crew acquires 5 per-cent-- concerning 17 pounds-- of altruism after a competition but the Bowman car still carried out certainly not bring in weight.The group was actually made it possible for to add fuel to the car as well as expunge the water system and invest brand-new water." Our company ran it back on [the scales] and also unfortunately it was the same weight," NASCAR Cup Set Director Brad Moran stated. "The car possessed a weight concern. ... That ends up in a disqualification." As a result of the possible allure, Moran will not point out how much weight the car was listed below specifications.Larson Champ FavoriteThe quotes could reek of swagger yet they were actually even more practical as Larson now has two times as lots of victories as every other driver this season.Larson: "The area knows that our company're strong. I presume the industry knows that we could possibly gain at any sort of monitor." Team chief Cliff Daniels:" [With] a quite powerful amount of respect for all the staffs that are mosting likely to reside in the Sphere of 8. Everybody has actually gained their means to get there. I believe our No. 1 competition is our own selves, and I believe if we carry out the many things that our team need to have to carry out, our group can implement." The collection heads to Las Vegas to open up the following round, a path where Larson has won the final pair of ethnicities. He also has won at the other tracks-- Homestead and Martinsville-- in the sphere." Our company desire to visit Las vega along with a considerable amount of confidence merely in our recent run there," Daniels pointed out. "Our company're going to possess a well-balanced volume of appreciation for that race and all set for every one of all of them." Reddick RalliesReddick, the regular-season champion, had challenging contact with Hamlin trying to steer clear of Austin Dillon in the second stage. He must match numerous times for repair work and also invested much of the activity responsible for Logano in the battle of what they believed was actually the last place (till learning about the Bowman DQ hours after the race). Pitting for tires along with 27 laps continuing to be while Logano didn't would like to quit his track posture confirmed to be the correct telephone call as Reddick blistered his means coming from 26th to 11th, leaving him four factors before Logano, who lost coming from fourth to eighth over the final 20 laps.Reddick did it mostly tidy yet carried out have exchange Daniel Hemric in the hairpin twist." He only miscalculated," Hemric said. "I understood he performed fresher tires. ... Nothing egregious, just portion of the disorder back certainly there. I know he performs tires as well as needs to act onward but wanted a little even more persistence there." Beyond sensation poor for that blunder, it was an abrasive performance for the motorist for the group co-owned through Michael Jordan." That's not exactly the program of responding to the front end, getting together along with fellow drivers you appreciate," Reddick said. "However it is actually auto racing. It's a cutoff ethnicity. You have actually come to bring in assertive moves and also you've reached go for it. I attempted to carry out it as precisely as possible. ... It was actually definitely an oversight." It doesn't transform the fact that it took place. It carried out. Yet our experts had to pass some vehicles." Cindric, that finished fourth, carried out as long as he could. Briscoe and also Suarez had technical issues. " I thought that within reason, without discussing my head, the group got in touch with a fantastic ethnicity, I experienced I drove a wonderful race-- just inadequate," Cindric stated. "I thought that we were wonderful yet not the most ideal. Therefore really cool to take that when we needed it the most. However we needed to locate one more level to gain." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted many years covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Performance journal as well as The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain more coming from NASCAR Mug Set Follow your favorites to get information about video games, news and more.