[autotag]Alex Bowman[/autotag] didn’t have the same speed his Hendrick Motorsports teammates displayed at Martinsville Speedway last weekend. William Byron, Kyle Larson, and Chase Elliott were the event’s top finishers, while Bowman finished in eighth place. The driver of the No. 48 car could never get the track position to run in the front.
Following the event, Bowman talked about his day at Martinsville and addressed the final restart in NASCAR overtime. The Hendrick Motorsports driver was a little frustrated with how Chase Briscoe raced him in the final laps.
“Wish we would have had a little better day with our Ally 48,” Bowman said. “The last two runs, we just struggled a lot. We tightened up all day, and then the race track got black, and finally, we got on the other side of it and got too tight.“
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“But that last restart, I didn’t stand a chance. [Chase Briscoe] drove through me all four corners. So, just tough there to lose a couple of spots. But that’s short-track racing, part of it at times. So yeah, moving on to next week, hopefully, it’s good for us, but a great day for Hendrick Motorsports.”
Briscoe finished in 10th place, so it didn’t work out in his favor. he came home with an eighth-place finish, and while expectations were high, it was still a solid finish. Now, Bowman will look ahead to Texas Motor Speedway and try to end his winless streak to clinch a spot in the 2024 NASCAR playoffs.
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