[autotag]Alex Bowman[/autotag] suffered an injury that knocked him out for three NASCAR Cup Series races after crashing during a sprint car event on his birthday. Bowman came back after his back injury but was never the same again. The driver of the No. 48 car missed the 2023 playoffs and scored the least top-10 finishes in his time with Hendrick Motorsports.
Bowman jumped on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and discussed his future of racing outside NASCAR. Will the Hendrick Motorsports driver compete in sprint car races during the 2024 season? Based on his response, don’t count on that happening.
“For Ally, Hendrick Motorsports and everybody that puts so much into the No. 48 program, I can’t afford to miss more races,” Bowman said. “I need to be in the car every week You look at what it did to us this year. We went from being extremely strong every week, up front in points to a really tough rest of the year. I don’t need to do that again.”
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“So, I won’t be in a winged sprint car for the foreseeable future. I would say when I’m done Cup racing, I would love to do the Outlaw tour. It’s just going to be something that I’m going to push off until I’m at that point in my life where it’s what I want to do and it’s not going to take away from anything else. My job on Sundays is super important to me. Unfortunately, this year I was doing something for fun that greatly took away from what I do on Sundays. I’m going to avoid that going forward.”
It sounds like Bowman will have to wait until he is done racing in the Cup Series to compete in a winged sprint car again. It was an unfortunate accident for the Hendrick Motorsports driver, but he can’t afford to miss more time in the No. 48 car. Bowman will still be involved with his dirt team; however, he won’t be driving any of his entries.
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