Hendrick Motorsports explains decision to not appeal Alex Bowman’s DQ

Hendrick Motorsports explains the decision to not appeal Alex Bowman’s disqualification in Charlotte. Find out Hendrick’s reasoning!

[autotag]Hendrick Motorsports[/autotag] let the deadline for filing an appeal pass by on Monday afternoon. After [autotag]Alex Bowman[/autotag] was disqualified from the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte ROVAL, the team decided against appealing, taking the blame for the penalty. The disqualification officially eliminated Bowman from the 2024 Cup Series playoffs.

Following the decision, Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon hopped on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and discussed why the organization decided against an appeal for Bowman.

“Quite honestly, it’s just one of those things where NASCAR has minimum pre-race and minimum post-race weights and our teams, in order to just make the best performing race cars every week for our drivers, we know that we’ve got to stay as close to those minimums as possible,” Gordon said. “In this case, the No.48 car, they just cut it too close and missed it.”

“So that’s on us, and pretty embarrassed by it and very disappointing after what was looking like a historical day and one of the most exciting days that we’ve had the racetrack, and it being a home race and everything, and celebrating in victory and all four (advancing) and that all got wiped away. We looked at all the facts and we didn’t feel there was anything that we felt comfortable appealing and we’re going to move on.”

Bowman has not discussed the disqualification yet, but he will get some questions as NASCAR heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 48 car had a very strong playoff run before the Charlotte ROVAL, making this development even more disappointing. Now, Bowman will focus on winning races to close out the 2024 Cup Series season.

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