Alex Bowman did not have a good Sunday night after leaving the Charlotte Roval and it wasn’t just because he was kicked out of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
Bowman was sitting by his pool when he heard from crew chief Blake Harris that there might be an issue with the No. 48 Chevrolet in post-race inspection. A little while later, it became official that the car failed for being too light, and Bowman was disqualified from the race, which eliminated him from the postseason.
“I proceeded to throw my phone in the pool, and my phone proceeded to call 911 and tell them I was in a car crash,” Bowman said Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where the Round of 8 begins. “So my Sunday night wasn’t very good. But it couldn’t happen to anybody else that way, right?”…