A suspension of two pit crew members for Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 Cup Series team and four Xfinity crew chiefs being fined for lug nut violations on their respective entries highlight this past weekend's NASCAR events at the Charlotte Roval.
Bowman's No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet entry failed to meet the minimum weight specifications during the Charlotte Roval's post-race inspection process, which has resulted with Bowman being removed from the Playoff's Round of 8 field and moving Joey Logano back into Playoff contention.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 62 of 109-scheduled laps and muscled away from the field during a 26-lap dash to the finish to notch his sixth Cup victory of the 2024 season and race his way into the Playoff's Round of 8.
The 21-year-old Mayer from Franklin, Wisconsin, led 13 of 72 over-scheduled laps and overtook Parker Kligerman during an overtime shootout to notch his third Xfinity victory of 2024 and race his way into the Playoff's Round of 8.
The three-time SuperCars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, posted his best qualifying lap at 99.246 mph in 82.704 seconds, which was enough to claim his first Cup Series career pole at the Roval.
The three-time SuperCars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, notched the third Xfinity Series pole of his career and of the 2024 season with a pole-qualifying lap at 97.110 mph in 84.523 seconds.
The 41-year-old Allmendinger from Los Gatos, California, led a race-high 46 of 109 laps and survived four caution and restart attempts before fending off a hard-charging Byron to claim his first Cup victory of the 2023 season at the Charlotte Roval.
The 20-year-old Mayer from Franklin, Wisconsin, led a race-high 50 of 67-scheduled laps and raced his way into the Playoff's Round of 8 by notching a dominant, "walk-off" victory at the Charlotte Roval.
Hendrick Motorsports will cap off the 2023 season by adding Said and Caruth to its driver lineup of the No. 17 entry for two of the remaining five Xfinity scheduled events.