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 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.
Dave Elenz, who worked as Erik Jones' crew chief, has parted ways, which resulted with Ben Beshore shifting to Jones' No. 43 team while Brian Campe will work as a crew chief for John Hunter Nemechek and the No. 42 team on an interim role for the remainder of the 2024 season.
The 2023 Daytona 500 champion from Olive Branch, Mississippi, led 19 of 195 over-scheduled laps and edged Brad Keselowski by 0.006 seconds during an overtime shootout to snap a 65-race winless drought and record his fourth Cup career victory at 'Dega.
The 2021 Daytona 500 champion from Glendale, Arizona, notched his sixth Cup career pole and his fifth on superspeedway venues in 2024 with a pole-winning lap at 183.063 mph in 52.310 seconds.
The two-time Xfinity Series championship-winning crew chief from Gaylord, Michigan, is scheduled to reach a milestone feat in his third full-time season as a crew chief in NASCAR's premier series.
