The NASCAR Cup Collection postseason has been good for Alex Bowman, however not ok.
He and his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports group have three top-10 finishes in 4 races, which is sweet sufficient for a 9.5 common end. It’s the second-best common of all playoff drivers, and Bowman is certainly one of 4 who has three prime 10s, however he’s the one on the prime of the sector in stage factors earned (53).
“It’s been an excellent 4 weeks for us,” Bowman stated Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway. “We’ve got a protracted technique to go, although, so now we have to maintain executing at a excessive stage. I actually know that we’re able to it and I’m able to it, however we simply have a protracted technique to go and have to stick with it.”
Of the Hendrick Motorsports drivers, Bowman and Elliott are the one two who’ve earned 4 top-10 finishes in three races. They each have the identical common end, however William Byron and Kyle Larson sit above Bowman on the playoff grid having put collectively a significantly better common season, giving them the insurance coverage (playoff) factors to assist their trigger.
Bowman had only one win within the common season. The 5 playoff factors from that had been the one bonus factors he carried into the postseason.
The turnaround in efficiency has come on the proper time. On the subject of consistency, Bowman stated after final weekend at Kansas Speedway his group has “been OK” with higher tempo within the race automotive, and that they had been headed in the proper path.
It was not a tongue-in-cheek remark about their — maybe surprising — rise within the championship hunt.
“That’s how I really feel,” Bowman stated. “We haven’t gained within the playoffs and we’re working OK; we’re not working superb. I feel final week we had a very quick race automotive and the final restart didn’t work out. We’re doing properly, however we’re eight above the cutline, so most likely not ok for the time being.”
