Hendrick Motorsports has confirmed that Alex Bowman will probably be again behind the wheel of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He has been battling signs of vertigo for the previous month.
The 32-year-old needed to get out of the automobile mid-race at COTA, with Myatt Snider bringing the automobile to the checkered flag. After Anhony Alfredo crammed in for him at Phoenix, Justin Allgaier has pushed the automobile at Las Vegas, Darlington, and Martinsville.
“I’m grateful for the assist I’ve had from Hendrick Motorsports, my sponsor Ally, our followers and the medical crew all through this course of,” mentioned Bowman in a launch from the crew. “It’s been robust being out of the automobile, however all of us wished to verify I used to be 100% prepared earlier than returning. I really feel actually good, and I’m enthusiastic about being on the monitor with my crew and getting again to racing.”
Hendrick says Bowman made some laps in a avenue automobile on the Hendrick-owned Ten Tenths Motor Membership street course earlier this week. He additionally took half in sim testing and pit cease observe and a full medical analysis afterwards.
“We’re pleased with Alex and the best way he’s dealt with this example,” mentioned Jeff Andrews, president and common supervisor of Hendrick Motorsports. “He’s put loads of work into his restoration and adopted the medical crew’s plan each step of the best way. From the outset, our objective was to prioritize his well being and have him return when he was absolutely recovered and medically cleared. We’re wanting ahead to seeing Alex again in his race automobile this weekend.”
Bowman presently sits thirty sixth within the championship standings with 23 factors, and is 144 factors away from the cutline, so it will likely be a tough job to level his method into the Chase over the subsequent 19 races.
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