Alex Bowman has signed a one-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports and can retire from full-time NASCAR Cup Collection competitors after subsequent season.
This may mark a full decade stint with the Chevrolet flagship, through which the now 33-year-old could have pushed each the No. 88 and No. 48 automobiles following the respective retirements of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson. His first begins with the group got here in 2016 in a substitute function for Earnhardt.
Total, Bowman has eight victories on the highest stage, however has additionally suffered quite a few accidents throughout that point:
A concussion in 2022 that sidelined him for 5 races
A fractured vertebra in 2023 that sidelined him for 3 races
A bout of vertigo that price him 4 races this season
“I’ve spent numerous time occupied with what’s subsequent, and this seems like the proper choice on the proper time,” Bowman stated in a Hendrick press launch. “The game asks numerous you, and I’ve discovered it’s essential to take heed to your physique and make the proper decisions for your self. To say I’m extremely grateful to Mr. Hendrick, our companions at Ally and Chevrolet, and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports could be an understatement. They believed in me and gave me the most important alternative of my life.
“My focus now could be on taking advantage of my time on the racetrack and competing for wins. We nonetheless have rather a lot to perform, and I wish to shut my profession on a excessive notice for our staff and our followers. To have the possibility to try this with this group and these folks is absolutely particular.”
Rick Hendrick has shaped a familial bond with Bowman, with each steadily speaking in regards to the father-son dynamic they’ve solid throughout their time collectively.
“Alex has meant a lot to our group for a very long time,” stated Hendrick in the identical launch. “He’s overcome adversity, gained massive races and represented our staff and companions with professionalism, character and sophistication. Alex is an amazing expertise within the race automobile and a fair higher particular person outdoors of it. We’re proud he’ll have the chance to complete his full-time profession with us on his phrases. He’s household.”
Each Bowman and Hendrick can be made accessible for a press convention on Friday on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to debate the event.
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