Circuit of the Americas is one among Alex Bowman’s finest tracks, however Sunday’s outcome was removed from what he wished. The Hendrick Motorsports driver was struggling behind the wheel, feeling extraordinarily sick.
Bowman additionally desperately wanted factors after a tough first two races, which left him thirty second within the championship standings. Because the COTA race progressed, he advised the staff that he merely couldn’t proceed. He did handle to attain a handful of stage factors in Stage 1 after staying out to seize seventh place. However after that, he light to the again regardless of having the most effective common finishes of all drivers on the Austin highway course.
“I do not know if I will make it,” radioed Bowman with 25 laps to go. He was operating twenty eighth on the time. Quickly after, he fell exterior the highest 30.
“It is your name” spotter Kevin Hamlin replied. Crew chief Blake Harris was additionally speaking to Bowman, telling him it was okay if he wanted to get out of the automobile.
The staff then advised Bowman: “There isn’t any distinction in ending proper now or not. Factors do not matter, no matter you want.”
And so, with simply over 20 laps to go, Bowman drove the #48 Chevrolet behind the wall and introduced it to the hauler, the place he climbed out. He was already operating on the very again of the pack earlier than that.
Myatt Snider bought behind the wheel of the #48, ending the race for Hendrick Motorsports. NASCAR surveyed the driving force change, and authorised of the mid-race swap. Snider is an skilled driver within the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Components Sequence and a confirmed winner there, however he has by no means truly raced a Cup automobile earlier than.
Snider was working as a pit spotter for NASCAR on FOX throughout Sunday’s race earlier than getting the decision to drive for Hendrick.
The #48 automobile was operating thirty sixth, 5 laps down, when Snider took over. They remained there for the remainder of the race, as the one automobile that failed to complete was the #19 of Chase Briscoe. Per NASCAR guidelines, Bowman might be credited with the end and the factors scored by Snider.
Bowman was later checked and launched from the infield care heart, leaving below his personal energy.
After the race, Hendrick Motorsports launched the next assertion: “It was an sudden state of affairs. Alex wasn’t feeling nicely sufficient to proceed, so we made the decision to get him out of the automobile. It got here on instantly. He was seen within the care heart and obtained fluids, however we don’t have something additional to share at the moment. We’re grateful to Myatt for stepping in on such brief discover.”
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Photograph by: Logan Riely / Getty Photographs
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