Alex Bowman will miss at least the next three races of the NASCAR Cup Series season as he continues to recover from vertigo, Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday. Justin Allgaier will pilot the No. 48 Chevrolet through Bristol. Bowman has been sidelined for the last two races after he exited the March 1 Cup Series event at Circuit of The Americas.
RELATED: Cup standings | Alex Bowman page
Advertisement
Myatt Snider was called into duty at COTA, while Anthony Alfredo and Justin Allgaier filled in for Bowman at Phoenix Raceway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, respectively. Alfredo finished 33rd in the Straight Talk Wireless 500 while Allgaier came in 25th in the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube.
“Alex continues to experience symptoms, so we are following the guidance of the medical team and giving him the time he needs to recover,” Jeff Andrews, president and general manager of Hendrick Motorsports, said in a team release. “We see how hard he‘s working to get back behind the wheel, and we‘re looking forward to his return when he‘s medically cleared. Everyone at Hendrick Motorsports is 100% behind Alex.”
Bowman is 36th in the Cup Series standings, 232 points behind leader Tyler Reddick and 94 points behind Shane van Gisbergen, Daniel Suárez and AJ Allmendinger, who are tied for 16th place. The Chase returns as NASCAR‘s postseason format this year, and the top 16 drivers in the regular season make The Chase.
Bowman is coming off a 2025 season where he made the postseason and finished 13th in the standings.
Advertisement
MORE: Elliott, Byron extend wishes to teammate Bowman
The 33-year-old from Tucson, Arizona, has eight wins, 46 top fives and 112 top 10s in 364 career starts over 12 seasons. His best finish in the final standings was sixth in 2020 for Hendrick Motorsports, where he has been as a full-time driver since 2018.
This story will be updated.
Read the full article here
