Alex Bowman to start 27th at Bristol in NASCAR Cup return
Alex Bowman will start 27th in the Food City 500 Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, his first NASCAR Cup Series race since March.
Bowman, the polesitter for the Spring Bristol race last year, posted a lap time of 15.368 seconds Saturday in qualifying
Bowman missed four races after a vertigo diagnosis, with Anthony Alfredo and Justin Allgaier taking the reins of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 entry.
“I think it’s no secret that it’s been a rough year on the No. 48 team, and the two of them (Alfredo and Allgaier) worked super hard to give it all they had,” Bowman said. “I’m appreciative of all their help.
“I spent a lot of time talking to Justin (Allgaier) today before I came in here, too. So, yeah, those guys were super helpful and really appreciate it.
Bowman laid down the 16th-fastest time in the single practice session prior to qualifying Saturday.
In 17 starts, Bowman has earned three Top-5 finishes, six Top-10 finishes and led laps in each of his last four starts at the Tennessee track.
After missing four races, Bowman is mired to 36th in points, 144 points behind the playoff cutline.
The Food City 500 is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Sunday.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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