Alex Bowman Caps A Great Atlanta Performance With A Top-Five Finish
6 months agoAlex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports placed fifth at the end of the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Beginning the race from the 11th position, Bowman quickly established himself as one of the more competitive drivers, ascending to fourth by lap 25. Bowman kept the pace up and finished third at the end of the first stage, scoring stage points. In the second stage, Bowman led for a few laps before he would be overtaken by the Team Penske drivers Austin Cindric and Ryan Blaney. Even through pit stops, Bowman struggled to get past the two Penske drivers and ended the second stage in third position again. In the final stage, Bowman avoided wrecking his car across multiple cautions and ran inside the Top 10 for most of the stage. On the race's final restart, Bowman was making passes until he got caught up in a wreck on the final lap. Bowman scored with a fifth-place finish at the time of the final caution despite having damage, giving him a new career-best finish at AMS since the track was reconfigured in 2022. As the Cup Series heads to Watkins Glen, Bowman is not expected to be one of the top competitors as he has a best finish of 14th in seven races at the site.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com
Alex Bowman Leaves Phoenix With His Best Finish At The Site Since 2016
6 days agoAlex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports ended Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 in the seventh position after an up-and-down day. Bowman began the race from the 32nd position, and after an early pit stop, he made up some ground and placed 17th by the end of the first stage. In the second stage, Bowman got involved in a multi-car accident and obtained some damage, but he could continue. The No. 48 Chevrolet driver would end the second stage in the 16th position, failing to score stage points for the entire day. In the final stage, Bowman shuffled his position up and down, running as high as third by lap 217 or falling back towards the back half of the top 20 during pit stops. Bowman eventually would take option tires during the final stage, allowing him to pass other cars and make it to the top 10. After the race's final restart, Bowman ended the race inside the top 10 with a finish of seventh, his highest at Phoenix since 2016.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com
Alex Bowman A Strong Place-Differential Play At Phoenix
1 week agoAlex Bowman will roll off the starting grid from 32nd place for Sunday's Shriners Children's 500 at Phoenix Raceway, but he should place much better than that when it's all said and done. Bowman, like his teammate Kyle Larson, clipped the apron in Turn 1 during his qualifying lap and ruined his time. And while Bowman may not be the strongest driver at Phoenix, he now becomes a very strong play in DFS on Sunday due to his place-differential upside (plus the fact that he is priced at just $7,800 on DraftKings). Over the last four races at this track, Bowman has ended up between ninth and 20th each time. Even if he's only able to pull off a 20th-place finish here on Sunday, that will equal 35 fantasy points for the Hendrick Motorsports driver thanks to place differential. Bowman is a strong core driver to build around in DFS on Sunday, especially in cash games.
Source: Steven Taranto X Account
Source: Steven Taranto X Account
Alex Bowman Recovers From COTA Penalty To Finish Ninth
2 weeks agoAlex Bowman consistently ran between ninth and 12th in the first half of Sunday's race at Austin but was penalized on Lap 51 for cutting the course at Turn 5. After his pit stop, he fell to 34th but he steadily worked his way through the field during Stage 3 before eventually finishing ninth, exactly where he was running at his peak earlier in the race. Bowman has been quite consistent at Circuit of the Americas, as he has now finished in the top 10 there in all five of his starts, even though he has seldom led. He slightly improved from ninth to seventh in points and he remains ahead of some heavy hitters like Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, and Ross Chastain.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
Alex Bowman A Core DFS Pick At COTA
2 weeks agoAt Circuit of the Americas this weekend, Alex Bowman should be one of the highest-performing DFS drivers on the slate. The Hendrick Motorsports driver qualified back in 21st for this weekend's EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, giving him plenty of Place Differential upside for Sunday's race. The No. 48 Chevrolet also looked incredibly strong in practice on Saturday, ranking fifth-fastest in the final session of the weekend. As far as track history goes, it doesn't get much better than Alex Bowman at COTA. He finished fourth here last season despite starting back in 17th, and has never had a result worse than eighth in four career starts at this track. At just $8,300 on DraftKings and with that super high potential, Bowman is an excellent option in all DFS formats this weekend.
Source: Driver Averages
Source: Driver Averages