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However, Bowman’s day was done in the third stage as the HMS driver suffered from an engine blow-up during the race. In Lap 358 of 500, Bowman took to his team radio and shared,<\/p>\n
“Blowing up.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here’s the video of Alex Bowman slowing down on track after the engine issue:<\/p>\n
At the time of publishing this article, Larson has kept his lead in the race. He is followed by Denny Hamlin, Ty Gibbs, and Chase Briscoe, with 45 laps to go.<\/p>\n
Alex Bowman dedicated his pole to Jon Edwards of Hendrick Motorsports<\/h2>\n Following his pole at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, Alex Bowman dedicated it to Jon Edwards, a Hendrick Motorsports member who passed away earlier this week. Edwards was the director of racing communications at Hendrick Motorsports.<\/p>\nNASCAR Cup Series driver Alex Bowman (48) during qualifying for the NASCAR Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n“It feels really good,” Bowman said as per Hendrickmotorsports.com. “Definitely want to dedicate this to Jon Edwards. Huge loss for everybody at (Hendrick Motorsports) and for his family and everybody close to him. He was probably my favorite person at (Hendrick Motorsports), one of the good guys for sure. Definitely going to be missed a lot. Just proud of our Ally 48 team.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Bowman hasn’t won a race this season, whereas his teammates Kyle Larson and William Byron, have already won one race each and qualified for the 2025 NASCAR playoffs.<\/p>\n
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