Overview
- Bowman’s vertigo symptoms surfaced during the COTA race, prompting him to exit on Lap 71 as Myatt Snider completed the event.
- Team president Jeff Andrews says the condition appears unrelated to prior concussions and the No. 48 seat will be held for Bowman’s return.
- Justin Allgaier, fresh off a win in last weekend’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix, will pilot the No. 48 at Las Vegas.
- Hendrick Motorsports has applied for a playoff waiver as Bowman misses a second straight Cup race, with NASCAR typically deciding once a driver returns.
- FOX announcer Mike Joy apologized for an on-air misstatement about Bowman’s situation and clarified the vertigo traces back to the COTA episode.