Alex Bowman will miss Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Collection race at Talladega Superspeedway with a concussion that the Hendrick Motorsports driver apparently suffered final week at Texas.

HMS stated Bowman was evaluated Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, and dominated out of this weekend’s playoff race. Noah Gragson will drive the No. 48 Chevrolet for Bowman.

“I am upset however know my well being is the primary precedence,” Bowman posted on social media. “I’m dedicated to comply with all medical steering to make sure I can return to competitors as quickly as attainable.”

Bowman is now the second driver sidelined with a concussion suffered in a crash of NASCAR’s new Subsequent Gen automotive. Kurt Busch has been out since a crash July 23 in qualifying at Pocono and withdrew his spot within the 16-driver playoff discipline. Busch stated this week he is hopeful to race earlier than the top of the season.

Bowman crashed on Lap 98 at Texas on Sunday however went on to complete the race. He took twenty ninth and is ranked final among the many remaining 12 playoff drivers. The sector will likely be reduce to eight after subsequent week’s race in Charlotte.

NASCAR this 12 months launched its Subsequent Gen automotive that was designed to chop prices and stage the enjoying discipline, however the security of the spec automotive has been beneath hearth since Busch’s crash. Drivers have complained they really feel the affect way more in crashes than they did within the previous automotive, and a rash of blown tires and damaged components has plagued the primary 4 races of the playoffs.