{"id":92131,"date":"2025-08-23T21:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92131\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T21:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:51:07","slug":"alex-bowman-reacts-to-scary-nascar-playoff-bubble-situation-heading-into-daytona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92131\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Bowman reacts to scary NASCAR playoff bubble situation heading into Daytona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Bowman sure would love to be feeling comfortable heading into Saturday\u2019s regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway. Bowman is ninth in the points standings, and his 14 top 10s are tied for the second-most among NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series drivers. <\/p>\n

But without a win to his name this season, Bowman is anything but comfortable. There have been 14 winners this season.\u00a0Tyler Reddick\u00a0has the 15th playoff spot, +89 above the cutline and 29 points ahead of Bowman. If there\u2019s a new winner at Daytona, only one of Reddick or Bowman will get into the playoffs. Both will be playoff bound if there is no new winner \u2014 it\u2019s that simple. Could it actually be in both Bowman, a Chevrolet driver, and Reddick, a Toyota driver, best interests to work together? <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the stages, we might be each other\u2019s best friend. It is weird; it\u2019s a really weird situation to be in,\u201d Bowman told Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of winners, right? We\u2019re ahead of half of them in points, but it\u2019s the situation we\u2019re in. We\u2019ve got to do our best to make it happen. It sucks that we\u2019ve let a couple slip away this year, but it\u2019s where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Bowman on bubble. If no new 2025 winner tonight or if Reddick or Bowman win, both Reddick & Bowman make playoffs. If new winner, only one makes the playoffs. Reddick leads Bowman by 29 pts & is in with a ninth or better. Reddick starts 27th; Bowman 2nd. Bowman thoughts: pic.twitter.com\/po4kdv1gqP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) August 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Alex Bowman heading to Daytona to win<\/p>\n

Bowman, of course, will have plenty of help from his Hendrick Motorsports teammates. William Byron, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson \u2014 all winners in 2025 \u2014 have nothing to worry about at Daytona. If one of them wins, Bowman is going to the playoffs. While that outcome will do, Bowman\u2019s mindset is to win at Daytona; it has to be. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe typically work really well together,\u201d Bowman said of his Hendrick teammates, via Lee Spencer of Catchfence<\/a>. \u201cAnd if one of them wins, we\u2019re in. Obviously, there are a lot of different ways we can get in, and there\u2019s a couple of different ways we can get knocked out.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust need to try and put ourselves in position and control what we can control and kind of go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n