The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Silly Season is in full swing, and as usual, Alex Bowman has found himself in the thick of it yet again.
On the most recent episode of the Door, Bumper, Clear podcast, hosted by NASCAR spotters Brett Griffin, TJ Majors and Freddie Kraft, a passing comment was made about Bowman and how his ride at Hendrick Motorsports could be in jeopardy if he’s a first-round exit from the 2024 playoffs.
Bowman himself is well aware of the rumors and addressed them at this year’s playoff media day, stating that he’s called several people within Hendrick for affirmation that he will remain with the team next year.
It’s not the first time Bowman has been at the center of Silly Season rumors, and at this point it certainly won’t be the last.
What makes this season’s rumor hold weight is that it comes from three people who are heavily involved in the NASCAR industry. While Griffin has stepped away from full-time spotting, Majors is Brad Keselowski‘s spotter, while Kraft spots for Bubba Wallace. This rumor didn’t come from some Reddit user looking for clicks or anything like that, it came from people who are well ingrained within NASCAR itself.
Whether the rumor holds any truth or not is up for debate. What’s not, however, is that this very conversation seems to come up year after year, regardless of how the rumor comes to be. It’s no secret Bowman and the No. 48 team have been a step behind his other Hendrick teammates, Kyle Larson, William Byron and Chase Elliott.
This issue is compounded by the fact that Bowman is in the midst of his first full-time season since 2021, as a concussion in 2022 and a broken back in 2023 sidelined him from a total of eight races across the two seasons. His win at the Chicago street course in July was his first since 2022 because of those injuries.
But even without the injuries, one can understand why Bowman is in this…
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