Dale Earnhardt Jr. has reacted to Hendrick Motorsports' decision not to appeal Alex Bowman’s disqualification from the Bank of America 400 labelling it as ‘confusing’.
The 31-year-old was set to progress into the final eight of the playoffs, however he was subjected to post race inspection at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Why didn't Hendrick Motorsports appeal Alex Bowman’s disqualification?
Following the race his team, Hendrick Motorsports, revealed they were contemplating whether to appeal the decision, with them eventually deciding not to launch an appeal.
Speaking on his podcast Dale Jr Download, Earnhardt reacted to the team’s decision, revealing the team’s confusion as to why the car was underweight.
“With everything on the line, this is Alex’s championship hopes. They rest on the idea that they can somehow appeal this, and they didn’t even try to appeal it,” Earnhardt said.
“I called around a little bit yesterday looking for some information. I was told that there was no understanding as to how the car was light, what might have come off of it.
“The team at one point yesterday was still as confused as the rest of us. That was a bit surprising because the teams are good enough, all the guys and the technical crew chief, engineers, if the car is light, they can probably look at the car and spend 20 minutes in the garage and go, ‘Yup, there it is. There’s the problem.’