Alex Bowman just can’t seem to get out of his own way right now in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Despite driving for Hendrick Motorsports, the organization widely considered NASCAR’s best, Bowman is struggling big time. That’s been especially true over the past couple of months.
And his struggles continued in Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
What Happened To Alex Bowman At Michigan?
After qualifying 16th for Sunday’s race, Alex Bowman was holding his own although not making the progress he’d hoped for. Things went south in a hurry for Bowman in the second stage, however, when his No. 48 Chevrolet was caught up in a multi-car crash and slammed the outside wall head-on.
Thankfully, Bowman walked away uninjured, but the same could not be said for his mangled race car.
“It just looked like the No. 2 (Austin Cindric) got into the No. 41 (Cole Custer) or he was in a bad aero spot, something like that,” Bowman said in describing the accident. “The No. 41 got loose and at that point, being on the outside, when they get into you, you’re just along for the ride. Really quickly turned the car into the outside wall, and it was a massive crash.”
The red flag is out at @MISpeedway after this incident involving multiple cars.@Alex_Bowman exited the No. 48 under his own power. pic.twitter.com/hP4HV8rbKN
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 8, 2025
Bowman has now finished worse than 25th in seven of his last nine starts, after starting out 2025 with five top-10s in the first six races. That hot start included a season-best runner-up finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he started from the pole.
But now, it seems like nothing can go right for Bowman, who finished dead last on Sunday at Michigan and is barely in position to qualify for a playoff berth.
“Hate it for our No. 48 Ally Chevrolet team and everyone at Hendrick Motorsports,” Bowman said. “We just have to keep digging. It’s been a really bad two months for us, but we just have to keep working hard.”
Alex Bowman Suggests That He And Team Are Underachieving
Even though Alex Bowman hasn’t gotten the results he’s wanted as of late, he doesn’t blame his recent woes on equipment.
After all, Hendrick Motorsports is rarely, if ever, lacking in this area. And everyone knows it.
That includes Bowman, who has gone nearly a year since his last win while teammates Kyle Larson and William Byron have gone to Victory Lane multiple times over that stretch.
“We’ve had a lot of speed and a lot of good race cars,” Bowman said. “Obviously today, we were off from where we needed to be. But just the support that we have from Rick (Hendrick, team owner), Jeff (Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman) and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports, they’ll give us the tools we need to get turned back around.
“We just needed to get pointed back in the right direction. We’re a much better race team than this.”
