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Alex Bowman a Long Shot to Advance in Playoffs
Hendrick Motorsports has typically lacked speed at Gateway in general, and Alex Bowman has been the most obvious example of that as he has never finished better than 13th here and he finished 26th and 28th the last two years. His 25th-place qualifying run matches his worst from 2022, although that was admittedly the year that he had his best finish. Bowman has definitely been faster this year in general than he was in 2023 and 2024, so he might have a performance closer to 2022, although the fact that he qualified worst of any playoff driver is not very inspiring. The fact that he's the lowest-qualifying playoff driver definitely gives him some Place Differential upside makes him a quite solid DFS option, but you can probably count him out in terms of advancing to the Round of 12.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
