Alex Bowman reacts to violent NASCAR crash at Michigan after leaving care center

What a hit Alex Bowman took in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan. He seems to be doing alright after the big wreck. Going head-on into the outside wall during Stage 2, Bowman had an all too familiar feeling.

If anyone has taken hard hits in the Next Gen car, it is Alex Bowman. He was out for multiple races in the 2022 season because of a concussion-like injury after taking a hit in the car. Since then, safety changes have been made by NASCAR to make the car crumple easier and absorb energy from wrecks.

After leaving the care center, Bowman spoke to Prime Video about the incident. He says this hit might be the hardest he’s ever taken in his career. This is a guy who broke his back in a sprint car incident, by the way.

“Yeah, that hurt a lot. Probably top of the board on hits I’ve taken, and unforutnately, I’ve taken a lot of hits,” Alex Bowman said. “So, hate that for the Ally 48 team, obviously, Ally’s from here.

“Yeah, it looks like, I don’t know, the 41 got loose or the 2 got into him or something. Then, yeah, at that point you’re just along for the ride. Coudln’t really do anything except think about, ‘Oh shit, this is about to hurt really bad. Yeah, hate that for our team, and it’s been a rough two months. So, just gotta keep digging.”

Another hit in the points for Bowman. Today was not ideal.

“I mean, honestly, we were pretty decent yesterday [in practice], I thought. We fell off too much on the long run, but I was pretty optimistic about today. We completely missed it to start the race, and obviously, you know, we got super loose and just had long pit stops making adjustments, trying to make it better, and never really got a chance to race again after that.

“Confident that my guys would have got the car better and we could have got back up through there but unforutnately when you get in the back like that, shit gets pretty crazy and stuff like that happens.”

Today has been sketchy for a number of drivers. Alex Bowman is not alone. He has had a tough go of things in the last few weeks. Right now, it feels like the 48 team is in a free fall and only a win can change their fortunes.