NASCAR driver Alex Bowman announces plan to retire from full-time competition after 2027

Alex Bowman's NASCAR Cup Series aboriginal had been uncertain, but that's nary longer the case.

The operator of the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro for Hendrick Motorsports has signed a one-year hold to enactment with the squad successful 2027.

However, aft that, the 33-year-old volition discontinue from racing full-time.

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"I’ve spent a batch of clip reasoning astir what’s next, and this feels similar the close determination astatine the close time," Bowman said successful a statement. "The athletics asks a batch of you, and I’ve learned it’s important to perceive to your assemblage and marque the close choices for yourself. To accidental I’m incredibly grateful to Mr. Hendrick, our partners astatine Ally and Chevrolet, and everyone astatine Hendrick Motorsports would beryllium an understatement. They believed successful maine and gave maine the biggest accidental of my life.

"My absorption present is connected making the astir of my clip connected the racetrack and competing for wins. We inactive person a batch to accomplish, and I privation to adjacent my vocation connected a precocious enactment for our squad and our fans. To person the accidental to bash that with this enactment and these radical is truly special."

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NASCAR operator Alex Bowman announced plans to discontinue from full-time contention aft the extremity of the 2027 Cup Series season. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)

Bowman has battled injuries the past fewer years. Concussion-like symptoms ruled him retired of 5 races during the 2022 season, portion a breached vertebra sustained successful a sprint car clang forced him to miss 3 races the pursuing season. He besides missed 4 races this play portion dealing with vertigo.

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The Tucson autochthonal has 8 vocation wins, 4 of which came successful the 2021 season.

Alex Bowman is presently sitting 29th successful the NASCAR Cup Series standings. (Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

This play has been a pugnacious 1 for the No. 48. He's 29th successful the standings with an mean finishing presumption of 21.765, which would beryllium his worst since the 2015 season, earlier helium joined Hendrick Motorsports.