Alex Bowman Has Full Hendrick Motorsports Support in His Return From Vertigo Bout
Hendrick president Jeff Andrews makes it clear that, in Alex Bowman's return, the organization never wavered in protecting their driver.
Bowman's Back at Bristol Following Vertigo Bout Icon Sportswire - Getty Images Alex Bowman makes his NASCAR Cup Series return after a five-week medical leave following a surprise bout of vertigo that started while competing at the Circuit of the Americas in late February. Bowman had to abandon the race in the closing laps, and Hendrick Motorsports Sim driver Myatt Snider hopped in for his unexpected Cup Series debut . Bowman's first race back is at Bristol, a far cry from the Texas road course, following an all clear from the doctors and recreating the conditions of his original scare, both at the Hendrick-owned 10 Tenths Motor Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in the sim.
With the high-profile driver of the No. 48 HMS Chevrolet back early, Bowman and Hendrick President Jeff Andrews were made available to the media in a press conference, in which Andrews showed that Bowman had the full support of the team in his return and applauded it as a testament to Bowman's continued strength in the face of adversity. "Alex Bowman has always been the driver of the No.
48 Ally Chevrolet, and we never had questions about whose seat that was," Andrews answered Claire B. Lang. "I think we said that early on that we would follow a hundred percent the medical guidelines that we were given, plan Alex's return when it was medically cleared, and then as well when Alex said he was ready.
And so for us, Alex is part of our team. He is a key teammate for us and been an integral part of our company for quite some time. So we were willing to do what we needed to do to wait for him and get him back in at the right time.