NASCAR CUP SERIES: COOK OUT 400

August 16, 2025

Alex Bowman

Pit Lane Interview

Q. What did you need tonight?

ALEX BOWMAN: A couple favors. I sure complained about it on the radio, but that's just part of what we do, so...

Vented a little bit, but had a really good ally 48 in the last run. Just broke the tires off too much in lap traffic. Didn't get any breaks. That made me kind of work the rears harder than I need to.

Just need to be a little better through there to get to him. I certainly think we had the better car. Unfortunately didn't get there.

Blake and all the guys did a great job. Just came up a little bit short.

Q. Next week, you will be 16th, at that cutoff point. Can you talk to us about being a stressor, how will you handle the week?

ALEX BOWMAN: Yeah, certainly really stressful on a lot of fronts. I mean, I think with the way that race normally goes, it's about a must-win at that point because I think you're most likely going to have a new winner.

Yeah, just need to go execute and try to win the race. That's all we can really do. Looks like we maybe can get to the 45. Looks like he had a bad day. So possible there.

Looks like a big gap, so... Just got to go to work. That's all we can do at this point. That's what we've been doing, right? We've been doing a lot of good things. Unfortunately just one spot short tonight.

Q. A couple weeks in a row you've been strong. What about the team?

ALEX BOWMAN: Yeah, the team, clearly we're not very popular through the garage with that last run (smiling). Still doing a really good job and executing at a high level.

Just proud of all the guys to continue to work hard and try to overcome the situation we're in, and we'll keep digging.