When news broke last week that Alex Bowman would retire from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition after the 2027 season, it was both unexpected and entirely understandable.
Unexpected because Bowman is only 33 years old. By modern NASCAR standards, that’s hardly retirement age. He’ll walk away after just 13 full seasons at the sport’s highest level, an age when many Cup drivers are still adding to their resumes rather than wrapping them up.
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Understandable because Bowman’s career has repeatedly been interrupted by injuries that have forced him to confront the physical toll of racing. A concussion sidelined him for five races in
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