Alex Bowman enters his 12th full-time NASCAR Cup Series season in 2026 and his sixth driving the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. The Tucson, Arizona, native has accumulated eight career Cup Series wins, eight poles, 62 top-five finishes, 158 top-10s, and seven playoff appearances since debuting full time in 2014.
Bowman recorded a strong 2025 season by advancing to the playoffs for the seventh time in his career and finishing 13th in the final standings. He posted 16 top-10 finishes, tied for the second-most of his career, and collected six top-five results, including runner-up finishes at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Richmond Raceway.
The 2024 season marked one of Bowman’s most statistically consistent. He delivered a career-high 17 top 10s, matched his career best with eight top fives and won the Chicago Street Race, securing his playoff berth and finishing ninth in the standings.
Bowman signed a three-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports in 2023, keeping him in the No. 48 through 2026. That season opened with the DAYTONA 500 pole, continuing Chevrolet’s streak of front-row starts in the event to 11. He started the year with six top 10s in the first seven races, including three top fives, before an injury sidelined him for three races. He returned to finish the season 20th in points.
Since joining Hendrick Motorsports full time in 2018, Bowman has delivered five playoff appearances, highlighted by his four-win season in 2021. He finishes a career-best sixth in the 2020 standings. His rise with the organization began in 2016 when he filled in for Dale Earnhardt Jr., earning the pole at Phoenix Raceway, leading 194 laps, and tallying three top-10 finishes across 10 starts.
Before reaching the Cup Series, Bowman earned four ARCA Menards Series wins, a NASCAR O’Reilly Series victory with JR Motorsports in 2017, and multiple poles and top-10 finishes across the ORAPS and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Today, he also operates Alex Bowman Racing, which fielded multiple entries in the 2025 Chili Bowl Nationals.
Today, he resides in Concord, North Carolina, with his three dogs: Finn, Merle and Huck.
