Alex Bowman is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports. Bowman has recorded 9 wins and 36 podiums from 392 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 6,042 ranks Bowman 194th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-09-27 | Kansas | P18 | โ |
| 2026-09-19 | Bristol | P35 | โ150 |
| 2026-09-13 | World Wide Technology Raceway | P2 | +136 |
| 2026-09-06 | Darlington | P12 | +57 |
| 2026-08-29 | Daytona International Speedway | P8 | +94 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +173 | Daytona International Speedway 2013 | NASCAR Xfinity | P3 |
| +144 | Talladega 2026 | NASCAR Cup Series | P3 |
| +138 | Texas 2026 | NASCAR Cup Series | P3 |
| +136 | The Coliseum 2023 | NASCAR Cup Series | P4 |
| +136 | World Wide Technology Raceway 2026 | NASCAR Cup Series | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | Hendrick Motorsports | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | โ69 | 6,042 |
| 2025 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | โ392 | 6,111 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +56 | |||
| 2024 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 39 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +493 | 6,446 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P39 | โ9 | |||
| 2023 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | โ17 | 5,962 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | +8 | |||
| 2022 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | โ208 | 5,971 | |
| โธNASCAR Truck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | โ346 | |||
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +75 | |||
| 2021 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 39 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | โ230 | 6,450 | |
| 2020 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +264 | 6,727 | |
| 2019 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 40 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +544 | 5,997 | |
| 2018 | โธNASCAR Cup Series | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | โ177+217 | 6,547 | |
| โธNASCAR Xfinity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | โ69 | |||
| 2017 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Chip Ganassi Racing | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +149 | 5,801 |
| โธNASCAR Truck | GMS Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +48 | ||
| 2016 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | JR Motorsports | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P18 | +202 | 5,399 |
| 2015 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | Athenian Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | +22 | 5,373 |
| โธNASCAR Truck | JR Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | โ | ||
| 2014 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | JR Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | โ10 | 5,151 |
| 2013 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | RAB Racing | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P19 | +908 | 5,137 |
| 2012 | โธNASCAR Xfinity | RAB Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P35 | +2,879 | 4,229 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐บ๐ธ Austin DillonFIA Gold | 5,843 | 368 | 182 | 186 | 49% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Joey Logano | 6,645 | 351 | 132 | 219 | 38% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kyle BuschFIA Platinum | 5,958 | 349 | 138 | 211 | 40% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Brad Keselowski | 6,114 | 343 | 162 | 181 | 47% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Ryan Blaney | 6,717 | 336 | 129 | 207 | 38% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Erik Jones | 5,748 | 333 | 183 | 150 | 55% |
| ๐ฒ๐ฝ Daniel Suรกrez | 6,249 | 331 | 189 | 142 | 57% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Kyle LarsonFIA Gold | 6,632 | 329 | 122 | 207 | 37% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Chris Buescher | 6,160 | 329 | 173 | 156 | 53% |
| ๐บ๐ธ William Byron | 6,419 | 325 | 154 | 171 | 47% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Denny HamlinHigher-rated | 7,394 | 324 | 122 | 202 | 38% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Christopher BellFIA Silver, 1ร champion | 6,919 | 248 | 100 | 148 | 40% |
| ๐บ๐ธ Ty GibbsHigher-rated, 2ร champion | 6,759 | 150 | 80 | 70 | 53% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 184 | ๐ฌ๐ง Bob Gerard | Formula 1 | 6,051 |
| 185 | ๐ซ๐ท Sacha Fenestraz | Super GT | 6,049 |
| 186 | ๐ฉ๐ช Thierry Boutsen | FIA GT Championship | 6,049 |
| 187 | ๐บ๐ธ Michael Andretti | IndyCar | 6,048 |
| 188 | ๐ณ๐ฟ Brendon Hartley | WEC | 6,047 |
| 189 | ๐ฌ๐ง Mike Spence | Formula 1 | 6,047 |
| 190 | ๐บ๐ธ Jack McGrath | Formula 1 | 6,046 |
| 191 | ๐ฌ๐ง Eddie Irvine | Formula 1 | 6,045 |
| 192 | ๐บ๐ธ Jim Hall | SCCA Regionals | 6,045 |
| 193 | ๐ฌ๐ง Tony Brooks | Formula 1 | 6,045 |
| 194 | ๐บ๐ธ Alex Bowman | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,042 |
| 195 | ๐ซ๐ท Patrick Depailler | Formula 1 | 6,040 |
| 196 | ๐บ๐ธ Dale Earnhardt Jr. | NASCAR Xfinity | 6,039 |
| 197 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Gijs van Lennep | Formula 1 | 6,037 |
| 198 | ๐ฎ๐น Eugenio Castellotti | Formula 1 | 6,034 |
| 199 | ๐ณ๐ฟ Howden Ganley | Formula 1 | 6,034 |
| 200 | ๐ฌ๐ง Derek Warwick | Formula 1 | 6,033 |
| 201 | ๐ฌ๐ง Johnny Herbert | FIA GT Championship | 6,029 |
| 202 | ๐ฎ๐น Luigi Villoresi | Formula 1 | 6,019 |
| 203 | ๐ณ๐ฟ Marcus Armstrong | IndyCar | 6,019 |
| 204 | ๐จ๐ญ Toulo de Graffenried | Formula 1 | 6,019 |
Alex Bowman is an established professional competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, where he drives the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. His career spans 15 seasons across NASCAR's national and developmental series, with 330 starts in the Cup Series since 2018 and additional experience in the Xfinity and Truck series. He races ovals as his primary discipline, taking the vast majority of his starts on oval tracks across all three series.[1]
Bowman has recorded 8 wins and 31 podiums in the Cup Series, establishing himself as a consistent mid-field competitor in a national field that ranges from semi-professional entrants to graded professionals. His record in the Xfinity and Truck series added a single win and five additional podiums across 61 starts. He finished 27th in the 2025 Xfinity standings after one round, his most recent racing activity.[2]
His regular opponents in the Cup Series include Austin Dillon, a 2015 Xfinity champion and Gold-graded professional with 340 Cup starts, and Joey Logano, an elite professional who has run 343 Cup races. Against this company Bowman remains closely matched. He has finished ahead of Denny Hamlin, the 2025 Cup champion and an elite professional, and Christopher Bell, a 2024 Cup champion and Silver-graded driver, on multiple occasions across their shared seasons, though both have substantially outpaced him in the overall head-to-head record.