Bowman told Dave Moody on the “SiriusXM Speedway” show on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that he will be putting his Winged Sprint Car and Midget efforts on hold while placing a higher priority on his day job for Hendrick Motorsports.

“I’ve missed, what, 10 Cup races in the last two years for injuries? For Ally and Hendrick Motorsports and Chevrolet and everybody that puts so much into the 48 program, I can’t afford to miss more races,” Bowman told Moody. “I need to be in the car every week. You look at what it did to us this year, we go from being extremely strong and up front in points every week to a really tough rest of the year. I don’t need to do that again.”

Through the first 10 races of the Cup Series schedule prior to Bowman’s back injury, he had six top 10 finishes, three top five finishes, and was 10th in points. When he returned from his injury at May’s Coca-Cola 600, Bowman entered that race 17th in points. Following the injury, Bowman registered just one more top-five finish and four more top-10 finishes.

In addition to the three points races and one exhibition race missed in 2023, Bowman missed five races with a concussion near the end of the 2022 season.

Bowman confirmed to FloRacing that he’s not just putting a pause on his Sprint Car racing, but all dirt racing, including racing a Midget at the Chili Bowl Nationals next month. Alex Bowman Racing, which he owns, has three entries filed for the 2024 event. Jake Swanson and C.J. Leary will be in the 55A and 55V cars respectively, while there is a TBA next to the third ABR entry for the 55X. While Bowman said an announcement on that car is coming soon, he did confirm that it will definitely not be him racing that car.