Why Injured Alex Bowman Is Considering Parking Sprint Car Side Hustle

• NASCAR Cup Series driver Alex Bowman broke his T3 vertebrae last month during a High Limit Sprint Car Series event at 34 Raceway, a 3/8-mile semi-banked clay track, in West Burlington, Iowa.

• The 30-year-old driver, who broke his back on his birthday had two words to describe being out of his race car: “It sucks!”

• Hendrick Motorsports president and general manager Jeff Andrews has said the organization would re-evaluate what drivers can do for extracurricular activities.

Alex Bowman, who is still recovering from a broken back suffered in a Sprint Car accident last month, says he doesn’t know if he will return to that form of racing once he’s healthy.

“That’s a tough decision,” Bowman says. “At some point yes (I want to return to Sprint Car racing), but I just don’t know when that point will be.

“Obviously, sitting out of the car again when I was recently out of the car last year (for a concussion) isn’t good for me. It’s not the money … I want to win Cup races and I don’t like sitting out.”

Hendrick Motorsports president and general manager Jeff Andrews has said the organization would re-evaluate what drivers can do for extracurricular activities, but Bowman said no one has said anything to him about it.

“I’m going to do whatever they are comfortable with,” Bowman said. “Obviously, I’ve really enriched my car racing in the last year … we’ll just have to wait and see.”