Alex Bowman to feature DC Superhero ‘Static’ on his No.48 at Atlanta Motor Speedway


Alex Bowman to feature DC Superhero ‘Static’ on his No.48 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Alex Bowman and the DC Superhero 'Static'

Alex Bowman who drives the No.48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series contender will be heading to the Atlanta Motor Speedway for the second time this year after the first being the Folds of Honor Quiktrip 500 where he placed 10th and now NASCAR will be hosting the Quaker State 400 which will be a 400 miler which will be run for 260 laps and the track length will be 1.54 miles held annually at the Speedway in the month of July.

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Alex Bowman will be running the race in partnership with the comic book company DC, Milestone Media, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Bowman’s primary sponsor Ally teamed up with these media companies to extend their support to emerging storytellers from various ethnicities and aid them professionally and financially providing required essentials and funds required to write, publish and advertise or develop the stories further which will revolutionize the comic books world with Milestone Media was owned by a person of color.

The DC character Alex Bowman will be carrying on his hood is the fictional Superhero part of the comics published by DC popularly known by the name ‘Static’ created by Milestone Comics founders Dwayne McDuffle, Denys Cowan and appeared first in the issue No#1 of ‘Static’ in June 1993 and his powers weren’t with him since his birth but he got them after being exposed to a radioactive chemical called ‘Quantum Juice’ and he kind of resembled the storyline of Marvel Comics‘ comic book character ‘Miles Morales’ who has superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider.

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How has Alex Bowman’s 2022 season turned out so far?

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Alex Bowman’s paint scheme for the upcoming Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Alex Bowman has had a pretty impressive season despite finishing 24th in the season opener Daytona 500 after crashing on lap 63 and not being able to recover and then had another bad race at Fontana finishing 25th after hitting the outside wall and then came back strong as he won the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway followed by a P14 at Phoenix Raceway in the Ruoff Mortgage 500 and then a P10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

He then went on to finish 2nd behind winner Ross Chastain in the first road course race of the season at Circuit of The Americas followed by a P8 at Richmond Raceway and then came a P12 at Martinsville Speedway with a P6 following that at Bristol Motor Speedway and then a 9th place finish at Talladega Superspeedway followed by a P5 in the DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway following his first DNF at Darlington Raceway.

Alex Bowman then came back strong with a P9 at Kansas Speedway and went on to finish 6th in the iconic Texas All-Star Race and then finished 10th in the longest Coca-Cola 600 in the sport’s history followed by a 13th place finish in the inaugural Cup Series event in the Enjoy Illinois 300 at the World Wide Technology Raceway and then a P16 at Sonoma Raceway followed by a DNF in the most recent Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway after returning from the off-weekend.

With Alex Bowman holding strong in 10th place on the points table, he would be doing himself a favor after securing another win just to cement his playoff spot.

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