Alex Bowman has had to pay a heavy price for extra-curricular racing. Earlier this year in April, the Hendrick Motorsports No.48 Chevrolet driver was involved in a Sprint Car crash during a High Limit Racing event at the 34 Raceway. The driver suffered from a fractured vertebra, which forced him to miss four Cup Series races. Recently, while speaking on the SiriusXM NASCAR podcast, the 30-year-old star disclosed that he was halting his dirt racing adventures and wouldn’t participate in the Chili Bowl Nationals in January.

However, that hasn’t stopped Alex Bowman from professing his desire to return to dirt racing. And High Limit’s supposed rival, the World of Outlaws, is in his sights. WoO has witnessed multiple NASCAR stars shine in its races in the past, and Bowman could be next in line.

Alex Bowman reveals his career plans after the Cup Series

Alex Bowman’s 2023 season was filled with uncertainty and misfortune. Apart from the consequences of a violent injury, he struggled to gain momentum in the Cup Series and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016. The side effects of his back injury have now spread to his ambitions in dirt racing.

The No.48 driver owns Alex Bowman Racing and, if not for the injury, would be driving for it at the Chili Bowl next month. However, last week, he confirmed the entries of Jake Swanson in the 55A car and C.J. Leary in the 55V car. A third entry is also on the cards, but with Bowman side-lined, an announcement is pending.

The World of Outlaws has been a lucrative destination for many NASCAR stars. Alex Bowman is certainly interested in following in their footsteps. Speaking about the same in a recent conversation with Dirttrackr, he talked about a tentative timeline for his entry into the WoO.

“I mean, I think as long as I’m able to. As soon as I’m done Cup racing, I’d love to do the Outlaw tour,“ stated Alex Bowman. “I think the areas of the country that I’ve never been to and that I want to see the life on the road, kind of all of it. I want to do it for sure.”

Moving on with the conversation, he added that certain factors could stop him from moving to the World of Outlaws, similar to his current situation. Honestly, he hates that his untimely injury has forced him to pull out of dirt racing.

“It’s going to happen unless there is a reason I can’t, but you know, I hate that I can’t race more dirt stuff. I think I saw a lot of people think that it was somebody else’s decision, and honestly, like regardless of what anyone else said, the decision was made before I talked to anybody else.”

For Alex Bowman, the decision to stay put was a tough one. But mustering the courage for it, he somewhat suggested that his interest in non-Cup Series racing ruined the 2023 season. But this time, he isn’t letting anything deter his commitment to the 2024 Cup series season.

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Making his stand clear about the NASCAR top division being the only thing on Bowman’s mind right now, the #48 driver opened up about the tough calls he made. Speaking to Dave Moody, Bowman said that his decision to pull out from dirt racing was independent, and naturally, the executives at Alex Bowman Racing agreed with it. Considering the repercussions of his injury, a break from dirt racing could speed his recovery.

Talking about his decision, he elaborated, “It was mine, at first.” “I made the decision. And then my decision got reinforced by management. I’ll get back to it someday, but the decision, it was definitely mine, but reinforced by smarter people than me,” Bowman further said.

Cup Series drivers have resorted to race outside of it very often. The most prominent example is Bowman’s teammate, Kyle Larson. Larson has run extensively across sprint and midget cars and is preparing for an IndyCar debut in 2024. Alex Bowman felt that despite a burning desire to race in different circuits, it has cost him a lot in hindsight.

“It’s just going to be something that I’m going to push off until I’m at that point in my life where it’s what I want to do, and it’s not going to take away from anything else. My job on Sundays is super important to me, and unfortunately, this year, I from now onwas doing something for fun that greatly took away from what I do on Sundays. I’m going to avoid that going forward,” the driver said.

Alex Bowman wants to get back to his best as soon as possible, and in pursuit of that, he has had to sacrifice some of his desires.

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