It took about 15 minutes for NASCAR to grant Hendrick Motorsports’ request to replace Alex Bowman with Myatt Snider in the No. 48 Chevrolet at Circuit of The Americas.
The driver approval process normally takes much longer, but given the extenuating circumstances of Bowman falling ill during Sunday’s race, time wasn’t an option.
“Obviously, we would have loved to take hours, but we didn’t have that luxury,” NASCAR managing director of communications Mike Forde said during the latest episode of the “Hauler Talk” podcast. “And so the conversation wasn’t a lengthy one by any means.”
— NASCAR.com —