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What caused Alex Bowman's disastrous 40-second pit stop at Darlington?

Entering the NASCAR Cup Playoffs as the bottom seed, Alex Bowman was desperate to make up some ground in the points standings. Instead, he struggled with the No. 48 car throughout Sunday's race, and even faced a major setback on pit road less than 70 laps into the event.

Bowman pitted under green, but instead of spending about ten seconds in his stall, it took his pit crew roughly 40 seconds to get the car fully serviced. He fell two laps down and spent a large chunk of the race just trying to make up those lost laps.

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