Driver of the No. 7 Chevrolet is currently in first season with team
Alex Bowman will be back with Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 7 Chevrolet for the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season after the team exercised its option on the 22-year-old driver.
The organization confirmed the decision in a Tuesday afternoon press release.
“We’ve got some great things happening right now and the most important part of all our plans was signing Alex as early as possible,” team owner Tommy Baldwin said in a release. “Now we can continue to focus on the rest of the parts and pieces needed to continue our forward progress.”
Bowman is in his first season with TBR and his second full-time season in the series. Bowman has competed in 15 races this season and is currently 33rd in the point standings. His best finish this season is a 16th-place result in the May race at Talladega Superspeedway.
“I’m excited for all the things Tommy and the team have in the works and knowing that I will be a part of that for the next year is a good feeling,” Bowman said. “This has been a good year for us and I am confident in what we can continue to do this season and next.”
This weekend’s Coke Zero 400 (Sunday, 7:45 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM) is a return to the place where Bowman recorded his best career finish in the Sprint Cup Series. Last season, while driving for BK Racing, Bowman finished 13th in the rain-shortened event.