Bowman gets needed boost at Chicagoland, eyes upset run in In-Season Challenge

JOLIET, Ill. — Alex Bowman knows he didn’t put any extra effort into Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. His preparation was the same as it is every week, he said, as was the prep of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team.But for the first time since May, that work paid off with a top-five finish in Sunday’s eero 400, a much-needed boost for a driver and team that have heard all the noise in the midst of a season in which Bowman and Co. sit 29th in the