Alex Bowman suffered a nasty wreck at Michigan International Speedway prior to this past weekend’s race in Mexico City. The impact put his status in doubt for NASCAR’s international race throughout the week.

Alex Bowman wasn’t sure he was going to make the trip to Mexico City because of lower back pain suffered in the hardest hit of his career at Michigan last week.

Alex Bowman went through a head-on crash he said registered over 50G. He was evaluated for back pain during the week and Hendrick Motorsports put Anthony Alfredo on standby in Mexico City if Bowman was unable to compete in the inaugural Cup Series race.