If you're the guy chosen to take the wheel from hyper-popular Dale Earnhardt Jr., you had better show some on-track chops.
On Sunday at Auto Club Speedway, Alex Bowman did just that as he recorded a dominating win in the Auto Club 400 in Fontana, Calif.
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