That's a wrap on the Round of 12, as NASCAR shelves another section of the playoffs and moves along to the Round of 8 with just four races remaining.

And by the way, no shockers to close out the Round of 12. Kyle Larson wins. Two-time Cup champ Joey Logano is the only "blueblood" eliminated from the playoffs. Not undeserved, to tell the truth.

WAIT. Hold the phone. Joey survives! Due to a rare DQ.

Go figure.

1. Kyle Larson wins, advances, blah, blah, blah ...

Kyle Larson has had plenty of ups this year but enough clankers to realize nothing is a given. Sunday at the Charlotte Roval, he looked like the driver to beat, which he probably is.

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Larson won and advanced to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR playoffs, and while that's big news, it's not the biggest.

The biggest involves the rest of the playoff survivors.

Here are the eight racers and team still alive with a chance to win the 2024 Cup Series championship:

• Kyle Larson

• William Byron

• Christopher Bell

• Ryan Blaney

• Chase Elliott

• Alex Bowman

• Denny Hamlin

• Tyler Reddick

That's right, all four Hendrick Motorsports teams move on — Larson, Elliott, Bowman, Byron ... except, wait, word from the scales says otherwise.

Scratch Bowman off that list.

2. Is that Joey Logano in the exit lane? Or not?

Joey's chance at a third Cup championship appeared over and it wasn't a big shock, given his unsteady season.

The three driver/team combos joining him on the way out offer no shockers: Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez, Chase Briscoe.

But just as Joey was hanging his head for the drive home Sunday night, word came that Bowman's car didn't meet the minimum weight requirement after the race. When has that happened? Anyone remember?

HOW does that happen?

We'll learn more as the next day or two unfolds.

3. Round of 8 starts at Vegas; here are updated standings

Up next, the Round of 8 begins with a trip west for next Sunday's South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Kyle Larson won in early March.

After that it's Homestead-Miami Speedway, followed by one final attempt this year at a quality short-track race — Martinsville, where William Byron won in April.

Does Logano make the most of his lease on life?

Does Bowman and his Hendrick team come up with a reason they were underweight?

Anyone else out there willing to give up a shot at a trophy for being underweight?

That's what I thought.

On our way out, let's look at the updated standings, as drivers carry their bonus points along for three more weeks until the final four start dead-even at Phoenix for the championship:

Kyle Larson (+33)

Christopher Bell (+13)

Tyler Reddick (+10)

William Byron (+4)

Ryan Blaney (-4)

Denny Hamlin (-8)

Chase Elliott (-9)

Joey Logano (-11)

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR playoffs in Charlotte: A DQ at Roval, plus updated standings