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Bank of America ROVAL 400

Sunday, October 10th, 2021

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC

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  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 16 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • Bank of America ROVAL 400
  • Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 40
  • Team: No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gabehart
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Sunday, October 10th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Kyle Larson wins battle royal at Charlotte ROVAL, advances in Playoffs

Sunday's Bank of America ROVAL 400 featured a frequent winner, a couple of unlikely heroes and occasional villainy.

Kyle Larson took the checkered flag after 109 laps at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course to win for the seventh time this season and advance to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Larson won for the third time on a road course—the most ever in series history in a single season—in a race that featured the violent renewal of the Bristol-born rivalry between Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott.

And Larson's victory was no stress-free Sunday drive. Car chief Jesse Saunders and hauler driver Steven Legendre changed the battery and alternator belt on Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet under caution and kept him on the lead lap at the end of Stage 2, after the voltage dropped and put Larson in danger of elimination from the Playoff.

"It wasn't looking too good," Larson said of the electrical problems that beset his car. "Thankfully, everybody on our 5 car did a great job of staying calm. (Crew chief) Cliff (Daniels), as always, did a great job of communicating with me what was going on, getting the battery changed, the alternator—whatever was going on to get our battery running.

"I knew I was going to have some sketchy moments. I had to work my way through traffic, stay calm, and we had some good restarts there at the end… It was just a fun race there and a lot of craziness all day long."

The victory was Larson's first at the Charlotte Road Course and the 13th of his career.

Harvick failed to advance from the Round of 12 for the first time since the inception of the elimination format in 2014. His race ended in the SAFER barrier on Lap 99 after he locked up the left front tire on his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and shot straight into the wall.

"I just pushed it in there too hard and I got the tire locked up and I couldn't stop it," Harvick said. "I felt like I needed to go get a couple spots back that I had lost, and I got the left front locked up, and I couldn't get it to turn."

"Karma," Elliott's spotter, Eddie D'Hondt, said on the radio with understandable satisfaction, given that Harvick had spun Elliott into the wall in Turn 8 to jeopardize the reigning Cup champion's chances of advancing to the next round.

But Elliott did advance after recovering to finish 12th, joining Larson, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. in the Round of 8.

Joining Harvick on the sidelines were Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman and William Byron, who led a race-high 30 laps but lost track position after a bump from race runner-up Tyler Reddick entering the backstretch chicane after a restart on Lap 90.

Byron missed the corner and had to come to a full stop before continuing. Later, he was running third before hitting the wall on the penultimate lap. Needing a victory to advance to the Round of 8, Byron instead finished 11th.

Harvick's shot into Elliott's back bumper on Lap 55 appeared to be retaliation for the Sept. 18 Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, where, in Harvick's view, Elliott cost him a victory by taking his line in the late stages of the race - after Harvick had run Elliott into the outside wall and cut a tire on the No. 9 Chevrolet.

Asked whether his intent was payback for the Bristol race, Harvick said, "Sometimes real life teaches you good lessons."

Chris Buescher finished third on Sunday—his first top five of the season. Kyle Busch was fourth, followed by Hamlin, Matt DiBenedetto, Logano, Bell, Blaney and Bowman.

Notes: Larson is the first driver since Kasey Kahne in 2006 to win both the Coca-Cola 600 in May and the fall race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kahne won both races on the 1.5-mile oval. The ROVAL became the venue for the fall race in 2018; Larson enters the Round of 8 as the No. 1 seed with 4,065 points, 35 more than second-place Hamlin; The victory was Hendrick Motorsports' 36th at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including the oval and ROVAL events and the NASCAR All-Star Race. Team Penske is the last organization with all off its Playoff drivers still eligible for the championship - Keselowski, Logano and Blaney.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 109
  • Margin of Victory: 0.782 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 15 Minutes 4 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.783
  • Cautions: 9 for 18 laps
  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,197 (35.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 62nd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400
  • Race Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the 62nd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400, his 13th victory in 255 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his seventh victory and 23rd top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Chris Buescher (third) posted his first top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Chase Briscoe (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kevin Harvick, Christopher Bell, William Byron and Alex Bowman did not advance to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8.
Kyle Larson crosses the finish line to take the checkered flag
Concord, North Carolina - October 10, 2021 : Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet crosses the finish line to take the checkered flag at the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course Draftkings results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
2 10,300 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 109 117.60 10 1 45 9 16 19.75 7.20 8 7.3 2.00 63.20
1 7,800 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 109 120.20 29 2 42 27 13 16.05 5.85 0 0.0 0.00 74.85
4 6,900 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 109 104.90 16 3 41 13 2 2.47 0.90 1 0.9 0.25 55.15
5 9,900 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 109 108.80 9 4 40 5 8 9.88 3.60 22 20.2 5.50 54.10
6 9,500 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 109 121.10 1 5 39 -4 12 14.81 5.40 25 22.9 6.25 46.65
3 7,900 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 109 84.70 30 6 38 24 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 62.00
12 8,100 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 109 93.50 3 7 37 -4 2 2.47 0.90 4 3.7 1.00 34.90
13 8,400 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 109 82.70 4 8 36 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
11 9,100 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 109 103.10 6 9 35 -3 1 1.23 0.45 10 9.2 2.50 34.95
9 8,900 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 109 78.90 12 10 34 2 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 36.45
7 9,700 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 109 124.20 11 11 32 0 9 11.11 4.05 30 27.5 7.50 43.55
14 10,700 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 109 82.30 8 12 31 -4 9 11.11 4.05 2 1.8 0.50 31.55
8 7,000 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 109 82.70 25 13 30 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 42.00
17 5,300 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 109 57.80 15 14 29 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
18 6,500 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 109 102.40 14 15 28 -1 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 27.45
16 7,100 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 109 66.90 19 16 27 3 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 30.45
19 6,400 Erik Jones Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Chevrolet 109 72.20 17 17 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 26.00
15 5,700 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 109 59.80 23 18 25 5 2 2.47 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 30.90
10 6,000 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing 37 Chevrolet 109 54.00 31 19 24 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 36.00
32 8,500 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 2 Ford 109 67.50 2 20 23 -18 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
24 5,600 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 109 54.80 18 21 21 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 18.00
23 7,600 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 109 59.80 22 22 20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 20.00
21 9,300 Ross Chastain Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevrolet 109 59.50 27 23 19 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 23.00
26 7,300 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 109 51.30 21 24 18 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 15.00
31 8,700 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Chevrolet 109 77.70 13 25 17 -12 0 0 0.00 2 1.8 0.50 5.50
28 5,100 Anthony Alfredo Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 109 45.50 20 26 16 -6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
20 6,200 Joey Hand Rick Ware Racing 52 Ford 109 42.30 36 27 15 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
21 5,000 Josh Bilicki Rick Ware Racing 15 Chevrolet 109 42.00 37 28 14 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 23.00
37 10,100 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 109 61.70 5 29 13 -24 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -11.00
28 4,500 Quin Houff StarCom Racing 00 Chevrolet 109 33.20 28 30 12 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 10.00
27 5,900 Scott Heckert N/A N/A N/A 109 33.00 35 31 10 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 14.00
25 4,900 Timmy Hill Motorsports Business Management 66 Ford 108 27.30 39 32 9 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
39 8,200 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 98 83.30 7 33 8 -26 1 1.23 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -17.55
30 4,700 Garrett Smithley Rick Ware Racing 53 Ford 96 28.00 34 34 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 7.00
36 5,500 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 93 56.20 26 35 6 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -3.00
34 4,600 Cody Ware Petty Ware Racing 51 Chevrolet 90 32.00 32 36 5 -4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 1.00
32 7,400 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 66 33.70 38 37 4 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
35 11,200 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 116 Chevrolet 57 70.40 33 38 3 -5 3 3.7 1.35 5 8.8 1.25 0.60
38 6,700 Ryan Newman RFK Racing 6 Ford 19 30.80 24 39 2 -15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -13.00