Entry List
The official 2018 Bank of America Roval 400 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Bank of America Roval 400
Sunday, September 30th, 2018
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC
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- Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
- The Inaugural Bank of America ROVAL 400
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Kurt Busch
- Age: 40
- Team : No. 41 - Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford
- Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
- Crew Chief: Billy Scott
- Kurt Busch won the Busch Pole Award Pole Award for the inaugural Bank of America ROVAL 400 with a lap of 76.805 seconds, 106.868 mph.
- This is his 26th pole in 641 Monster Energy Series races.
- This is his fourth pole and 21st top-10 start in 2018.
- AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2018 and his first at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
- Alex Bowman (third) posted his first top-10 start at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 10th in 29 races this season.
- William Byron (21st) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Playoff drivers currently outside the top 12 in the championship standings and their starting positions - 13th place Clint Bowyer will start seventh; 14th place Jimmie Johnson will start sixth; 15th place Erik Jones will start 12th and 16th place Denny Hamlin will start at the rear of the field after having to go to a back-up car following qualifying.
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Laps Scheduled: 109
- Margin of Victory: 0.792 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 1 Minutes 34 Seconds
- Average Speed: 82.125
- Cautions: 8 for 16 laps
- Lead Changes: 10
- Green Flag Passes: 2,417 (26.0 passes per green flag lap)
| ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Los Gatos, CA | Dec 16, 1981 | 36 | Chevrolet | Kroger Click List | JTG Daughtery Racing | Trent Owens |
| 2 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Tampa, FL | Mar 14, 1984 | 34 | Ford | Smithfield | Stewart-Haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Auburn Hills, MI | Feb 12, 1984 | 34 | Ford | Alliance Truck Parts | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 4 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Emporia, KS | May 30, 1979 | 39 | Ford | Mobil 1 / Advance Auto Parts | Stewart-Haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 5 | 38 | David Ragan | Unadilla, GA | Dec 4, 1985 | 32 | Ford | MDS Transport | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chesterfield, VA | Nov 18, 1980 | 37 | Toyota | FedEx Freight | Joe Gibbs Racing | Mike Wheeler |
| 7 | 23 | JJ Yeley | Phoenix, AZ | Oct 5, 1976 | 41 | Toyota | Adirondack Tree Surgeons | BK Racing | Tony Furr |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Joplin, MO | Jun 3, 1976 | 42 | Chevrolet | DC Solar | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | El Cajon, CA | Sep 17, 1975 | 43 | Chevrolet | Lowe's for Pros | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Middleton, CT | May 24, 1990 | 28 | Ford | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Bakersfield, CA | Dec 8, 1975 | 42 | Ford | Jimmy John's New 9-Grain Wheat Sub | Stewart-Haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 12 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Las Vegas, NV | Aug 4, 1978 | 40 | Ford | Haas Automation / Monster Energy | Stewart-Haas Racing | Billy Scott |
| 13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Las Vegas, NV | May 2, 1985 | 33 | Toyota | M&M's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 14 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Mayetta, NJ | Jun 29, 1980 | 38 | Toyota | Auto-Owners Insurance | Furniture Row Racing | Cole Pearn |
| 15 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Phoenix, AZ | Dec 21, 1984 | 33 | Ford | K-LOVE Radio | Front Row Motorsports | Derrick Finley |
| 16 | 21 | Paul Menard | Eau Claire, WI | Aug 21, 1980 | 38 | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 17 | 95 | Regan Smith | Cato, NY | Sep 23, 1983 | 35 | Chevrolet | Procore | Leavine Family Racing | Jon Leonard |
| 18 | 31 | Ryan Newman | South Bend, IN | Dec 8, 1977 | 40 | Chevrolet | Grainger / American Red Cross | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 19 | 51 | Stanton Barrett | Bishop, CA | Dec 1, 1972 | 45 | Ford | Jacob Companies | Rick Ware Racing | Ken Evans |
| 20 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Cedar Rapids, IA | Jul 7, 1989 | 29 | Chevrolet | Dairi O | StarCom Racing | Rick Bourgeois |
| 21 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Knoxville, TN | Feb 19, 1991 | 27 | Ford | AdvoCare Rehydrate | RFK Racing | Matt Puccia |
| 22 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Lewisville, NC | Apr 27, 1990 | 28 | Chevrolet | DOW | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 23 | 72 | Cole Whitt | Alpine, CA | Jun 22, 1991 | 27 | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | TriStar Motorsports | Frank Kerr |
| 24 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Olive Branch, MS | Oct 2, 1987 | 30 | Ford | SunnyD | RFK Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 25 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Port Tobacco, MD | Feb 25, 1993 | 25 | Toyota | Unsponsored | Motorsports Business Management | Robert Scott |
| 26 | 15 | Justin Marks | St Louis, MO | Mar 25, 1981 | 37 | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 27 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Sacremento, CA | Jul 31, 1992 | 26 | Chevrolet | Clover / First Data | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 28 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Tuscon, AZ | Apr 25, 1993 | 25 | Chevrolet | Axalta | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 29 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | High Point, NC | Dec 31, 1993 | 24 | Ford | Menards / Pennzoil | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 30 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Lewisville, NC | Feb 27, 1992 | 26 | Chevrolet | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 31 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Nov 28, 1995 | 22 | Chevrolet | SunEnergy1 | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 32 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Grass Valley, CA | Jul 27, 1991 | 27 | Ford | Superior Logistics Services, Inc. | GO FAS Racing | Randy Cox |
| 33 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Prosper, TX | Oct 29, 1992 | 25 | Chevrolet | Maple Cheerios | JTG Daughtery Racing | Tristan Smith |
| 34 | 20 | Erik Jones | Byron, MI | May 30, 1996 | 22 | Toyota | Reser's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 35 | 96 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Mooresville, NC | Jun 22, 1989 | 29 | Toyota | American Soldier Network \ Xtreme Concepts | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Mark Hillman |
| 36 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Monterrey, Mexico | Jan 7, 1992 | 26 | Toyota | Lenox | Joe Gibbs Racing | Scott Graves |
| 37 | 7 | Ross Chastain | Alva, FL | Dec 4, 1992 | 25 | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 38 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Mobile, AL | Oct 8, 1993 | 24 | Chevrolet | World Wide Technology | Richard Petty Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 39 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 27 | Chevrolet | Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff | Richard Childress Racing | Brandon Thomas |
| 40 | 24 | William Byron | Charlotte, NC | Nov 29, 1997 | 20 | Chevrolet | Unifirst | Hendrick Motorsports | Darian Grubb |