Entry List
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 | 42 | Chevrolet | Kroger Click List | JTG Daughtery Racing | Trent Owens |
| 2 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Tampa, FL | Mar 14, 1984 | 40 | Ford | Smithfield | Stewart-Haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Auburn Hills, MI | Feb 12, 1984 | 40 | Ford | Alliance Truck Parts | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 4 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Emporia, KS | May 30, 1979 | 45 | Ford | Mobil 1 / Advance Auto Parts | Stewart-Haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 5 | 38 | David Ragan | Unadilla, GA | Dec 4, 1985 | 38 | Ford | MDS Transport | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Chesterfield, VA | Nov 18, 1980 | 43 | Toyota | FedEx Freight | Joe Gibbs Racing | Mike Wheeler |
| 7 | 23 | JJ Yeley | Phoenix, AZ | Oct 5, 1976 | 48 | Toyota | Adirondack Tree Surgeons | BK Racing | Tony Furr |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Joplin, MO | Jun 3, 1976 | 48 | Chevrolet | DC Solar | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 9 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | El Cajon, CA | Sep 17, 1975 | 49 | Chevrolet | Lowe's for Pros | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 10 | 22 | Joey Logano | Middleton, CT | May 24, 1990 | 34 | Ford | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Bakersfield, CA | Dec 8, 1975 | 48 | Ford | Jimmy John's New 9-Grain Wheat Sub | Stewart-Haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 12 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Las Vegas, NV | Aug 4, 1978 | 46 | Ford | Haas Automation / Monster Energy | Stewart-Haas Racing | Billy Scott |
| 13 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Las Vegas, NV | May 2, 1985 | 39 | Toyota | M&M's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 14 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Mayetta, NJ | Jun 29, 1980 | 44 | Toyota | Auto-Owners Insurance | Furniture Row Racing | Cole Pearn |
| 15 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Phoenix, AZ | Dec 21, 1984 | 39 | Ford | K-LOVE Radio | Front Row Motorsports | Derrick Finley |
| 16 | 21 | Paul Menard | Eau Claire, WI | Aug 21, 1980 | 44 | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 17 | 95 | Regan Smith | Cato, NY | Sep 23, 1983 | 41 | Chevrolet | Procore | Leavine Family Racing | Jon Leonard |
| 18 | 31 | Ryan Newman | South Bend, IN | Dec 8, 1977 | 46 | Chevrolet | Grainger / American Red Cross | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 19 | 51 | Stanton Barrett | Bishop, CA | Dec 1, 1972 | 51 | Ford | Jacob Companies | Rick Ware Racing | Ken Evans |
| 20 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Cedar Rapids, IA | Jul 7, 1989 | 35 | Chevrolet | Dairi O | StarCom Racing | Rick Bourgeois |
| 21 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Knoxville, TN | Feb 19, 1991 | 33 | Ford | AdvoCare Rehydrate | RFK Racing | Matt Puccia |
| 22 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Lewisville, NC | Apr 27, 1990 | 34 | Chevrolet | DOW | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 23 | 72 | Cole Whitt | Alpine, CA | Jun 22, 1991 | 33 | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | TriStar Motorsports | Frank Kerr |
| 24 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Olive Branch, MS | Oct 2, 1987 | 37 | Ford | SunnyD | RFK Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 25 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Port Tobacco, MD | Feb 25, 1993 | 31 | Toyota | Unsponsored | Motorsports Business Management | Robert Scott |
| 26 | 15 | Justin Marks | St Louis, MO | Mar 25, 1981 | 43 | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 27 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Sacremento, CA | Jul 31, 1992 | 32 | Chevrolet | Clover / First Data | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 28 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Tuscon, AZ | Apr 25, 1993 | 31 | Chevrolet | Axalta | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 29 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | High Point, NC | Dec 31, 1993 | 30 | Ford | Menards / Pennzoil | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 30 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Lewisville, NC | Feb 27, 1992 | 32 | Chevrolet | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 31 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Dawsonville, GA | Nov 28, 1995 | 28 | Chevrolet | SunEnergy1 | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 32 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Grass Valley, CA | Jul 27, 1991 | 33 | Ford | Superior Logistics Services, Inc. | GO FAS Racing | Randy Cox |
| 33 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Prosper, TX | Oct 29, 1992 | 31 | Chevrolet | Maple Cheerios | JTG Daughtery Racing | Tristan Smith |
| 34 | 20 | Erik Jones | Byron, MI | May 30, 1996 | 28 | Toyota | Reser's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 35 | 96 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Mooresville, NC | Jun 22, 1989 | 35 | Toyota | American Soldier Network \ Xtreme Concepts | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Mark Hillman |
| 36 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Monterrey, Mexico | Jan 7, 1992 | 32 | Toyota | Lenox | Joe Gibbs Racing | Scott Graves |
| 37 | 7 | Ross Chastain | Alva, FL | Dec 4, 1992 | 31 | Chevrolet | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 38 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Mobile, AL | Oct 8, 1993 | 31 | Chevrolet | World Wide Technology | Richard Petty Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 39 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 33 | Chevrolet | Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff | Richard Childress Racing | Brandon Thomas |
| 40 | 24 | William Byron | Charlotte, NC | Nov 29, 1997 | 26 | Chevrolet | Unifirst | Hendrick Motorsports | Darian Grubb |