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Bank of America ROVAL 400

Sunday, October 9th, 2022

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC

  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 17 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 63rd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400
  • Busch Light Pole Award Pole Winner: Joey Logano
  • Age: 32
  • Team : No. 22 - Shell Pennzoil Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
  • Joey Logano won the Busch Light Pole Award for the 63rd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400 with a lap of 80.755 seconds, 103.424 mph.
  • This is his 25th pole in 503 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third pole and 17th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in five races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • William Byron (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2022 and his second in five races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Daniel Suarez (third) posted his first top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 11th in 32 races this season.
  • Austin Cindric (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, October 9th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Christopher Bell advances in NASCAR Cup Playoffs with dramatic win at Charlotte ROVAL

In a turn of events that bordered on the unbelievable, Christopher Bell found his only path to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

On fresh tires, thanks to a strategic pit stop under caution on Lap 105, Bell passed Kevin Harvick to the outside through Turns 1 and 2 after a restart on Lap 111 and pulled away to win Sunday's Bank of America ROVAL 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

With the victory, Bell transferred to the Round of 8 and simultaneously eliminated reigning series champion Kyle Larson, who brought his No. 5 Chevrolet to pit road on Lap 98 after hitting the wall and breaking the right-rear toe link on his car.

Larson finished five laps down in 35th and was ousted from the Playoffs by two points. After spinning in the backstretch chicane on Lap 107, Chase Briscoe recovered to finish ninth on fresh tires and grabbed the eighth and final berth in the Round of 8 by the two-point margin over Larson.

Bell didn't have the fastest car on Sunday, but he and crew chief Adam Stevens took advantage of two late cautions to make the winning move.

"Man, you've just got to be there at the end of these things," said Bell, who entered the race 33 points below the cut line for the Round of 8. "I keep watching all these races where the fastest car doesn't always win. No secret that road courses have not been our strength this year.

"We were just there at the right time. We obviously weren't in position to win (before taking tires). We rolled the dice, gambled, and it paid off for us."

A chagrined Larson blamed himself for his ouster.

"I just made way too many mistakes all year long," Larson said. "Made another one today. Ultimately cost us an opportunity to go chase another championship.

"Just extremely mad at myself. I let the team down a number of times this year, and let them down in a big way today."

Austin Cindric and Daniel Suarez also suffered elimination. Cindric spun entering the backstretch chicane after the final restart on Lap 111 and finished 21st, missing the Round of 8 by 13 points. Suarez fought his No. 99 Chevrolet after his power steering failed during the third stage and came home 36th, leaving him nine points behind Briscoe for the final transfer spot.

Briscoe restarted outside the top 20 on Lap 111 and took advantage of Cindric's spin, his own aggression and a block from Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Cole Custer, who held up cars Briscoe needed to pass on the final lap.

"Yeah, man, what a wild day," Briscoe said. "It took every bit of it there at the end. To be easily in, then that debris caution comes out (on Lap 104). Still, I thought we had a really good shot of making it in. Get wrecked on the backstretch. Crazy at the end of these races, especially the road course races, how much can change so quickly.

"I had no idea we were even going to have a shot (on the final restart). Truthfully, I knew we were probably out. I saw the 2 (Cindric) wreck, I thought maybe there's still a chance. We had so much fresher tires than anybody. (Crew chief) Johnny (Klausmeier) pumped them way up to qualifying pressures, let me go attack, have the ball in my hands."

What had been an orderly race for 103 laps descended into chaos after NASCAR called the third caution of the race on for debris in Turn 6, ending a 50-lap green-flag run.

That's when Bell brought his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to pit road for tires. He restarted 12th on Lap 107, and by the time he returned to the finish line—due in part to a pile-up in Turn 1—Bell was pursuing Tyler Reddick for the second position.

On Lap 108, Bell slipped past Reddick and was chasing Harvick when a second debris caution for a melee in Turn 2 forced the race to overtime. On the final restart, Harvick was a sitting duck on older tires, but he managed to hold off Kyle Busch for the second spot.

Joining Bell and Briscoe in the Round of 8 are Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, William Byron and Ross Chastain. Elliott led a race-high 30 laps and appeared headed for his third victory at the ROVAL before the caution on Lap 104.

After the Lap 107 restart, Elliott, who had qualified for the Round of 8 with last Sunday's victory at Talladega, spun through the grass outside Turn 6 following contact from Reddick and came home 20th.

Logano, the pole winner, took the first stage wire-to-wire but was buried in traffic after a pit stop on Lap 27 and finished 18th.

AJ Allmendinger ran fourth after leading 24 laps, followed by Justin Haley, Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace, Reddick, Briscoe and Austin Dillon.

With points reset entering the Round of 8, Elliott holds the top spot in the NASCAR Cup standings with a 20-point edge over second place Logano.

  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 109
  • Laps Actual: 112 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 01.790 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 59 Minutes 54 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 86.661
  • Cautions: 4 for 10 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,169 (31.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 63rd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400
  • Race Winner: Christopher Bell
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 20 - DeWalt Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
  • Christopher Bell won the 63rd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400, his third victory in 104 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Kevin Harvick (second) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his second top-10 finish in five races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Austin Cindric (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Chase Briscoe races his way into the final position in 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 Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 42 Chevrolet Action Industries Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
2 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 40 Ford Haas Automation Stewart-Haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
3 6 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 40 Ford Castrol RFK Racing Matt McCall
4 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 43 Toyota FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
5 51 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 48 Ford Nurtec ODT TMT Racing Tony Eury Jr
6 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 34 Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
7 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 48 Ford Mobil 1 Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
8 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 39 Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
9 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 44 Toyota Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
10 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 39 Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Blake Harris
11 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 34 Chevrolet Get Bioethanol Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
12 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet Harris Teeter/ Scott JTG Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
13 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 32 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
14 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 30 Ford Discount Tire Team Penske Miles Stanley
15 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 33 Chevrolet Raze Energy Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
16 42 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet QuickChek Petty GMS Motorsports Chad Norris
17 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 28 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
18 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 31 Ford Fastenal RFK Racing Scott Graves
19 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 28 Chevrolet FOCUSfactor Petty GMS Motorsports Dave Elenz
20 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet CommScope TrackHouse Racing Travis Mack
21 51 Cody Ware Greensboro, NC Nov 7, 1995 28 Ford Nurtec ODT UBCF Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
22 1 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet Worldwide Express TrackHouse Racing Phil Surgen
23 45 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 31 Toyota ROOT Insurance 23XI Racing Bootie Barker
24 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 26 Chevrolet Valvoline Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
25 41 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 26 Ford Autodesk/HaasTooling.com Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Shiplett
26 8 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 28 Chevrolet 3Chi Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
27 31 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Trent Owens
28 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 29 Toyota DeWalt Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
29 2 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 26 Ford Menards\Richmond Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
30 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 29 Ford Ford Performance Racing School Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
31 21 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 24 Ford Dex Imaging Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
32 78 Josh Williams Port Charlotte, FL Aug 3, 1993 31 Ford Alloy Employer Services Live Fast Motorsports Lee Leslie
33 48 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
34 27 Loris Hezemans Amsterdam, Netherlands May 26, 1997 27 Ford Hezeberg Systems Team Hezeberg Toine Hezemans
35 23 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 22 Toyota Monster Energy 23XI Racing Billy Scott
36 15 Joey Hand Sacramento, CA Feb 10, 1979 45 Ford Ford BlueOval City Rick Ware Racing Kevyn Rebolledo
37 38 Todd Gilliland Sherrills Ford, NC May 15, 2000 24 Ford First Phase Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
38 50 Conor Daly Noblesville, IN Dec 15, 1991 32 Chevrolet Bitnile.com TMT Racing Willy Auchmoody
39 26 Daniil Kvyat Ufa, Russia Apr 26, 1994 30 Toyota Hezeberg Systems Team Hezeberg Mike Hezemans
40 77 Mike Rockenfeller Neuwied, West Germany Oct 31, 1983 40 Chevrolet Bon Secours and Swamp Rabbits Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt