Race Lineup
The official 2018 Bank of America Roval 400 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
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)
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Ford | 106.868 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Haas Automation / Monster Energy | Stewart-haas Racing | Billy Scott |
| 2 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 106.811 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Kroger Click List | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Trent Owens |
| 3 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 106.800 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Axalta | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 106.596 | 1.000 | 0.000 | SunEnergy1 | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 5 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 106.574 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Clover / First Data | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 6 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 106.462 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Lowe's for Pros | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 7 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 106.332 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Mobil 1 / Advance Auto Parts | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 106.104 | 1.000 | 0.000 | DC Solar | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 105.919 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Menards / Pennzoil | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 10 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 105.556 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Maple Cheerios | Jtg Daughtery Racing | Tristan Smith |
| 11 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 105.507 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff | Richard Childress Racing | Brandon Thomas |
| 12 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 105.409 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Reser's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 13 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 106.060 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Auto-Owners Insurance | Furniture Row Racing | Cole Pearn |
| 14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 105.807 | 1.000 | 0.000 | M&M's | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 15 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 105.788 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 16 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | 105.749 | 1.000 | 0.000 | AdvoCare Rehydrate | Rfk Racing | Matt Puccia |
| 17 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 105.687 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Lenox | Joe Gibbs Racing | Scott Graves |
| 18 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 105.681 | 1.000 | 0.000 | K-LOVE Radio | Front Row Motorsports | Derrick Finley |
| 19 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 105.302 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Jimmy John's New 9-Grain Wheat… | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 20 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 105.189 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Smithfield | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 21 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 105.120 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Unifirst | Hendrick Motorsports | Darian Grubb |
| 22 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 105.095 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 23 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 104.884 | 1.000 | 0.000 | SunnyD | Rfk Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 24 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 104.709 | 1.000 | 0.000 | DOW | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 25 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 104.647 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Alliance Truck Parts | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 26 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 104.620 | 1.000 | 0.000 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 27 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 104.479 | 1.000 | 0.000 | FedEx Freight | Joe Gibbs Racing | Mike Wheeler |
| 28 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 104.352 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Superior Logistics Services, Inc. | Go Fas Racing | Randy Cox |
| 29 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 104.341 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Grainger / American Red Cross | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 30 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 104.033 | 1.000 | 0.000 | MDS Transport | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 31 | 15 | Justin Marks | Chevrolet | 103.936 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 32 | 95 | Regan Smith | Chevrolet | 103.549 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Procore | Leavine Family Racing | Jon Leonard |
| 33 | 72 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | 103.260 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Tristar Motorsports | Frank Kerr |
| 34 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 102.716 | 1.000 | 0.000 | World Wide Technology | Richard Petty Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 35 | 7 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 102.677 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Premium Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 36 | 23 | JJ Yeley | Toyota | 102.034 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Adirondack Tree Surgeons | Bk Racing | Tony Furr |
| 37 | 96 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Toyota | 101.950 | 1.000 | 0.000 | American Soldier Network \ Xtreme C… | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Mark Hillman |
| 38 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 101.089 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Dairi O | Starcom Racing | Rick Bourgeois |
| 39 | 51 | Stanton Barrett | Ford | 100.255 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Jacob Companies | Rick Ware Racing | Ken Evans |
| 40 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 100.071 | 1.000 | 0.000 | Unsponsored | Motorsports Business Management | Robert Scott |