Race Lineup

Bank of America Roval 400

Sunday, September 30th, 2018

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 8 Toyota

  • 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)
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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Race lineup for the Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
START VEH # DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 41 Kurt Busch Ford Haas Automation / Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
2 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Kroger Click List Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
3 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
4 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet SunEnergy1 Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
5 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet Clover / First Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's for Pros Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
7 14 Clint Bowyer Ford Mobil 1 / Advance Auto Parts Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
8 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet DC Solar Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
9 12 Ryan Blaney Ford Menards / Pennzoil Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
10 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet Maple Cheerios Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
11 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Richard Childress Racing Brandon Thomas
12 20 Erik Jones Toyota Reser's Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
13 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota Auto-Owners Insurance Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
15 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
16 6 Trevor Bayne Ford AdvoCare Rehydrate Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
17 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota Lenox Joe Gibbs Racing Scott Graves
18 34 Michael McDowell Ford K-LOVE Radio Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
19 4 Kevin Harvick Ford Jimmy John's New 9-Grain Wheat… Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
20 10 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
21 24 William Byron Chevrolet Unifirst Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
22 21 Paul Menard Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & … Wood Brothers Racing Greg Erwin
23 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford SunnyD Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet DOW Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
25 2 Brad Keselowski Ford Alliance Truck Parts Team Penske Paul Wolfe
26 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet GEICO Germain Racing Matt Borland
27 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
28 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford Superior Logistics Services, Inc. Go Fas Racing Randy Cox
29 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Grainger / American Red Cross Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
30 38 David Ragan Ford MDS Transport Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
31 15 Justin Marks Chevrolet Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Pat Tryson
32 95 Regan Smith Chevrolet Procore Leavine Family Racing Jon Leonard
33 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet Unsponsored Tristar Motorsports Frank Kerr
34 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet World Wide Technology Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
35 7 Ross Chastain Chevrolet Unsponsored Premium Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
36 23 JJ Yeley Toyota Adirondack Tree Surgeons Bk Racing Tony Furr
37 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota American Soldier Network \ Xtreme C… Gaunt Brothers Racing Mark Hillman
38 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Dairi O Starcom Racing Rick Bourgeois
39 51 Stanton Barrett Ford Jacob Companies Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
40 66 Timmy Hill Toyota Unsponsored Motorsports Business Management Robert Scott