Entry List

The official 2021 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, October 10th, 2021

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Concord, NC

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 16 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • Bank of America ROVAL 400
  • Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 40
  • Team: No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gabehart
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Sunday, October 10th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Kyle Larson wins battle royal at Charlotte ROVAL, advances in Playoffs

Sunday's Bank of America ROVAL 400 featured a frequent winner, a couple of unlikely heroes and occasional villainy.

Kyle Larson took the checkered flag after 109 laps at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course to win for the seventh time this season and advance to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Larson won for the third time on a road course—the most ever in series history in a single season—in a race that featured the violent renewal of the Bristol-born rivalry between Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott.

And Larson's victory was no stress-free Sunday drive. Car chief Jesse Saunders and hauler driver Steven Legendre changed the battery and alternator belt on Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet under caution and kept him on the lead lap at the end of Stage 2, after the voltage dropped and put Larson in danger of elimination from the Playoff.

"It wasn't looking too good," Larson said of the electrical problems that beset his car. "Thankfully, everybody on our 5 car did a great job of staying calm. (Crew chief) Cliff (Daniels), as always, did a great job of communicating with me what was going on, getting the battery changed, the alternator—whatever was going on to get our battery running.

"I knew I was going to have some sketchy moments. I had to work my way through traffic, stay calm, and we had some good restarts there at the end… It was just a fun race there and a lot of craziness all day long."

The victory was Larson's first at the Charlotte Road Course and the 13th of his career.

Harvick failed to advance from the Round of 12 for the first time since the inception of the elimination format in 2014. His race ended in the SAFER barrier on Lap 99 after he locked up the left front tire on his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and shot straight into the wall.

"I just pushed it in there too hard and I got the tire locked up and I couldn't stop it," Harvick said. "I felt like I needed to go get a couple spots back that I had lost, and I got the left front locked up, and I couldn't get it to turn."

"Karma," Elliott's spotter, Eddie D'Hondt, said on the radio with understandable satisfaction, given that Harvick had spun Elliott into the wall in Turn 8 to jeopardize the reigning Cup champion's chances of advancing to the next round.

But Elliott did advance after recovering to finish 12th, joining Larson, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. in the Round of 8.

Joining Harvick on the sidelines were Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman and William Byron, who led a race-high 30 laps but lost track position after a bump from race runner-up Tyler Reddick entering the backstretch chicane after a restart on Lap 90.

Byron missed the corner and had to come to a full stop before continuing. Later, he was running third before hitting the wall on the penultimate lap. Needing a victory to advance to the Round of 8, Byron instead finished 11th.

Harvick's shot into Elliott's back bumper on Lap 55 appeared to be retaliation for the Sept. 18 Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, where, in Harvick's view, Elliott cost him a victory by taking his line in the late stages of the race - after Harvick had run Elliott into the outside wall and cut a tire on the No. 9 Chevrolet.

Asked whether his intent was payback for the Bristol race, Harvick said, "Sometimes real life teaches you good lessons."

Chris Buescher finished third on Sunday—his first top five of the season. Kyle Busch was fourth, followed by Hamlin, Matt DiBenedetto, Logano, Bell, Blaney and Bowman.

Notes: Larson is the first driver since Kasey Kahne in 2006 to win both the Coca-Cola 600 in May and the fall race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kahne won both races on the 1.5-mile oval. The ROVAL became the venue for the fall race in 2018; Larson enters the Round of 8 as the No. 1 seed with 4,065 points, 35 more than second-place Hamlin; The victory was Hendrick Motorsports' 36th at Charlotte Motor Speedway, including the oval and ROVAL events and the NASCAR All-Star Race. Team Penske is the last organization with all off its Playoff drivers still eligible for the championship - Keselowski, Logano and Blaney.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 109
  • Margin of Victory: 0.782 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 15 Minutes 4 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.783
  • Cautions: 9 for 18 laps
  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,197 (35.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 62nd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400
  • Race Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the 62nd Annual Bank of America ROVAL 400, his 13th victory in 255 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his seventh victory and 23rd top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Chris Buescher (third) posted his first top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Chase Briscoe (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kevin Harvick, Christopher Bell, William Byron and Alex Bowman did not advance to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8.
fan view charlotte motor speedway
Concord, North Carolina - October 10, 2021 : A view from the stands - looking down the front stretch and pit road at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400.
Mel FreemanOriginal content used by permission
ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM
CREW CHIEF

1
116
Los Gatos, CA
Dec 16, 1981
39
Chevrolet
Jackpot Party
2
10
Tampa, FL
Mar 14, 1984
37
Ford
Warriors In Pink
3
2
Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 12, 1984
37
Ford
Wurth
4
11
Chesterfield, VA
Nov 18, 1980
40
Toyota
FedEx Office
5
22
Middleton, CT
May 24, 1990
31
Ford
Shell Pennzoil
6
4
Bakersfield, CA
Dec 8, 1975
45
Ford
Mobil 1
7
1
Las Vegas, NV
Aug 4, 1978
43
Chevrolet
Monster Energy
8
18
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 1985
36
Toyota
M&M's
9
19
Mayetta, NJ
Jun 29, 1980
41
Toyota
Bass Pro Shops
10
34
Phoenix, AZ
Dec 21, 1984
36
Ford
Love's Travel Stops
11
6
South Bend, IN
Dec 8, 1977
43
Ford
Castrol
12
3
Lewisville, NC
Apr 27, 1990
31
Chevrolet
Whelen
13
47
Olive Branch, MS
Oct 2, 1987
34
Chevrolet
Kroger / Cottonelle
14
66
Port Tobacco, MD
Feb 25, 1993
28
Ford
Crash Claims R Us
15
5
Sacremento, CA
Jul 31, 1992
29
Chevrolet
HendrickCars.com
16
48
Tuscon, AZ
Apr 25, 1993
28
Chevrolet
Ally x Charlotte FC
17
12
High Point, NC
Dec 31, 1993
27
Ford
DEX Imaging
18
7
Kannapolis, NC
Sep 25, 1991
30
Chevrolet
Schluter Systems
19
9
Dawsonville, GA
Nov 28, 1995
25
Chevrolet
NAPA Auto Parts
20
21
Grass Valley, CA
Jul 27, 1991
30
Ford
Menards / Duracell
21
17
Prosper, TX
Oct 29, 1992
28
Ford
Fastenal
22
43
Byron, MI
May 30, 1996
25
Chevrolet
Power to the Patients
23
37
Berlin, CT
Oct 25, 1990
30
Chevrolet
Kleenex
24
99
Monterrey, Mexico
Jan 7, 1992
29
Chevrolet
CommScope
25
51
Greensboro, NC
Nov 7, 1995
25
Chevrolet
Nurtec ODT
26
42
Alva, FL
Dec 4, 1992
28
Chevrolet
Clover
27
23
Mobile, AL
Oct 8, 1993
28
Toyota
Door Dash
28
24
Charlotte, NC
Nov 29, 1997
23
Chevrolet
Valvoline
29
41
Ladera Ranch, CA
Jan 23, 1998
23
Ford
Autodesk / HaasTooling.com
30
53
Ligonier, PA
Apr 27, 1992
29
Ford
Kendall Motor Oil
31
15
Menomonee Falls, WI
Jun 3, 1995
26
Chevrolet
Insurance King
32
8
Corning, CA
Jan 11, 1996
25
Chevrolet
Lenovo
33
00
Weyers Cave, VA
Sep 15, 1997
24
Chevrolet
NC HOF / Bos Klein
34
77
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
22
Chevrolet
Bon Secours and Swamp Rabbits
35
20
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
26
Toyota
Trade Strong
36
14
Mitchell, IN
Dec 15, 1994
26
Ford
Ford Performance Racing School / HighPoint.com
37
38
Ridgefield, CT
Mar 1, 1999
22
Ford
Citigard
38
78
Bath, UK
Feb 16, 1988
33
Ford
Bremont Chronometers
39
52
Sacramento, CA
Feb 10, 1979
42
Ford
Boom Mobile