Race Results : Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

Bank of America Roval 400

Sunday, September 30th, 2018

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course , Concord, NC

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course logo
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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)
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Bank of America Roval 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 9 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 57 40 0 6 109 16 2 10 1 Running
2 8 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 35 35 0 0 109 1 1 0 0 Running
3 7 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 48 34 0 0 109 0 0 3 5 Running
4 3 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 38 33 0 0 109 0 0 9 8 Running
5 1 41 Kurt Busch Ford 49 32 0 0 109 7 2 2 3 Running
6 4 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 42 31 0 0 109 0 0 5 6 Running
7 2 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 33 30 0 0 109 0 0 8 0 Running
8 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 43 29 0 0 109 0 0 6 2 Running
9 19 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 28 28 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
10 15 22 Joey Logano Ford 34 27 0 0 109 0 0 0 4 Running
11 29 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 26 26 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
12 27 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 25 25 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
13 28 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 24 24 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
14 13 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 30 23 0 0 109 5 1 4 0 Running
15 32 95 Regan Smith Chevrolet 22 22 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
16 30 38 David Ragan Ford 21 21 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
17 10 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 20 20 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
18 18 34 Michael McDowell Ford 19 19 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
19 20 10 Aric Almirola Ford 18 18 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
20 33 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
21 17 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 16 16 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
22 26 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
23 11 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 10 Running
24 35 7 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
25 5 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 25 12 0 1 109 47 2 1 9 Running
26 37 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 11 11 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 Running
27 31 15 Justin Marks Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 Running
28 36 23 JJ Yeley Toyota 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 Running
29 38 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 Running
30 12 20 Erik Jones Toyota 7 7 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 Running
31 25 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 6 6 0 0 103 29 1 0 0 Accident
32 14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 9 5 0 0 103 0 0 7 0 Accident
33 22 21 Paul Menard Ford 4 4 0 0 103 2 1 0 0 Accident
34 21 24 William Byron Chevrolet 3 3 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 Accident
35 16 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 2 2 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 Accident
36 34 43 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 Accident
37 23 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 1 1 0 0 100 2 1 0 0 Accident
38 40 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 Axle
39 24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 5 1 0 0 64 0 0 0 7 Accident
40 39 51 Stanton Barrett Ford 1 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 Accident

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