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NASCAR Cup Series

Bank of America ROVAL 400

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

October 8th, 2023

Race #32 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 109
Miles Raced : 248.5
Time of Race : 03 Hours 05 minutes 57 seconds
Average Speed: 81.596 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.666 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 18
Lead Changes: 7
Cars in Race : 37
Finished On Lead Lap: 33 (89%)

AJ Allmendinger and Matt Kaulig celebrate in victory lane — Concord, North Carolina - October 8th, 2023: AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Celsius Chevrolet, and Matt Kaulig, owner of Kaulig Racing celebrate in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Keenan Hairston | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	6	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	41	40	1	5	109	46	2	10	0	Running
2	14	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	35	35	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
3	5	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	38	34	4	0	109	6	1	8	10	Running
4	10	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	35	33	2	0	109	0	0	9	0	Running
5	7	22	Joey Logano	Ford	32	32	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
6	1	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	48	31	17	1	109	27	1	1	4	Running
7	20	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	30	30	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
8	16	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
9	8	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	42	28	14	1	109	15	1	7	1	Running
10	12	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	40	27	13	0	109	0	0	3	6	Running
11	18	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	26	26	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
12	17	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	25	25	0	0	109	6	1	0	0	Running
13	36	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	30	24	6	0	109	0	0	0	5	Running
14	15	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
15	2	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	37	22	15	0	109	9	2	5	2	Running
16	4	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	34	21	13	0	109	0	0	2	7	Running
17	24	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
18	19	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	19	19	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
19	22	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	18	18	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
20	11	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	27	17	10	0	109	0	0	4	8	Running
21	21	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	16	16	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
22	25	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
23	32	51	Todd Gilliland	Ford	14	14	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
24	31	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	13	13	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
25	29	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	12	12	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
26	28	78	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
27	33	62	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
28	30	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	9	9	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
29	26	42	Mike Rockenfeller	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
30	34	38	Zane Smith	Ford	0	0	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
31	37	77	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	Running
32	13	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	7	5	2	0	109	0	0	0	9	Running
33	3	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	9	4	5	0	109	0	0	6	0	Running
34	27	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	96	0	0	0	0	Electrical
35	35	15	Andy Lally	Ford	0	0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	23	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	79	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	9	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	9	1	8	0	76	0	0	0	3	DVP

Race Infractions

Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kyle Larson	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Dillon	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Brad Keselowski	Unspecified Not serving Stop & Go after missing chicane	Pass Thru	17	19	Green
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	29	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	52	53	Yellow
Mike Rockenfeller	Unspecified Not serving Stop & Go after missing chicane	Pass Thru	55	56	Green
Aric Almirola	Unspecified Not serving Stop & Go after missing chicane	Pass Thru	68	70	Green
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	76	78	Yellow
Mike Rockenfeller	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	76	78	Yellow
Michael McDowell	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	77	78	Yellow
Michael McDowell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	80	82	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	80	0	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	89	91	Green
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	94	96	Yellow
Mike Rockenfeller	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	95	96	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Bank of America ROVAL 400
Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
Age: 41
Team : No. 16 - Celsius Chevrolet
Owner: Matthew Kaulig
Crew Chief: Matt Swiderski
AJ Allmendinger won the Bank of America ROVAL 400, his third victory in 426 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2023.
AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Ty Gibbs (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
William Byron leads the point standings by 54 points over Denny Hamlin.

Race Recap

Allmendinger grabs emotional win in Charlotte Road Course elimination race

October 8th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Road course aficionado AJ Allmendinger stole some thunder from the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers with a convincing victory in Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.

Driving the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, Allmendinger led twice for a race-high 46 laps, including the last 33, and beat runner-up William Byron to the finish line by 0.666 seconds to win his first Cup race of the season, his first at the Charlotte Road Course and the third of his Cup Series career—all on road courses.

Kyle Busch finished third at the 2.32-mile, 17-turn circuit, two spots short of the win he need to advance to the Playoffs’ Round of 8. Joining Busch on the Playoff elimination list were Ross Chastain (who finished 10^th), Bubba Wallace (16^th) and Brad Keselowski (18^th).

Allmendinger took the lead for the final time when Ryan Blaney pitted from the top spot on Lap 77, under caution for a wreck in the frontstretch chicane involving Denny Hamlin, Ty Dillon and Mike Rockenfeller.

The 41-year-old from Los Gatos, Calif., survived four more cautions and four more restarts before he completed what he termed “the drive of my life.”

Allmendinger was weeping during the cool-down lap and teared up in his post-race interview.

“Ihate crying right now, but it’s a freaking Cup race, man,” he said. “You don’t know when it’s ever going to happen again…

“This is why you do it. This is the only reason you do it. You fight. All the blood, sweat, tears, everybody at Kaulig Racing has just been such… I’d say a down year, but up-and-down year. It’s our second year in the Cup Series.”

Byron and Ryan Blaney already had advanced to the Round of 8 in the Playoffs by virtue of their respective victories at Texas and Talladega.

Joining them in the next round, which starts next Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, are Tyler Reddick (who ran sixth from the pole on Sunday), Denny Hamlin (37^th), Christopher Bell (15^th), Chris Buescher (seventh), Kyle Larson (who started from the rear in a backup car and finished 13^th) and Martin Truex Jr. (20^th).

The regular-season champion, Truex, claimed the final berth in the Round of 8 by 12 points over Chastain, the first driver out.

Ill-fortune that befell Chase Elliott near the end of Stage 2 facilitated Allmendinger’s victory. Just as Elliott, the race leader, was approaching pit road to “short” the stage, BJ McLeod’s spin in Turn 4 caused the second of seven cautions and forced NASCAR to close pit road.

Elliott steered back to the racing surface and won the stage but lost critical track position after pitting during the stage break and never regained it. He finished ninth behind Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman.

Ty Gibbs came home fourth, followed by Joey Logano.

After a strong run from start to finish, Busch was philosophical about his exit from the Playoffs.

“The guys gave me a great piece today,” he said. “The Lenovo Camaro was pretty fast, just lacked a little bit on the long run, just didn’t quite have the feel of the tire that I was really looking for to be able to turn into the corners and to be able to drive out of the corners and keep pace with the front two there at the end.

“But overall, this ride is on me anyways. The first two weeks of this round were obviously not very good, and we didn’t score any points. That’s where it’s at. That’s where it lies. Texas, Talladega, just not being able to execute and do a good job when points were on the line.”