StatChat 2025 - Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte
- Adam Carabine
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By Adam Carabine
Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Concord, North Carolina for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s road course.
The Charlotte Roval is a 2.32-mile-long road course that uses parts of the oval and the infield. The Roval was first run by NASCAR in 2019 – Ryan Blaney won the inaugural event. Kyle Larson won this race last season.
Tomorrow’s race will be 109 laps long (for a total of 252.88 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 25 – 50 – 109. Pit road speed is 40 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 45 mph. The fuel window is approximately 35-40 laps.
This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 8,192 laps, for 11,111.13 miles so far this season. No driver has completed every single lap - Tyler Reddick is closest, running 15 laps down.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Charlotte Roval:
SVG | 7.00 over 1 race |
Chase Elliott | 7.71 over 7 races (2 wins) |
Tyler Reddick | 7.80 over 5 races |
Joey Logano | 8.57 over 7 races |
Christopher Bell | 10.00 over 5 races (1 win) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Charlotte Roval:
Cody Ware | 36.00 over 1 race |
JH Nemechek | 35.00 over 2 races |
Daniel Suarez | 27.43 over 7 races |
Noah Gragson | 27.00 over 2 races |
Zane Smith | 24.50 over 2 races |
Charlotte Roval is a Road Course
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Road Courses:
SVG | 6.79 over 11 races (5 wins) |
Chase Elliott | 7.71 over 40 races (7 wins) |
Tyler Reddick | 11.12 over 31 races (3 wins) |
Chris Buescher | 12.61 over 42 races (1 win) |
Christopher Bell | 12.99 over 31 races (3 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Road Courses:
Noah Gragson | 24.39 over 14 races |
Austin Dillon | 24.23 over 44 races |
JH Nemechek | 23.75 over 12 races |
Ryan Preece | 23.70 over 28 races |
Justin Haley | 22.57 over 29 races |
Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott are the winningest drivers at the Charlotte Roval, with two victories each. AJ Allmendinger, Ryan Blaney and Christopher Bell have all won it once.
Drivers whose most recent Cup Series Victory was at Charlotte Roval:
AJ Allmendinger | 51 races ago, 2023 |
Notable drivers who have not won at Charlotte Roval:
Kyle Busch | (has won at 24 other tracks) |
Denny Hamlin | (has won at 20 other tracks) |
Joey Logano | (has won at 19 other tracks) |
Brad Keselowski | (has won at 17 other tracks) |
William Byron | (has won at 11 other tracks) |
Based on average finish, no drivers list the Charlotte Roval as their BEST track, but Cody Ware lists it as his WORST.
Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:
Drivers Faring Better than in 2024
Chase Briscoe | +325 pts |
JH Nemechek | +243 pts |
Ryan Preece | +214 pts |
Erik Jones | +187 pts |
Zane Smith | +121 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024
Noah Gragson | -195 pts |
Brad Keselowski | -179 pts |
Daniel Suarez | -176 pts |
Ty Gibbs | -115 pts |
Tyler Reddick | -89 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Christopher Bell | 11.97 |
Chase Briscoe | 12.32 |
Ryan Preece | 16.77 |
JH Nemechek | 19.68 |
Worst Career Year
Cole Custer | 24.26 |
Carson Hocevar | 21.00 |
Zane Smith | 20.90 |
Rookie of the Year Battle
SVG | 2,086 (4 wins) |
Riley Herbst | 358 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (40 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Chevrolet | 1,130 |
Toyota | 1,103 |
Ford | 1,043 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
Joe Gibbs | 1,073 |
Hendrick | 1,064 |
Penske | 897 |
RFK | 878 |
Trackhouse | 847 |
23XI | 814 |
Spire | 775 |
Legacy MC | 716 |
RCR | 710 |
Front Row | 698 |
Kaulig | 642 |
Wood Bros | 469 |
Hyak | 441 |
Haas Factory | 395 |
Rick Ware | 215 |
At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions. Here are the leaders this year:
Stage Point Leaders
Ryan Blaney | 272 |
William Byron | 270 |
Kyle Larson | 238 |
Denny Hamlin | 213 |
Bubba Wallace | 192 |
Tyler Reddick | 181 |
Christopher Bell | 167 |
Chase Elliott | 161 |
Alex Bowman | 161 |
Chase Briscoe | 151 |
Milestone Watch
Denny Hamlin | Looking for his 60th Career Cup Series Win |
Chris Buescher | Looking for his 30th Career Top 5 |
Brad Keselowski | Looking for his 160th Career Top 5 |
Zane Smith | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
Bubba Wallace | Looking for his 60th Career Top 10 |
Ross Chastain | Looking for his 70th Career Top 10 |
Tyler Reddick | Looking for his 90th Career Top 10 |
William Byron | Looking for his 120th Career Top 10 |
Scorigami Update
Kansas was the first time that:
Josh Berry finished 33rd
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Justin Haley | 172 races |
Cole Custer | 128 races |
Erik Jones | 110 races |
Kyle Busch | 88 races |
Michael McDowell | 79 races |
Daniel Suarez | 65 races |
Brad Keselowski | 54 races |
AJ Allmendinger | 51 races |
Alex Bowman | 47 races |
Chris Buescher | 39 races |
The race begins Sunday, October 5th at 3:00 pm EST (12:00 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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