StatChat 2025 - Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte

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 1^st, 35 for 2^nd, 34 for 3^rd, 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 33^rd 

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 5^th at 3:00 pm EST (12:00 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!

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