The 2019 Bank of America Roval 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on September 29, 2019, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 109 laps on the road course, it was the 29th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the third race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 16.
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Background
Since 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the "Roval". The course is in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race will be contested over a scheduled distance of 109 laps, .
During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" the backstretch chicane on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally "short-cut" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during restarts. In the summer of 2019, the bus stop on the backstretch was changed and deepened, becoming a permanent part of the circuit, compared to the previous year where it was improvised.
If a driver fails to legally make the backstretch bus stop, the driver must skip the frontstretch chicane and make a complete stop by the dotted line on the exit before being allowed to continue. A driver who misses the frontstretch chicane must stop before the exit.
Entry list (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points. (R) denotes rookie driver.
Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Joe Nemechek (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 52 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 53 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing ToyotaOfficial entry list
First practice Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 80.968 seconds and a speed of . Michael McDowell was replaced by Austin Cindric for the session while he was treating a kidney stone, but returned for qualifying later in the day.
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 80.968 103.152 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 81.018 103.088 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 81.520 102.453Official first practice results
Qualifying William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 80.932 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 124 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 80.901 80.932 288 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 81.570 81.026 322 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 81.712 81.058 448 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 81.394 81.172 514 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 81.426 81.215 64 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 81.721 81.576 742 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 80.950 81.595 819 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 81.740 82.068 912 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 81.761 82.094 1021 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 81.823 82.215 112 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 81.495 82.297 1237 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 81.686 82.327 1341 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 81.920 — 1447 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 81.928 — 1520 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 81.973 — 1610 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 81.978 — 1718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 81.986 — 1895 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 81.993 — 199 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 82.098 — 208 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 82.127 — 2117 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 82.232 — 2234 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 82.252 — 231 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 82.317 — 246 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 82.572 — 2543 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 82.582 — 2632 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 82.630 — 2738 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 83.088 — 2811 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 83.099 — 2913 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 83.121 — 303 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 83.232 — 3151 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 84.220 — 3200 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 84.690 — 3366 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 85.315 — 3453 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 85.572 — 3552 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 85.782 — 3636 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 0.000 — 3715 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — 3877 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Toyota 0.000 — 3927 Joe Nemechek (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — 4096 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 0.000 — Official qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 81.977 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 81.977 101.882 2 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 82.330 101.445 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 82.377 101.388Official second practice results
Final practice Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 81.801 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 81.801 102.101 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 81.875 102.009 3 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 81.970 101.891Official final practice results
Race
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 57 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 48 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 93 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 84 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 66 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 210 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 59
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 19 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 522 2 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 353 6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 109 434 5 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 109 495 11 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 109 466 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 417 8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 109 348 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 109 349 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 3510 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 109 3411 18 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 109 2612 22 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 109 3013 7 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 109 3414 16 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 109 2715 29 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 109 2216 10 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 109 2317 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 109 2018 12 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 109 1919 28 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 109 1820 23 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 109 1721 14 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 109 1622 37 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 109 023 30 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 109 1424 25 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 109 1325 36 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 109 1226 40 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 109 027 26 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 109 1028 32 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 109 029 31 51 J. J. Yeley (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 109 030 33 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 109 031 39 27 Joe Nemechek (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 109 032 24 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 109 533 20 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 109 434 13 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 108 735 27 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 108 236 35 52 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 100 037 17 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 99 138 34 53 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 83 039 38 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 66 140 15 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23 1Official race results
Cody Ware was supposed to drive No. 51 car in the race but during the Xfinity Series race, the day before, the coolbox of Cody Ware's car didn't work during the race so he felt the heat exhaustion. So J. J. Yeley was called to replace Ware in the No. 51 car in the race.
Race statistics Lead changes: 13 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 10 for 23 Red flags: 1 for 8 minutes and 22 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 20 minutes and 58 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider, and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsMarty SniderKelli Stavast
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