| Type: | CUST |
| Description: | Race 32 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series |
| Race Name: | Bank of America Roval 400 |
| Details Ref: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina |
| Course Mi: | 2.280 |
| Course Km: | 3.669 |
| Distance Laps: | 109 |
| Distance Mi: | 248.52 |
| Distance Km: | 400 |
| Network: | NBC |
| Announcers: | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte |
| Radio: | PRN |
| Booth Ann: | Doug Rice and Mark Garrow |
| Turn Ann: | Nick Yeoman (1, 2 & 3), Mike Jaynes (4, 5 & 6), Doug Turnbull (7, 8 & 9), Pat Patterson (10, 11 & 12) and Rob Albright (13, 14 & 15) |
The 2024 Bank of America Roval 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will held on October 13, 2024, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It will be contested over 109 laps on the 2.28miles road course. It will be the 32nd race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, the sixth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 12.
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, .[5] [6] [7]
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.[8] [9]
On May 26, 2024, it was announced that the Charlotte Roval would get a redesign, featuring an updated infield road course, and including more braking.[10]
| Driver | Team | Manufacturer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 2 | |||||
| 3 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 4 | Josh Berry (R) | Ford | |||
| 5 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 6 | Ford | ||||
| 7 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 8 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 9 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 10 | Ford | ||||
| 11 | Toyota | ||||
| 12 | Ford | ||||
| 14 | Ford | ||||
| 15 | TBA | Ford | |||
| 16 | TBA | Chevrolet | |||
| 17 | Ford | ||||
| 19 | Toyota | ||||
| 20 | Toyota | ||||
| 21 | Ford | ||||
| 22 | Ford | ||||
| 23 | Toyota | ||||
| 24 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 31 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 34 | Ford | ||||
| 38 | Ford | ||||
| 41 | Ford | ||||
| 42 | Toyota | ||||
| 43 | Toyota | ||||
| 45 | Toyota | ||||
| 47 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 48 | Chevrolet | ||||
| 51 | Ford | ||||
| 54 | Toyota | ||||
| 66 | TBA | Ford | |||
| 71 | Zane Smith (R) | Chevrolet | |||
| 77 | Carson Hocevar (R) | Chevrolet | |||
| 99 | Chevrolet | ||||
| < | ---[Official entry list]---> | ||||
NBC will cover the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA handle the pit road duties from pit lane.
The race will be broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. IMS Radio's Nick Yeoman was assigned the entrance to the road course and into the Bank of America bridge (Turns 1–3). Voice of the Indianapolis 500 Mark Jaynes was assigned the action from the Bank of America bridge to the middle of the infield section. Doug Turnbull called the action exiting in infield into the oval Turn 1 banking (Turns 7–9). Pat Patterson called the action on the backstretch and into the bus stop. Rob Albright was assigned to the oval Turn 3-4 end. (Turns 13–15). On pit road, PRN will be manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Alan Cavanna, and Wendy Venturini.