Bank of America Roval 400


The Bank of America Roval 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race that is held annually at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, United States, with the other one being the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the race. It is held on the last weekend in September and is the third race of the Cup Series playoffs.
As of the 2018 season, the event is run as a 400 kilometer race using the infield road course configuration the track calls "The Roval"; previously, the race was run at a distance of 500 miles using the regular oval. It is one of three races on a road course, with the other ones being the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway and the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International. Of the three road-course events on the Cup schedule, this event is the longest of the three at just under 250 miles. Both Sonoma and Watkins Glen are around 220 miles in length. Chase Elliott is the defending winner of the event.

History

The race had been a Sunday afternoon event until 2002. That year rain delayed the start by over 3 hours, meaning much of the race was run under the lights. Thanks in large part to the ratings boost NBC received in primetime hours, NASCAR made a decision to move the race date from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night from 2003-2016. NBC retained their rights to broadcast the race, unlike in most of the night events aired in their part of the season's contract which normally aired on TNT. With the move, then-Lowe's Motor Speedway became one of only two tracks in NASCAR to have two night dates on the schedule.
In 2015 and 2016, the races on Saturday night were cancelled due to bad weather, so they were run on Sunday afternoon. In 2017, at the time of the schedule announcement, the race was scheduled for Saturday night. On April 20, the race was rescheduled for Sunday and moved from a night race to a day race. At the 2017 event, after rain caused the Xfinity series event of the Saturday afternoon to be delayed by several hours, a decision was made to move the Cup race an hour back to a 1:00 PM local time start, as more rain was expected later during the day. The race eventually concluded successfully after 3 and a half hours without the occurrence of any rain delays.
Starting in 2018, the race utilizes a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, with a race distance of over 109 laps. Ryan Blaney became the first driver to win the first Roval Cup race.

Realignment

In 2020, the Bank of America Roval 400 will be moved from late September to the middle of October, and be held as the final race of the Round of 12, The Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway will take Charlotte's former spot.

Past winners

Race records

Oval
Race time: 2:58:35 '
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Oval
Race time: 3:09:53 '
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Roval
Race Time: 3:01:34 '
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Multiple winners (drivers)

Multiple winners (teams)

Manufacturer wins

Notable races