The 2023 Bank of America Roval 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 8, 2023, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It was contested over 109 laps on the road course. It was the 32nd race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, the sixth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 12. It was won by A. J. Allmendinger. This was the last race with the old roval configuration, as Charlotte Motor Speedway announced before the 2024 Coca-Cola 600 that the roval would get a redesign for 2024. This is the final playoffs start for Kyle Busch before his death 3 years later on May 21st 2026.
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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 (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. (P) denotes playoff driver. (OP) denotes owner’s playoffs car.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski (P) RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Andy Lally (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher (P) RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Zane Smith (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Mike Rockenfeller Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Todd Gilliland Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 62 Austin Hill (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Josh Bilicki (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:21.646 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:21.646 102.295 2 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:21.714 102.210 3 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:21.833 102.062 Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:21.214 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:20.925 1:21.214 2 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:21.186 1:21.328 3 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:21.341 1:21.401 4 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:21.167 1:21.428 5 8 Kyle Busch (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:20.964 1:21.488 6 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:20.856 1:21.600 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:21.384 1:21.720 8 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:20.897 1:21.722 9 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:21.023 0.000 10 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:21.159 0.000 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:21.178 — 12 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:21.221 — 13 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:21.399 — 14 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:21.608 — 15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:21.611 — 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:21.632 — 17 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 1:21.659 — 18 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:21.702 — 19 6 Brad Keselowski (P) RFK Racing Ford 1:21.707 — 20 17 Chris Buescher (P) RFK Racing Ford 1:21.790 — 21 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:21.800 — 22 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:21.892 — 23 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 1:21.970 — 24 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:22.003 — 25 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:22.024 — 26 42 Mike Rockenfeller Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 1:22.036 — 27 78 Josh Bilicki (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 1:22.086 — 28 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:22.103 — 29 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1:22.156 — 30 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:22.184 — 31 51 Todd Gilliland Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:22.357 — 32 62 Austin Hill (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 1:22.529 — 33 38 Zane Smith (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:22.578 — 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 1:22.589 — 35 15 Andy Lally (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:22.859 — 36 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — 37 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 —Official qualifying results
Race The race was won by A. J. Allmendinger after there were five restarts following caution periods in the final thirty-one laps. This marked Allmendinger’s third career Cup Series victory, as well as the second Cup Series victory for Kaulig Racing.
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 102 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 93 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 84 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 57 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 8 Kyle Busch (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 75 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 57 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 48 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 210 8 Kyle Busch (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 59
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 6 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 109 412 14 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 353 5 8 Kyle Busch (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 109 384 10 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 109 355 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 109 326 1 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 109 487 20 17 Chris Buescher (P) RFK Racing Ford 109 308 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 299 8 9 Chase Elliott (OP) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 4210 12 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 109 4011 18 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 109 2612 17 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 109 2513 36 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 109 3014 15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 109 2315 2 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 109 3716 4 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 109 3417 24 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 109 2018 19 6 Brad Keselowski (P) RFK Racing Ford 109 1919 22 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 109 1820 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 109 2721 21 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 109 1622 25 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 109 1523 31 51 Todd Gilliland Rick Ware Racing Ford 109 1424 30 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 109 1325 28 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 109 1226 27 78 Josh Bilicki (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 109 027 32 62 Austin Hill (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 109 028 29 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 109 929 26 42 Mike Rockenfeller Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 109 830 33 38 Zane Smith (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 109 031 37 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 109 632 13 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 109 733 3 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 109 934 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 96 335 35 15 Andy Lally (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 84 036 23 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 79 137 9 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 76 9Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 7 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 18 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 5 minutes, and 57 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth, Dale Earnhardt Jr was due to call the race with them but was absent from a fever. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider
Radio The Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcasted 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). Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Alan Cavanna, and Wendy Venturini had the call from the pit area for PRN.
PRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Infield entrance: Nick YeomanMiddle of Infield: Mark JaynesExit of Infield: Doug TurnbullOval 2 to Bus Stop Pat PattersonOval 3/4: Rob Albright Brad GillieBrett McMillanAlan CavannaWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings