ROVAL Event Info:
Date: Sunday, Oct. 13
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Series: NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Format: 109 Laps, 252.88 Miles, Stages: 25-25-59
TV: NBC
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90)
Weekend Schedule:
Saturday: 12:30 p.m. ET, Practice (USA, NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday: 2 p.m. ET, Qualifying (USA, NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday: 2 p.m. ET, Race (NBC, NBC Sports App, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Pace Laps:
- The ROVAL at Charlotte Motor Speedway hosts the final race in the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Playoffs this weekend, in what is the final road course event of the 2024 season.
- The ROVAL underwent a reconfiguration since the last race, now featuring a new Turn 6, sending the field into a much sharper hairpin Turn 7. On the frontstretch, a sharper apex in Turn 16 of the final chicane has been created. The circuit still features 17 turns in total and a 2.28-mile course.
- Chris Buescher, the winner of the most recent road course race at Watkins Glen, has been the class of the field in left and right turns as of late. His 9.2 average finish in the last 21 road course events tops all Cup drivers with 13 top-10s in that stretch.
6 Team Info:
Crew Chief: Matt McCall
Partner: Castrol Edge/TravelCenters of America
17 Team Info:
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Partner: Fifth Third Bank
- As part of the Fueled by Fifth Third Bank pass through program, Metro Trailers will ride along with Buescher on the decklid of the No. 17 this weekend.
- Metro Trailers, with 14 different locations, has been around since 1975with 40,000 trailers in its fleet. From vans, flats and refrigerated, Metro offers short and long term, flexible rates.
Keselowski at the ROVAL
Starts: 6
Wins: —
Top-10s: 1
Poles: —
- Keselowski makes his seventh start on the ROVAL at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend. He has a 17.7 average finish with a best finish of fifth in 2019. Last season he finished 18th.
- Keselowski led laps in each of the first three events on the ROVAL, and started inside the top five twice (third – 2020, second – 2021).
- Overall on road courses in his Cup career, Keselowski has 11 top-10s and a 17.1 average finish.
Buescher at the ROVAL
Starts: 6
Wins: —
Top-10s: 3
Poles: —
- Buescher makes his seventh start on the ROVAL this weekend He’s coming off three-straight top-10s at the configuration after a P7 result last fall.
- In those last three events Buescher carries a 5.3 average finish, third-best of any driver. On all road courses (since the start of the 2021 season), Buescher’s 9.2 average finish leads the Cup Series with 13 top-10s in that 21-race span.
- In road course racing this season, Buescher has finishes of P8 (COTA), P3 (Sonoma), P20 (Chicago), and P1 (Watkins Glen).
- Buescher carries a 16.7 average starting position into the weekend with a career-best P10 qualifying effort in 2018.
- Overall on road courses, Buescher 15 top-10s and a 13.1 average finish in his career.
RFK Historically at the ROVAL
Cup Wins: —
Road Course Racing: Overall, RFK has 266 starts on road courses in the Cup Series with six wins, 94 top-10s and 44 top five finishes. RFK Cup drivers have a 17.3 average finish with 644 laps led.
Last Time Out & Where They Stand
Talladega: Keselowski finished P2 in a photo finish for the second-straight Talladega race, while Buescher finished 17th after maneuvering through a 28-car pileup, the largest in NASCAR history.
