Sunday’s inaugural Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 – arguably the most anticipated Charlotte Motor Speedway race since the first superspeedway night race in 1992 – exceeded the hype in spectacular fashion. A dramatic 109 laps of racing built up to a last-lap, last-turn accident between leaders Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, which paved the way for Ryan Blaney to emerge unscathed to record a stirring victory.
Austin Dillon and The Dow Chevrolet Team Sidelined From NASCAR Playoffs after Mid-Race Incident at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval "This was a crazy race. I was having a good run in the Dow Chevrolet and the No. 37 car wiggled in the middle of turns 3 and 4. I don't know if he had damage or what, but he got loose and when he did I was on the outside of him and I lost it after I tried to miss him."
RYAN BLANEY POST-RACE PRESS CONFERENCE - Q. How big is this victory for you not just as your first win as a member of Team Penske, but the timing of being able to pull this off today with the playoffs and knowing that you were in a precarious position coming into it?
The inaugural race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval did not disappoint. Twists and turns abounded throughout, but at the conclusion of the Bank of America Roval 400, three Team Chevy drivers emerged to advance to the second round (Round of 12) of the Playoffs in pursuit of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) championship.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Alliance Truck Parts Ford Fusion – A RESTART ON OLD TIRES. WHAT HAPPENED? “I don’t know. I was just asking Ricky. I don’t know. The whole field went down into turn one it looked like and we all went straight. I don’t know. Maybe we all overdrove it. Maybe the track had something on it. I don’t know. I got in the corner. I didn’t feel like I got in it, I got in hard, but not like ridiculously hard and it just locked up."
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 DC SOLAR CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 2nd - I GUESS THE KEY WAS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THE SEAS JUST PARTED FOR YOU: “Yeah, our DC Solar Chevy was really good all day long. We got a little bit off in the last pit sequence. We got a little bit behind, but had a really good car and then we had the one restart when Brad (Keselowski) was on the front row and I happened to be on the inside and that was the lane to be in so you could avoid the wreck. And then on the last restart, I got a good restart being on the outside…
Camry drivers Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. advanced to the second round of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Playoffs following Sunday afternoon’s race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course.
CHASE BRISCOE, No. 98 Ford Performance Ford Mustang – WHAT HAS THIS YEAR BEEN LIKE? “Just going back to what you said about the past couple years it was in this very room where I first got a chance at a stock car. They had the Peak Stock Car Dream Challenge with Michael Waltrip and I remember coming down to Charlotte and had never turned a lap in a stock car, and I didn’t win the competition, but this was kind of what kick-started it.
Ryan Preece (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) debut at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course on Saturday afternoon.
Chase Briscoe’s first NASCAR Xfinity Series win came in spectacular fashion on Saturday at NASCAR’s newest track. Briscoe’s flawless performance in the Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina saw the Stewart-Haas Racing rookie become the first driver to tame the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL™.
Strong Run Catapults Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/Winchester AA White Flyer Chevrolet Team to Sixth-Place Result at Watkins Glen International
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Snap on Ford Mustang Dark Horse – DID YOU MAXIMIZE TODAY’S PERFORMANCE? “I think so. In a lot of ways we maximized our day with points in most stages"
Roczen who emerged with his maiden premier class title at 32 years of age to become the oldest champion in Supercross history, in his 13th season at the highest level.
