The necessity to safeguard your company from cyber dangers is growing in significance as the globe becomes more digitally connected. The difficulty for cybersecurity marketers and advertisers is to inform potential customers about cyber risks while promoting their goods and services without coming across as disseminating misinformation about fear, uncertainty, or doubt. Cyber Security Advertising companies can effectively reach the people they want through social media advertising without having to shell out a premium for TV commercials. But it does call for a calculated approach. This article will go over the best methods and approaches for social media Cyber Security Advertising.
Why is Cyber Security Advertising Important?
Advertising is essential to every business’s existence, whether it is B2B or B2C. The secret is to use a well-planned and well-researched marketing campaign to target particular people who require your goods or services. Since you operate a cybersecurity company in the B2B space, your clients are other businesses rather than the general public. Businesses that don’t take Cyber Security Advertising run the risk of falling behind and becoming easy targets for fraudsters.
Follow These Steps For Cyber Security Advertising
Make a plan and be ready
Any advertising campaign’s planning is what determines its success, therefore the more organized you are, the better. Refrain from giving in to the urge to just “wing it” and dive right in; this will only set you up for failure. After determining the primary motivation behind your Cyber Security Advertising campaign’s launch (more on that in a moment), you should look at content and advertising strategies that complement your goal in particular.
Select just one goal at a time
A successful Cyber Security Advertising campaign will have a single objective, and everything of its material will be specifically designed to help achieve it. An advertising strategy that successfully targets different consumers at different stages of the purchasing process cannot be created. The idea is just not practical. Thus, pick one goal (like raising brand recognition) and stay with it. Always keep in mind that your goals should be SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound).
Recognize Target Audience
Once more, the audience you are targeting will be at the same stage of the purchasing process, therefore your content needs to align with that. In this case, research is essential. Creating customer profiles and assembling or employing a team to conduct market studies (like conducting online surveys) are two methods for achieving this.
Write Copy That Grabs Attention
You will undoubtedly grab the reader’s attention and encourage clicks if you write in an interesting and conversational tone and include value in your copy. In your text, don’t forget to highlight problems and position your product as “the” answer.
Conclusion
Social media advertising is a useful strategy for Cyber Security Advertising personas that want to build their brand and get more leads, revenue, and followers. One can approach their advertising campaigns strategically and meet their goals by implementing the aforementioned tactics. Never forget to regularly track the advertising initiatives and adjust as needed.
For a second consecutive season, Sam Mayer went from being scored below the cutline in the Playoff’s Round of 12 finale to leapfrogging his way into the Round of 8 by winning the Drive for the Cure 250 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (Roval) on Saturday, October 12, amid an overtime shootout.
The 21-year-old Mayer from Franklin, Wisconsin, led three times for 13 of 72 over-scheduled laps in an event where he started on the front row alongside Playoff contender Shane van Gisbergen but was penalized for launching ahead of the latter prior to the start/finish line while not the control competitor. Despite serving a pass-through penalty through pit road during the second lap, Mayer blended back on the track inside the top-15 mark, carved his way back into the top 10 after pitting before the first stage’s conclusion, and settled in 11th place. Despite falling one spot short of accumulating crucial stage points following the first stage period, Mayer racked up eight points by settling in third place at the conclusion of the second stage period.
After restarting on the front row for the start of the final stage period with 24 laps remaining, Mayer assumed the lead during the following lap. Despite pitting for fresh tires during a late caution period that started with 15 laps remaining, the Wisconsin native would use the tires to carve his way back up the leaderboard and up to second place as he tried to challenge Playoff contender Parker Kligerman for the victory in the closing laps.
Initially poised to finish in second place behind Kligerman, which would have eliminated him from the Playoffs, Mayer was gifted an opportunity to reclaim the lead after Leland Honeyman wrecked in Turn 3. The caution occurred inches before Kligerman could start the final lap of the event and make the event official, and instead sent the field into overtime. During the overtime shootout, Mayer overtook Kligerman through the Roval’s newly configured Turn 7 and muscled away from the field for two laps to win and maintain his 2024 championship hopes for another three weeks.
With on-track qualifying that determined the starting lineup occurring on Saturday, Playoff rookie Shane van Gisbergen notched his third Xfinity Series pole position of the season and his career with a pole-winning lap at 97.110 mph in 84.523 seconds. Playoff contender Sam Mayer joined him on the front row was Playoff contender Sam Mayer, who clocked in his best qualifying lap at 96.871 mph in 84.731 seconds.
Prior to the event, Ed Jones and Thomas Annunziata dropped to the rear of the field due to unapproved adjustments made to their respective entries.
When the green flag waved and the race started, Sam Mayer rocketed his No. 1 QPS Employment Chevrolet Camaro ahead of Shane van Gisbergen and AJ Allmendinger from the inside lane through the frontstretch as he proceeded to lead through the first turn before he navigated his way through the infield turns, starting in Turn 2. The field, led by Mayer, would then navigate through a pair of right-hand turns in Turns 3 and 4 before entering a brief straightaway to another right-hand turn in Turn 5. Mayer retained the lead through the Roval’s new design turns from Turns 6 and 7 before making a sharp left-hand turn to return back to the main Charlotte oval course.
As the field continued to jostle for early spots, Mayer proceeded to lead through the backstretch’s chicane before he was penalized by NASCAR for jumping the start while not the leader of the race. Amid the penalty, Mayer navigated his way through the final pair of turns before he returned to the frontstretch, drove through the chicane and led the first lap while being black-flagged by NASCAR.
During the second lap, Mayer served a drive-through penalty through pit road, which allowed van Gisbergen to assume the lead as he was followed by teammate AJ Allmendinger, Sheldon Creed, Josh Bilicki and Austin Hill. Despite being pressured by his Kaulig Racing teammate of Allmendinger, van Gisbergen would navigate his way through the 17-turn course and lead the following lap. By the fourth lap, however, Allmendinger navigated his way past van Gisbergen through the frontstretch’s chicane. With Allmendinger leading, van Gisbergen would fend off Creed for the runner-up spot as Bilicki and Hill followed suit.
Through the first five-scheduled laps, Allmendinger was leading by over teammate van Gisbergen as Creed, Bilicki and Austin Hill continued to trail in the top five ahead of rookie Jesse Love, Chandler Smith, Justin Allgaier, Connor Mosack and Riley Herbst. Behind, Aric Almirola trailed in 11th place ahead of Cole Custer, Parker Kligerman and Anthony Alfredo while Sam Mayer was mired in 15th place ahead of teammate Sammy Smith.
Two laps later, van Gisbergen missed the backstretch’s chicane, where he locked up the front tires and drove off the course while running in second place. The on-track misfortune dropped the New Zealander to sixth place, where he had to come to a full stop before proceeding back on the racing surface, as Bilicki, Creed, Hill and Jesse Love all moved up the leaderboard. By then, Allmendinger was leading by more than three seconds.
At the Lap 10 mark, eight of 12 Playoff contenders were racing inside the top 10 as Allmendinger continued to lead by more than two seconds over Bilicki. Behind, Creed, Hill and Love followed suit ahead of van Gisbergen, Allgaier, Chandler Smith and Almirola while Mayer carved his way back into the top 10. Meanwhile, Playoff contenders Kligerman, Herbst, Custer and Sammy Smith were racing inside the top 15 mark as Connor Mosack occupied 14th place.
By Lap 15, Allmendinger stabilized his advantage to nearly four seconds over Bilicki while third-place van Gisbergen carved his way back up to third place in front of Creed, Hill and Love. Behind, Allgaier, Chandler Smith, Almirola and Mayer remained in the top 10 ahead of Kligerman and Herbst while Custer and Sammy Smith dropped to 16th and 17th, respectively.
Not long after, Creed, who was racing in fourth place, spun in the Roval’s newly configured Turn 7 after he got hit by Love, who was trying to make a move beneath teammate Hill for a top-five spot. The incident dropped Creed out of the top-10 mark on the track as the event remained under green flag conditions.
By Lap 17, select names led by Bilicki and including Chandler Smith, Almirola, Mayer, Kligerman, Austin Green, Brandon Jones, Custer, Anthony Alfredo, Sammy Smith, Josh Williams, Ed Jones, Alex Labbe and Ryan Sieg pitted under green. Parker Retzlaff had pitted a lap earlier as Allmendinger retained the lead by more than six seconds over teammate van Gisbergen.
When the first stage period concluded on Lap 20, Allmendinger cruised to his second Xfinity stage victory of the 2024 season. Teammate van Gisbergen followed suit in second ahead of Allgaier, Hill and Love while Creed, Mosack, Herbst, Bilicki and Chandler Smith were scored in the top 10. With eight of 12 Playoff contenders racking up the event’s first round of stage points, the remaining Playoff contenders including Mayer, Kligerman, Custer and Sammy Smith were mired in 11th, 21st, 23rd and 26th, respectively.
Under the stage break, some led by Allmendinger and including Playoff contenders van Gisbergen, Creed, Herbst, Allgaier, Hill and Love pitted while the rest led by Bilicki and Chandler Smith remained on the track. Following the pit stops, Love exited pit road first, ahead of Allmendinger, Creed, Hill, Herbst, Allgaier, van Gisbergen, Jeb Burton, Mosack and Sage Karam.
The second stage period started on Lap 24 as teammates Bilicki and Chandler Smith occupied the front row. At the start, Bilicki and Chandler Smith both dueled for the lead through the first two turns until Bilicki muscled his No. 19 Insurance King Toyota Supra ahead through the infield turns. As the field behind jostled for spots, Bilicki retained the lead through the infield turns, including the tight, left-hand Turn 7, before returning to the main oval course. In the midst of the battles, van Gisbergen, who restarted outside the top 20, made contact with Creed in Turn 7 in his charge back to the front before Alex Labbe spun through the backstretch’s chicane amid contact with Ed Jones. Amid the on-track chaos, the race remained under green flag conditions as Bilicki led the following lap ahead of teammate Chandler Smith while Aric Almirola was up to third place.
During an ensuing caution period that started on Lap 26 due to debris spotted in Turn 2, select names led by Creed and including Thomas Annunziata, Leland Honeyman and Blaine Perkins pitted while the rest of the field led by Bilicki remained on the track. Creed’s pit service was due to the driver reporting a shifter issue to his No. 18 Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Toyota Supra.
With the field restarting under green on Lap 29, Bilicki fended off teammate Chandler Smith through the first two turns to retain the lead. Bilicki retained a steady advantage over Smith, Mayer, Almirola and Kligerman through the infield turns from Turns 3 to 7 as the field fanned out while navigating back onto Charlotte’s oval course. Then as the field navigated through the backstretch’s chicane before returning to the frontstretch, the caution returned due to Matt DiBenedetto crashing into the tire barriers just past Turn 6 and struggling to restart from his carnage scene.
The start of the next restart period on Lap 32 featured Bilicki and Mayer occupying the front row, where both dueled for the lead through the first three turns before Mayer muscled ahead entering Turn 4. As the field behind fanned out, Mayer fended off Bilicki through the following three sets of infield turns before he returned to the oval course and continued to lead through the backstretch chicane. With Chandler Smith, Kligerman and Allmendinger trailing in the top five, Mayer led the following lap.
Shortly after, the caution returned when Herbst, who was battling Alfredo amid close-quarters racing for 15th place, made contact with Alfredo through the frontstretch chicane that resulted in Herbst getting turned sideways off the front nose of Alfredo as both went straight into the outside wall and igniting a pileup that involved Josh Williams, Mosack, Ed Jones, Parker Retzlaff, Ryan Sieg, Dylan Lupton, Preston Pardus, Blaine Perkins, Brad Perez, Jeremy Clements, Brennan Poole and Creed. Despite sustaining damage to their respective cars, Herbst and Creed continued and remained on the lead lap.
During the caution period and extensive cleanup period, a majority of the field led by Mayer pitted while the rest led by Allgaier remained on the track.
With the race restarting under green with three laps remaining in the second stage period, Allgaier and Sage Karam led the field to the restart zone, where Allgaier rocketed away from Karam and the field to lead through the infield turns as Leland Honeyman overtook Karam for second place. With Allgaier retaining the lead, the field fanned out while navigating through the infield turns, the oval turns and the backstretch’s chicane. As Allgaier proceeded to lead the following lap, more trouble struck for Creed, who was off the pace and limping his damaged car below the Charlotte oval’s apron. Creed would lose a lap as the field lapped him entering the backstretch.
As Herbst was also falling off the pace in his damaged No. 98 Monster Energy Ford Mustang and with a broken trackbar, the caution would then fly on the final lap of the second stage period due to Creed coming to a halt in the backstretch. The caution would officially conclude the second stage period scheduled for Lap 40 as Allgaier claimed his 15th Xfinity stage victory of the 2024 season. Teammates Mosack and Mayer would follow suit in second and third, respectively, while Almirola, Honeyman, Allmendinger, van Gisbergen, Chandler Smith, Karam and Bilicki were scored in the top 10. With five of 12 Playoff contenders racking up a second round of stage points and both Herbst and Creed out of contention, the remaining Playoff contenders that included Kligerman, Love, Hill, Sammy Smith and Custer were mired inside the top 20.
During the stage break, select names including Allgaier, Karam, Clements, Retzlaff and Honeyman pitted while the rest led by Mosack remained on the track.
With 24 laps remaining, the final stage period commenced under green as teammates Mosack and Mayer occupied the front row. At the start, Mosack muscled ahead and cleared teammate Mayer through the first turn. As Mosack proceeded to lead in his No. 88 Apollo Pex Chevrolet Camaro through the ensuing infield turns, Mayer fended off Allmendinger to retain second while Almirola, van Gisbergen and Chandler Smith followed suit in the top six. With van Gisbergen diving his way up to fourth place through Turn 7, Mosack fended off teammate Mayer through both the backstretch and frontstretch chicanes to lead the following lap while teammates Hill and Love battled for ninth place.
Then, as Almirola and Clements spun in Turn 7, Mayer overtook teammate Mosack through Turns 8 and 9 to assume the lead. Mayer would retain the lead for the following lap as teammate Mosack, Allmendinger, van Gisbergen and Chandler Smith followed suit in the top five.
Down to the final 20 laps of the event, Mayer was leading by more than a second over teammate Mosack as Playoff contenders Allmendinger, van Gisbergen, Chandler Smith, Kligerman and Hill followed suit in the top seven ahead of Bilicki, Austin Green and Love. Behind, Sammy Smith, Custer and Allgaier were scored in the top 15 along with Brandon Jones and DiBenedetto as 31 of 38 starters were scored on the lead lap.
Five laps later, Mayer continued to lead by more than a second over Allmendinger as van Gisbergen, Chandler Smith and Mosack followed suit in the top five. With Mayer, who came into the event scored below the top-eight cutline in the Playoff standings, leading, van Gisbergen currently occupied the eighth and final transfer spot to the top-eight cutline by two points over Allgaier, who overtook Custer for 12th place.
Shortly after, the caution flew due to Thomas Annunziata driving his No. 35 NFPA Toyota entry head-on into the barriers entering Turn 1 due to a brake failure. During the caution period, a majority of the field led by Mayer and including Playoff contenders Allmendinger, Hill, Kligerman, Allgaier, Custer and Sammy Smith pitted while the rest led by van Gisbergen remained on the track. In addition to van Gisbergen, Austin Green, Love, Preston Pardus and Nathan Byrd remained on the track.
The start of the ensuing restart period with 11 laps remaining featured van Gisbergen rocketing his No. 97 WeatherTech Chevrolet Camaro away with the lead as the field fanned out entering the first turn. With van Gisbergen leading Love, Green, Mayer and Kligerman through the infield turns and back on the oval turns, the New Zealander retained the lead by a steady margin through the backstretch chicane as Kligerman battled and overtook Love for the runner-up spot.
With 10 laps remaining, several competitors including Mosack and Alfredo spun through the frontstretch chicane while more including Sammy Smith served an on-track stop-and-go penalty in the frontstretch. At the front, van Gisbergen retained the lead over a hard-charging Kligerman while Mayer carved his way up to third place. Kligerman would cut van Gisbergen’s deficit through the infield turns before the former retained the advantage for the remaining turns.
The following lap, Kligerman, who pitted for fresh tires during the previous caution period and is placed in a “must-win” situation to advance into the Playoff’s Round of 8, closed in to van Gisbergen’s rear bumper through the infield turns. Kligerman then made his move beneath van Gisbergen in Turn 7 to move his No. 48 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Chevrolet Camaro into the lead and he would retain the top spot through the oval turns and the following set of chicanes as Mayer overtook van Gisbergen for the runner-up spot. Van Gisbergen, whose tires were beginning to wear out, would then yield third place to teammate Allmendinger through the infield turns during the following lap as Kligerman retained the lead over Mayer.
Down to the final five laps of the event, Kligerman kept his lead to three-tenths of a second over Mayer, with the latter keeping pace and remaining within a striking zone of the former while Allmendinger tried to close in on the two leaders. Behind, van Gisbergen trailed by more than two seconds in fourth place ahead of Hill while Chandler Smith, Allgaier, Brandon Jones, Bilicki and Love were racing in the top 10.
Then with four laps remaining, Mayer seized an opportunity and made his move beneath Kligerman entering the frontstretch chicane to assume the lead. With Mayer lightly bumping into Kligerman and retaining the lead through the chicane, Kligerman then executed a crossover move of his own as he made his move beneath Mayer and reassumed the lead through the frontstretch. With Kligerman fending off Mayer through the first three turns, Allmendinger joined the battle and van Gisbergen also tried to close in from fourth place. During the following lap, Mayer briefly lost his momentum through the oval’s backstretch, which allowed Allmendinger and van Gisbergen to challenge him for the runner-up spot. Mayer, however, defended his spot as Kligerman muscled away with the lead through every turn and straightaway.
For the following lap, Kligerman’s steady advantage grew to nine-tenths of a second over Mayer as Allmendinger and van Gisbergen followed suit by less than two seconds. Despite Mayer trimming the gap to half a second towards the frontstretch, Kligerman remained in the lead.
Then as Kligerman was inches away from crossing the start/finish line to take the white flag and start the final lap of the event, the caution flew and the event was sent into overtime due to Leland Honeyman wrecking and getting buried beneath the tire barriers in Turn 3. During the caution period, some including Love pitted while the rest led by Kligerman remained on the track
The start of the first overtime attempt featured Kligerman and Mayer dueling for the lead through the first four turns before the former rubbed and fended his way back to the front to retain the lead. Kligerman would retain the lead for the following infield turns before Mayer pulled a crossover move beneath Kligerman in Turn 7 and assumed the lead entering the oval turns. Mayer would proceed to lead through the backstretch chicane while Kligerman was trying to fend off Allmendinger and van Gisbergen for the runner-up spot.
When the white flag waved and the final lap started, Mayer remained as the leader by a second over Allmendinger and van Gisbergen, who overtook Kligerman for second and third. By then, van Gisbergen was tied with Love for the final transfer spot to the Round of 8. As Love was trying to gain a spot within the middle of the pack, Mayer retained the lead from the infield turns to the backstretch. With both Allmendinger and van Gisbergen unable to close in from behind, Mayer would cycle back to the frontstretch and weave his way through the chicane before crossing the finish line in first place and notching his third Xfinity checkered flag of the 2024 season.
With the victory, Mayer, who came into the Charlotte Roval event 13 points below the cutline after being disqualified due to his car failing to meet the height requirements during the post-race inspection process last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, notched his seventh career win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series division, his third of the season and his first since winning at Iowa Speedway in June. The victory was also the 16th of the season for the Chevrolet nameplate, with the manufacturer racking its sixth consecutive win at the Charlotte Roval, and the 88th overall for JR Motorsports.
The second consecutive victory at the Charlotte Roval allowed Mayer and the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet team to automatically advance into the Round of 8, where the Wisconsin native continues his pursuit for his first Xfinity Series championship.
Photo by John Knittel for SpeedwayMedia.com.
“Man, it’s all thanks to the good Lord above,” Mayer said on the CW Network. “He’s blessed me with a lot of issues this year, learning moments. To come out here to the Charlotte Motor Speedway [Rova], go back to back [in wins] with a fast, fast car. To do it at home is something special. This No. 1 car was fast today. We certainly had to work for [the win] there. I knew that [passing in Turn 7] was my only shot if I got a good angle into that corner. [Kligerman] blocked the bottom [lane], which was good for me. It gave me a better angle up off the corner and this QPS Employment Chevrolet hooked up and we were gone from there. [It] Was something super special and now, I get to celebrate.”
As Mayer celebrated the race victory that enabled him to advance into the Round of 8, Jesse Love was also left smiling after he finished in 19th place, which was enough for him to claim the eighth and final spot to advance into the next round of the Playoffs by two points over rookie rival van Gisbergen, who ended up in third place. The result marks the second time where a driver of the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet entry claimed the final berth into the Round of 8 while van Gisbergen’s championship run in his first full-time NASCAR campaign came to a bittersweet end.
Photo by John Knittel for SpeedwayMedia.com.
“[The ending was] Just stressful,” Love said. “[My team] were telling me I needed one more [spot] and then one more. I was like, ‘When is [the race] gonna end?’ At the end of the day, I got to be loyal to my guys and they busted their ass really hard, so I got to put a sack over my shoulder and man up and drive forward. Just proud of my whole Whelen No. 2 team. We’re good enough to go race for a championship and we just got to go show it in the next three weeks.”
“It is what it is,” van Gisbergen said. “It probably comes down to last week [at Talladega] having the dramas we had and the DNF there, so that’s probably it. I’m proud of the Kaulig Racing guys. We’ve had an amazing year, my first year in NASCAR. I’ve loved it. I’m happy, but I’m also not. I’d love to keep going [in the Playoffs]. [I] Did what I could.”
Compared to van Gisbergen, teammate AJ Allmendinger advanced into the Round of 8 by finishing in second place. Playoff contenders Austin Hill, Chandler Smith and Justin Allgaier all advanced by finishing fourth, fifth and seventh, respectively, on the track as they joined Sammy Smith, who advanced by winning last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, for the Round of 8 battle.
Meanwhile, Kligerman did not transfer despite capping off his strong run in sixth place. Kligerman’s sixth-place result left the Connecticut native with mixed emotions and fighting off tears as he was initially within inches of both achieving his first elusive Xfinity victory and advancing into the Round of 8 during the event’s regulation period. Nonetheless, Kligerman remained humble and remained optimistic in pursuing his victory before he retires from NASCAR competition at this season’s conclusion.
Photo by John Knittel for SpeedwayMedia.com.
“I might have teared up when I thought we got it there with the white flag and the caution comes out and then had to refocus,” Kligerman said. “I thought I’d cut off Turn 7 enough, but [Mayer] somehow got below me and then, it was on from there. I said I want to cry. I’m not gonna cry, but I really love this game. I just really, really wanted that. It would have meant the world, but you know what? It meant the world to be in that position. Thank you to [owner] Scott Borchetta and everyone at Spiked Coolers. Everyone who made this possible. Big Machine Racing. I don’t know how to process this. It’s going to take a while, but just really thankful to have the opportunity. God, I love this game. I want to get a trophy.”
Ultimately, Kligerman and van Gisbergen join Riley Herbst and Sheldon Creed as the bottom four competitors in the Playoff standings to not advance into the Round of 8.
There were 12 lead changes for eight different leaders. The race featured seven cautions for 20 laps. In addition, 26 of 38 starters finished on the lead lap.
Results.
1. Sam Mayer, 13 laps led
2. AJ Allmendinger, 18 laps led, Stage 1 winner
3. Shane van Gisbergen, seven laps led
4. Austin Hill
5. Chandler Smith, one lap led
6. Parker Kligerman, 12 laps led
7. Justin Allgaier, six laps led, Stage 2 winner
8. Josh Bilicki, 10 laps led
9. Aric Almirola
10. Sammy Smith
11. Brandon Jones
12. Parker Retzlaff
13. Cole Custer
14. Alex Labbe
15. Jeb Burton
16. Anthony Alfredo
17. Ryan Sieg
18. Connor Mosack, five laps led
19. Jesse Love
20. Jeremy Clements
21. Preston Pardus
22. Matt DiBenedetto
23. Kyle Sieg
24. Dawson Cram
25. Nathan Byrd
26. Brad Perez
27. Dylan Lupton, one lap down
28. Leland Honeyman – OUT, Accident
29. Sage Karam – OUT, Brakes
30. Austin Green – OUT, Engine
31. Ryan Ellis, 14 laps down
32. Riley Herbst – OUT, Driveshaft
33. Blaine Perkins, 16 laps down
34. Thomas Annunziata – OUT, Accident
35. Sheldon Creed – OUT, Accident
36. Josh Williams – OUT, Accident
37. Ed Jones – OUT, Accident
38. Brennan Poole – OUT, Accident
*Bold indicates Playoff competitors
Playoff standings
1. Sam Mayer – Advanced
2. Sammy Smith – Advanced
3. Chandler Smith – Advanced
4. Austin Hill – Advanced
5. Cole Custer – Advanced
6. AJ Allmendinger – Advanced
7. Justin Allgaier – Advanced
8. Jesse Love – Advanced
9. Shane van Gisbergen – Eliminated
10. Sheldon Creed – Eliminated
11. Riley Herbst – Eliminated
12. Parker Kligerman – Eliminated
The Round of 8 in the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs is set to commence at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Ambetter Health 302. The event is scheduled to occur next Saturday, October 19, and air at 7:30 p.m. ET on the CW Network.
CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 12, 2024) – Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway combines the pressure of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with the debut of a reconfigured track.
Those two elements blended together for the first time on Saturday, as America’s best drivers took on the newly configured the 2.28-mile, 17-turn circuit for the first time.
Shane Van Gisbergen, driving the No. 13 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing, displayed his substantial road course skill and earned his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole for Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 with a lap of 99.246 mph. Van Gisbergen also won the Drive For The Cure 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race pole earlier Saturday.
“We’ve definitely had a good day,” said Van Gisbergen, who is making his ROVAL™ debut this weekend. “The team has performed strong. Anytime you can get a pole and have the fastest car in qualifying, it’s special.
“It’s not a reconfiguration to me – I don’t know any different.”
Saturday featured the first competition laps at the ROVAL™ since a longer straightaway out of Turn 5, a new Turn 6 and a sharper, hairpin Turn 7 were established on the Charlotte Motor Speedway course.
“I think it’s good they changed it up,” said Ryan Blaney, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion and a winner of the inaugural ROVAL event in 2018. “Whenever you add passing zones, that’s good for a race. It’s the same for everybody. It’s going to be different for everyone and it’s just who can adapt to it the quickest.”
Green flag for the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 (NBC) is 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Entering the race, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano is 13 points below the advancement cutoff, with Daniel Suarez 20 points behind, Austin Cindric 29 points back and Chase Briscoe trailing by 32 points.
“We’re just looking at it as a must win,” said Briscoe. “You could maybe point your way in, but a lot of things would have to go your way. I think it honestly opens up a lot for us from a strategy standpoint of just going in with the approach of flipping the track position and everything else.
“So yeah, to be below the cut line is obviously unfortunate, but honestly, I would much rather it be 30-something points than 15 just because I think it makes it a little clearer of what you need to do from a strategy standpoint.”
Earlier Saturday, Van Gisbergen led the field in practice with a speed of 98.604 mph.
PRETTY IN PINK
Marking National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this weekend’s distinctive pink window nets, provided by the Erik Jones Foundation, provide awareness and support to survivors and those affected, as well as highlight the importance of early detection.
“We’re looking forward to seeing the window nets on the cars,” Jones said. “It should be a fun couple of days. This is probably one of NASCAR’s most visual [charity] programs.”
Jones’ group took over the philanthropic effort from a Kurt Busch-run organization late last year.
“The reward is the [fund] granting that we can do. We’ve started those discussions already. It makes all the work worth it. There’s some long days and a lot of time put into it. When you hand that grant over it makes it all worthwhile.”
TICKETS:
Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 tickets are available at www.charlottemotorspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-455-FANS (3267). Kids 12 and under get in all weekend for just $10.
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Shane van Gisbergen doubled down with his second NASCAR national touring series pole position of the day at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (Roval) by claiming the top-starting spot for this weekend’s Bank of America Roval 400 on Saturday, October 12.
The three-time SuperCars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, was one of 10 from a list of 38-entered competitors to transfer into the final round of qualifying, where the first phase of qualifying consisted of two 19-car groups (Group A and Group B) and the top-five fastest competitors from each group transferring into the final qualifying round.
After being the fastest qualifier from the Group B qualifying round and the fastest in practice, van Gisbergen would proceed to claim the pole position with his best lap occurring at 99.246 mph in 82.704 seconds, which was enough to edge Tyler Reddick by 0.057 seconds.
With his accomplishment, van Gisbergen, who was initially not registered to compete in this event but ended up being added in Kaulig Racing’s No. 13 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 entry, notched his first career pole position in the NASCAR Cup Series division. He also became the 242nd competitor overall to win a pole in NASCAR’s premier series and he delivered the first Cup pole for Kaulig Racing as he will make his 10th Cup start of the 2024 season at the Charlotte Roval on Sunday. The New Zealander’s previous best starting spot in the Cup Series was third, which occurred at the Chicago Street Course in July 2023 and Watkins Glen International this past August.
Van Gisbergen, who will also start on pole position for Saturday afternoon’s Xfinity Series Playoff event at the Roval in his quest to advance into the Round of 8, also joins Michael McDowell and Ross Chastain as non-Playoff contenders to record poles as he strives to become the sixth competitor to win a Cup event at the Roval.
“Man, thank you to this Kaulig Racing team,” van Gisbergen said on USA Network. “[It was a] Last minute deal to come and race here. Thanks to [team owner] Matt [Kaulig] and the guys for letting me run their car. What an amazing day. I’m lost for words. I have to respect [that] there’s a lot of Playoff guys around me. I have to race respectfully. We’re here to win the race. Hopefully, we have a good day.”
Reddick, who won the Charlotte Roval pole a year ago and who made a last-ditch effort to topple van Gisbergen off the top of the qualifying charts, will start in second place with his best lap occurring at 99.177 mph in 82.761 seconds. Ironically, Reddick, the highest-starting Playoff contender, also rallied from being involved in a spin during the event’s practice session.
AJ Allmendinger, van Gisbergen’s teammate at Kaulig Racing and the reigning Bank of America Roval 400 winner, will start in third place with his best qualifying lap occurring at 98.874 mph in 83.015 seconds. Joey Logano and Austin Cindric, Playoff contenders and teammates at Team Penske, will line up in the top five.
Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, Playoff contenders and teammates at Hendrick Motorsports, will follow suit in sixth and seventh, respectively, while Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace and Playoff contender William Byron complete the top-10 starting spots.
With six of the 12 Playoff contenders starting in the top 10 for Sunday’s main event, the remaining Playoff contenders that include Christopher Bell, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe will start 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 18th and 25th, respectively.
With Sunday’s main event at the Charlotte Roval serving as the final Round of 12 event of the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs, the following names that include Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe enter the Roval below the top-eight cutline while Tyler Reddick and Chase Elliott occupy the final two transfer spots by 14 and 13 points, respectively. William Byron is the only Playoff contender who is currently locked into the Round of 8 based on points while Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman and Ryan Blaney follow suit in the top six in the Playoff standings.
*All 38 competitors entered for Sunday’s event at Charlotte earned a starting spot.
Qualifying position, best speed, best time:
Shane van Gisbergen, 99.246 mph, 82.704 seconds
Tyler Reddick, 99.177 mph, 82.761 seconds
AJ Allmendinger, 98.874 mph, 83.015 seconds
Joey Logano, 98.694 mph, 83.166 seconds
Austin Cindric, 98.580 mph, 83.262 seconds
Kyle Larson, 98.500 mph, 83.330 seconds
Chase Elliott, 98.389 mph, 83.424 seconds
Brad Keselowski, 98.341 mph, 83.465 seconds
Bubba Wallace, 98.219 mph, 83.568 seconds
William Byron, 98.165 mph, 83.614 seconds
Kyle Busch, 98.637 mph, 83.214 seconds
Christopher Bell, 98.605 mph, 83.241 seconds
Daniel Suarez, 98.456 mph, 83.367 seconds
Ryan Blaney, 98.464 mph, 83.360 seconds
Todd Gilliland, 98.456 mph, 83.367 seconds
Ross Chastain, 98.277 mph, 83.519 seconds
Alex Bowman, 98.453 mph, 83.370 seconds
Denny Hamlin, 98.174 mph, 83.607 seconds
Ty Gibbs, 98.377 mph, 83.434 seconds
Carson Hocevar, 98.039 mph, 83.722 seconds
Michael McDowell, 98.305 mph, 83.495 seconds
Austin Dillon, 98.009 mph, 83.747 seconds
Zane Smith, 98.128 mph, 83.646 seconds
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 97.924 mph, 83.820 seconds
Chase Briscoe, 97.987 mph, 83.766 seconds
Harrison Burton, 97.834 mph, 83.897 seconds
Daniel Hemric, 97.921 mph, 83.823 seconds
Corey LaJoie, 97.756 mph, 83.964 seconds
Chris Buescher, 97.760 mph, 83.961 seconds
Martin Truex Jr., 97.647 mph, 84.058 seconds
Kaz Grala, 97.752 mph, 83.968 seconds
Noah Gragson, 97.560 mph, 84.133 seconds
Justin Haley, 97.718 mph, 83.997 seconds
Ryan Preece, 97..234 mph, 84.415 seconds
John Hunter Nemechek, 97.664 mph, 84.043 seconds
Josh Berry, 97.069 mph, 84.558 seconds
Erik Jones, 97.515 mph, 84.172 seconds
Josh Bilicki, 95.261 mph, 86.163 seconds
The 2024 Bank of America Roval 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course is scheduled to occur on Sunday, October 13, and air at 2 p.m. ET on NBC.
NASCAR CUP SERIES CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY R.C. ROUND OF 12: ELIMINATION RACE TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING REPORT OCTOBER 12, 2024
Van Gisbergen Sweeps Pole Wins at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Turning his first-ever laps on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Chevrolet’s Shane van Gisbergen drove his Chevrolet-powered machines to the top of the leaderboard in both qualifying sessions – claiming the pole for today’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Drive for the Cure 250 and Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400.
The poles wins – his first in the Cup Series and third in the Xfinity Series – came after a strong practice session in both series, driving his Kaulig Racing Chevrolet’s to the top of the leaderboard in each.
Chevrolet – the winningest manufacturer in both series at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course – now sits at 10 poles for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season and 753 all-time in the division.
A strong contingency of Team Chevy drivers claimed top-10 qualifying results at the North Carolina circuit, with the track’s defending winner, AJ Allmendinger, posting a third-place qualifying effort in his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Camaro ZL1; and Chevrolet’s playoff drivers Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott and William Byron driving their Hendrick Motorsports-prepared Chevrolet’s to sixth, seventh and 10th-place qualifying results, respectively.
SHANE VAN GISBERGEN, NO. 13 WEATHERTECH CAMARO ZL1 – Pole Win Quote
FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY, SHANE VAN GISBERGEN WINS A POLE AT THE ROVAL. HOW FUN WAS THAT TO WATCH THE CLOSING LAPS AND TYLER REDDICK TRYING TO BEAT YOUR TIME?
“Yeah, he’s obviously very quick to do those extra laps and still match it. But man, thank you to this Kaulig Racing team. It was a last minute deal to come and run this Cup race here, so thanks to Matt (Kaulig) and the guys for letting me run their car, and for WeatherTech coming on board.
Our Chevy is really quick. What an amazing day.. I’m lost for words.”
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TOMORROW TO START AND FINISH IN THE FIRST POSITION?
“Yeah, just make sure we race clean. I have to respect that there’s a lot of playoff guys around me and I have to race respectfully. But yeah, we’re here to win the race. I have a teammate up there with me, too, so obviously the team has done a great job. But yeah, hopefully we have a good day.”
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JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Qualified 4th)
“It was a solid qualifying effort. We need to be faster. The guys we are racing, the 9 is right behind us and the 45 is second, so it is going to be a battle tomorrow for sure.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW COURSE LAYOUT NOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN OUT THERE?
“I think we made some gains on trying to figure out how to make speed. It is a new section so you have to make laps to play with different lines. I will be interested in watching the Xfinity race here today to see what lines look like and how that goes.”
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Menards/Sylvania Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Qualified 5th)
“I think that gives us the option to do everything we need to do tomorrow. We are in a position that we have to go win, and starting in the top five and being able to have some track position here to start is super important. I am proud of my team bringing a fast Menards/Sylvania Ford Mustang and we will go try to have our best day of the year tomorrow.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW COURSE LAYOUT NOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN OUT THERE?
“It is just different. Better or worse, whatever, but it is just different. I think the work that the guys did at the Ford Performance simulator to help us get up to speed has been really important for us in being able to maximize having two practices.”
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Castrol Edge Ford Mustang Dark Horse (Qualified 8th)
“We hustled hard. The car seems really decent and I am excited about the race on Sunday. It was a really solid day.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW COURSE LAYOUT NOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN OUT THERE?
“I think we brought a good car. That makes my job a lot easier. I am really excited about that. I am not sure what to think about the reconfig yet. I would like to get a race under my belt before having a strong opinion, but it is certainly different.”
Ford Performance Notes and Quotes NASCAR Cup Series | Media Availability Bank of America ROVAL 400 | Saturday, October 12, 2024
Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 Ford Performance Racing School Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Stewart-Haas Racing, met with media members Saturday morning ahead of Cup Series practice and qualifying at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Media Availability Quotes:
BACK AT DARLINGTON, YOU HAD TO WIN THAT RACE TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STRAIGHTFORWARD OVAL. WITH THE STAGE POINTS AND THE STAGE RACING AT ROAD COURSES, HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO APPROACH THIS TO GET THE POINTS TO MAKE UP THE DEFICIT?
“I think for us it’s honestly better that we’re kind of in the position that we are being 32 out or whatever it is versus 15 just because if you’re 15 to even 20, that is doable. Where we’re 30, at least for us, we’re just looking at it as a must win. You could maybe point your way in, but a lot of things would have to go your way. I think it honestly opens up a lot for us from a strategy standpoint of just going in with the approach of flipping the track position and everything else. So yeah, to be below the cut line is obviously unfortunate, but honestly, I would much rather it be 30-something points than 15 just because I think it makes it a little clearer of what you need to do from a strategy standpoint. And out of all the tracks in this round, this is the one where I feel the most confident to come and battle for the win, so hopefully we can do that.”
WE’VE HAD TWO RACES WITH TWO NON-PLAYOFF GUYS WIN RACES? IS THAT GOOD FOR THE GUYS THAT NEED TO GET IN, OR DOES THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT?
“I think it’s good if you’re around the cut line for sure just because if guys in the playoffs win it just moves that cut line farther and farther down. So I think for the guys near the cut line, it definitely makes it a little bit easier, but for us where we’re at a point situation, it really doesn’t matter truthfully I think it definitely makes a difference, you know the first round even right, if I don’t win the race I’m cheering that a non playoff guy win just because it makes it a lot easier.”
COULD WE SEE A SITUATION TOMORROW WHERE AN ENTIRE SEGMENT OF RACES, THREE RACE SEGMENT, THE PLAYOFFS WHERE NON-PLAYOFF GUYS END UP WINNING THOSE RACES.
“Yeah, for sure. I mean with, you know, Allmendinger and SVG and guys like that, I think that here too, just with the strategy standpoint, it’s gonna be flipped more than any of the oval races that we have. So it definitely would not surprise me at all to see a non-playoff guy win, but hopefully a playoff guy wins.”
COMING INTO THE PLAYOFFS YOU SAID THE MOTIVATION OR THE RALLYING CRY WITH THE TEAM WAS BASICALLY, WHY NOT US? WE’VE SEEN TONY DO IT. SO COMING IN THIS WEEKEND SAYING IT’S A MUST WIN. IS THERE ANY MOTIVATION OR SPEECH THIS WEEK AMONGST THE TEAM ABOUT THE GOAL AND THE JOB ON SUNDAY?
“To be honest with you. I’ve been at the shop all week. I think for me, you know, I don’t feel worried at all. I honestly feel a lot like I did going into the Darlington week, where I know that we can win here. We’ve done it before in the Xfinity level, but this is a track I feel really good about. Our road course stuff has been really good. If you look at Watkins Glen and things like that. So I’m not really nervous. There’s not a whole lot that I feel like isn’t capable by our team when we do everything right. It’s just going to take a good weekend, and with where we’re at in the points I feel like it makes it easier to win the race just because you don’t have to put yourself where you get the points then you restart 20th every single time. You can just flip the track position and you’re gonna start up front every time, so I feel really good about it truthfully.”
YOU AND BOSWELL LAST WEEK WERE PRETTY OUTSPOKEN AND FRUSTRATED WITH WHAT HAPPENED AT TALLADEGA WITH THE DVP POLICY AND THE TOWING. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT NASCAR TOLD THE CREW CHIEFS THIS WEEK ABOUT HOW THEY’RE GOING TO APPROACH THESE NEXT FIVE RACES?
“Yeah, I have no idea. I’ve not been on my phone.”
YOU MENTIONED NOT BEING ON YOUR PHONE AND NOT BEING AT THE SHOP. HOW IS LIFE NOW AS THE FATHER OF THREE WITH TWINS AND HOW’S MARISSA DOING?
“Yeah, it’s been a chaotic week. Marissa’s actually at the ER right now. So yeah, she’s been twice. She’s had a lot of issues after. So hopefully I can get done quick here and get back home. The babies are good. They’re super small. I did not expect them to be as small as they are. But yeah, I’m definitely not getting a lot of sleep. Trying to be the best dad and play mom at the same time just with how bad Marissa has been struggling. It’s been a busy week. I probably haven’t focused a whole lot on racing, truthfully, but I’m excited to get the car today just from that standpoint of trying to zone everything that I’ve had going on all week. I feel feel good about it. Being a father of three has been really cool. It has been cool to see Brooks transition into the big brother role already and just hoping that Marissa will be okay and get back to her.”
WERE YOU ABLE TO WATCH XFINITY PRACTICE AT ALL? AND IF SO, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD TAKE AWAY FROM JUST THE NEW CONFIGURATION AND HOW DOES THE NEW CONFIGURATION IMPACT YOUR CONFIDENCE AT ALL?
“Yeah, I saw, I don’t know, maybe four or five laps of practice. I didn’t see a whole lot, but I think what I had planned on doing as far as the new section looked like what they were doing. So I definitely think that the section over here, I think turn seven or whatever, is going to be very interesting when the race starts, just because the racing line really opens you up to just get taken advantage of. So you’re going to have to play a lot of defense there. And it’s definitely going to create a ton of passing opportunities, I think, not only in that corner, but even into the back straightaway, so I think they did a really good job with it. It’s gonna make it really unique just because it’s off camber. There’s a lot of things that I think are really gonna add to the complexion to this racetrack and I’m looking forward to getting on it.”
DOES HAVING THE TWINS THIS WEEK MAKE IT ANY LESS STRESSFUL OR LESS LIKE WELL IF I DON’T ADVANCE, STILL HAVE THE TWINS?
“I think just your perspective changes, at least it did for me, even with Brooks, that what I do in the race car is important, but in the big scheme of things, in the big scheme of life, it’s not the most important thing where I finish on a Sunday. I think it does add motivation at the same time, just knowing that you have two more mouths to feed and things like that. And you want to provide for your family, but also, my worth is not where I finish on Sunday whether I move on in the playoffs. It’s how good of a husband I am and a father I am. And that’s kind of what I try to take pride in.”
WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE TEAM AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE’VE HEARD FROM SOME DRIVERS THAT MOVED TEAMS AND ALSO SOME CREW CHIEFS AT SHR ABOUT THE INFORMATION FLOW FROM FORD, OR MAYBE LACK THEREOF, WITH RESPECT TO ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU GOT GOING ON OUTSIDE OF THE RACE CAR THIS WEEK, THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THEN I GUESS PARTLY THIS WEEK AS WELL. HOW HAS THAT INFORMATION FLOW BEEN AND HAVE YOU NOTICED ANY, YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY CHINKS IN THE ARMOR FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE?
“From my standpoint, at least the driver’s side, I haven’t seen anything. But I’m also not the one doing all the setups and stuff like that. So I try to not get in the weeds of that stuff. I know for me, I’m still going to the simulator. I’m doing all of those things. So from my standpoint, I feel like we still have everything we need. Even in the playoffs, I’ve been able to run up front and battle. I don’t feel like we’re missing anything by any means. I feel like all that’s really strong. You know, if we don’t move on out of the round of the playoffs, I don’t know if that changes, but I certainly right now feel like we have everything we need.”
YOUR SUCCESS AT THIS TRACK IS ONE THING. THE COURSE CHANGES ARE A WHOLE OTHER BALLGAME. HOW DO YOU BALANCE KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE HAD SUCCESS HERE IN THE PAST, YOU HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE VERSUS THE CHANGES THAT ARE NEW THIS YEAR ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AND HOW THAT’S GOING TO IMPACT THINGS.
“I’m honestly glad of the changes just due to the fact that I feel like it just makes it a little bit more of an even playing field and kind of reminds me the first time we came here. There’s a lot of new and nobody really has the advantage of just having laps here so I’m excited for the new changes. I think it fits me a little bit better anyways. That section that they took out was probably my worst part of the racetrack. So yeah, I feel really good about it for sure.”
HOW DO YOU NOT GET DISTRACTED WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON AT HOME, FOCUSING ON THAT AND WITH OBVIOUSLY THE RACE SUNDAY?
“I think for me, my faith is a big one and then just having a really good support system, between Marissa’s parents and my parents doing everything they can to just make it easier for both of us. It’s chaos, I’m not gonna lie. Just, you know, with Marissa being at the ER right now, not wanting to bring four-day-old twins into the ER, so they’re out in the parking lot with my mom and she’s pumping and running milk out there, so, you know, then I’m going back and forth. So, I mean, it’s chaotic, but without that support system and without that family support, it would be way harder. That being said, as chaotic of a week as it’s been, it could be a lot worse, right? There’s a lot worse things that we could be going through, and it could be a lot harder for us. We’ve got it pretty good still. I think just my faith and then having that support system definitely makes it a little bit easier to just not get lost in the chaos.”
SPEAKING OF CHAOS, THE ROVAL HAS BEEN RECONFIGURED, A LOT OF DRIVERS ARE EXPECTING CHAOS IN TURN 7. WHAT OF YOUR IMPRESSION SO FAR AS YOU’VE TAKEN SIM LAPS?
“I definitely think that it’s gonna add a new passing zone that was never there. You know, just with that whole section before, you would honestly just follow the leader and then the speeds were so fast that even the backstretch chicane didn’t really turn into as big of a passing zone as it could be where now you’re gonna have two more passing zones. So from that standpoint it’s definitely gonna be made more chaotic, but I do think it’s gonna make it a little bit more just in the drivers hands because I think you can find more time now in different areas where before, that whole section was kind of the same speed for everybody. You couldn’t really differentiate yourself that much where now I think you can definitely do that. I’m really excited with what they’ve done and think it’ll be just added value to this racetrack.”
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS TRACK SURFACE GOES WHEN YOU RACE AT LAS VEGAS IN THE SPRING AND WHEN YOU GO BACK IN THE FALL?
“I would say just the temperature. It seems like it’s always hotter whenever we go there in the fall for whatever reason. The track just races a little bit wider. It’s a little slicker. When we go there in the spring, it’s a little more bottom dominant I feel like, where in the fall you can normally run the fence a little bit easier and do things like that. So to me, I don’t really notice a track change as much as I do just the temperature. I think I was looking the other day, it’s going to be like 100 degrees next week out there, so that should be better for the racing, though, just make it wider. I know when we were there in the spring, it was really bottom dominant, at least the best guys were. So hopefully, that’ll make it better.”
SO IS THE RV IN THE HOSPITAL PARKING LOT OR DID YOU BRING IT HERE?
“No, it’s here. Yeah, for Brooks, he’s going to come with me tomorrow so yeah it’s here.”
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NAMES FOR THE TWINS?
“Cooper is Marissa’s maiden name, so that one was kind of easy. T the girl name I honestly don’t know where Marissa really got it other than I know it’s in the movie The Blind Side and I think she’d heard it there maybe once. She wanted names that kind of went together. I was trying to go for Bonnie because there was a Bonnie Briscoe at one point and I thought it was kind of cute and southern, but we ended up going with Collins and I ended up loving it.”
HOW MUCH SLEEP HAVE YOU GOTTEN THIS WEEK?
“More than Marissa for sure. I would say four or five hours a night maybe. That’s being generous though.”
Rookie Shane van Gisbergen will start on the pole position for the 2024 Drive for the Cure 250 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (Roval) on Saturday, October 12.
The three-time SuperCars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, was one of 10 from a list of 38-entered competitors to transfer into the final round of qualifying, where the first phase of qualifying consisted of two 19-car groups (Group A and Group B) and the top-five fastest competitors from each group transferring into the final qualifying round.
After being the fastest qualifier from the Group A qualifying round, van Gisbergen would proceed to post his best qualifying lap at 97.110 mph in 84.523 seconds during the final qualifying round, which was enough for him to claim the pole position for Saturday’s main event.
With the result, van Gisbergen, who is pulling double-duty roles between the Xfinity and Cup Series divisions, notched the third NASCAR Xfinity Series pole of the 2024 season and of his career. His previous poles of this season occurred at Sonoma Raceway in June and at the Chicago Street Course in July, both of which he proceeded to win the main events.
With Saturday’s main event at Charlotte serving as the Round of 12 finale in the 2024 Xfinity Series Playoffs, van Gisbergen’s pole position comes at a critical time. The New Zealander is currently ranked in 10th place in the Playoff standings and trails the top-eight cutline to the Round of 8 by 10 points. Having finished eighth and 35th, respectively, during the first two events of the Round of 12, van Gisbergen aims to race up front and contend for the victory that would enable him to the Round of 8 and remain in title contention.
“The WeatherTech Camaro was really good,” van Gisbergen said on USA Network. “Obviously, AJ’s [Allmendinger] fast as well, so that’s a credit to our Kaulig Racing guys. We struggled at Watkins [Glen] for pace, had to rethink and now, our cars are really, really good. Hopefully, we can both take [the competition] to’em. Hopefully, both of us get through to the second round of the Playoffs. We’re in a good spot. See how the race goes.”
Joining van Gisbergen on the front row will be Sam Mayer, a 2024 Xfinity Playoff contender who clocked in his best qualifying lap at 96.871 mph in 84.731 seconds. Like van Gisbergen, Mayer enters the Charlotte Roval below the cutline following a disqualification last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway due to his car failing to meet the height requirements during the post-race inspection process. Having won the Charlotte Roval in a “must-win” situation a year ago, Mayer, who trails the cutline by 13 points, strives to repeat his success at the Roval that would enable him to maintain his Playoff hopes for another round.
AJ Allmendinger, van Gisbergen’s teammate at Kaulig Racing and a five-time NASCAR national touring series race winner at the Charlotte Roval, will line up in third place with his best qualifying lap occurring at 96.776 mph in 84.814 seconds. Allmendinger, who currently occupies the eighth and final transfer spot into the Round of 8 by seven points, will be followed by Josh Bilicki and Playoff contender Sheldon Creed on the starting grid.
Playoff contenders Austin Hill, Chandler Smith, rookie Jesse Love and Justin Allgaier will start sixth to ninth, respectively, while Connor Mosack will occupy the 10th starting spot.
With eight of 12 Playoff contenders starting in the top 10, the remaining Playoff contenders that include Riley Herbst, Cole Custer, Sammy Smith and Parker Kligerman will start 12th, 14th, 16th, and 22nd, respectively.
*All 38 competitors entered for Saturday’s event at Charlotte earned a starting spot.
Qualifying position, best speed, best time:
Shane van Gisbergen, 97.110 mph, 84.523 seconds
Sam Mayer, 96.871 mph, 84.731 seconds
AJ Allmendinger, 96.776 mph, 84.814 seconds
Josh Bilicki, 96.256 mph, 85.273 seconds
Sheldon Creed, 96.248 mph, 85.280 seconds
Austin Hill, 96.183 mph, 85.337 seconds
Chandler Smith, 96.115 mph, 85.398 seconds
Jesse Love, 96.079 mph, 85.430 seconds
Justin Allgaier, 95.751 mph, 85.722 seconds
Connor Mosack, 95.636 mph, 85.825 seconds
Anthony Alfredo, 96.137 mph, 85.378 seconds
Riley Herbst, 95.775 mph, 85.701 seconds
Aric Almirola, 95.767 mph, 85.708 seconds
Cole Custer, 95.688 mph, 85.779 seconds
Brandon Jones, 95.675 mph, 85.790 seconds
Sammy Smith, 95.669 mph, 85.796 seconds
Austin Green, 95.562 mph, 85.892 seconds
Ed Jones, 95.543 mph, 85.909 seconds
Alex Labbe, 95.446 mph, 85.996 seconds
Parker Retzlaff, 95.385 mph, 86.051 seconds
Jeremy Clements, 95.335 mph, 86.096 seconds
Parker Kligerman, 95.319 mph, 86.111 seconds
Josh Williams, 95.215 mph, 86.205 seconds
Brennan Poole, 95.119 mph, 86.292 seconds
Ryan Sieg, 94.898 mph, 86.493 seconds
Matt DiBenedetto, 94.833 mph, 86.552 seconds
Jeb Burton, 94.777 mph, 86.603 seconds
Sage Karam, 94.549 mph, 86.812 seconds
Preston Pardus, 94.397 mph, 86.952 seconds
Ryan Ellis, 94.350 mph, 86.995 seconds
Brad Perez, 94.257 mph, 87.081 seconds
Thomas Annunziata, 94.160 mph, 87.171 seconds
Leland Honeyman, 93.877 mph, 87.434 seconds
Blaine Perkins, Owner Points
Kyle Sieg, Owner Points
Dylan Lupton, Owner Points
Dawson Cram, Owner Points
Nathan Byrd, Owner Points
The 2024 Drive for the Cure 250 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course is scheduled to occur Saturday afternoon, October 12, at 3:30 p.m. ET on the CW Network.
Toyota Racing – Denny Hamlin NASCAR Cup Series Quotes
CONCORD, N.C. (October 12, 2024) – Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was made available to the media on Saturday prior to practice for the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
What are your thoughts on the change to the DVP rules? “The good part is – they talked to the crew chiefs and said this is the way they are going to view the rule. I don’t know if there has actually been a rule change, but certainly the interpretation of it has changed. Whatever consistency it is – just let’s ride that out for the rest of the year.”
Have you done much sim work for this weekend and what are your thoughts on the changes to the track?
“It will certainly be different for sure. As time goes on, everyone is going to adapt their style to a very similar style, as we do on most tracks. It is inviting to go in there and dive bomb, and that will get rewarded sometimes, and sometimes it won’t. It is the same track for everyone, someone is going to win, so you just hope you are it.”
Does it tell you anything about the Playoff schedule with the top-eight guys in points also being the current top-eight?
“Not really. Certainly, the work you put into the regular season definitely helps with that. You get to have a jump start when the round starts. Those who have the most regular season points, or bonus points, are going to always reset back to the top. If it was all zero, where would it all be? I think that shows the importance of the regular season, and certainly if you can build a buffer for bad days, that really pays off in rounds like these, but we haven’t seen this round fully play out quite yet.”
Do you have any concern since Toyotas have not won recently?
“It has been a minute for sure for any of our cars to get to victory lane, and we just haven’t won as many races through the summer months as we were planning on. It is for various reasons, but yeah, as we look at how the tracks lay out, we haven’t had that all out speed that we have seen in years past, but still, I haven’t gone to the race track any weekend and thought that my car was incapable of winning. We just haven’t done it and none of our Toyotas have done it. It is up to us and the teams to finish it off for Toyota.”
With this DVP change, do you think they should have waited until after the season was over?
“We certainly play by the letter of the law for a very long time, and then we varied from that, so while, there has been a change since last week, at least if what they said was true, they are going to play it the same from here on out and not change. I would have certainly rather it changed at the end of the year like they talked about, but here we are and hopefully we have some consistency for the last five.”
Is a 30-point buffer safe enough going into Sunday?
“If I don’t have a horrible day, yes. But I’ve had horrible days here. I feel better about it than I did with five to go at Talladega, certainly. I think that I just have to do my part in all of this. That starts today and goes on to tomorrow and I just need to do my job to best of my ability, and if so, then we will be fine. If not, we will see how it all stacks up, but 30 points – if you would have asked me before Talladega, would you be alright with 30 points to the good going to the ROVAL, I would have said yes.”
Do you feel like you are less of a disadvantage here because the course has changed?
“Well, I was pretty decent last year. Looking back at the race, qualified inside the top-10, ran inside the top-10. We decided to stay out for stage points to lock ourselves in and it put me last when we started stage three, and then I got caught up in someone else’s wreck. So yeah, the result was horrible, but I thought I was the most competitive that I’ve been at this race track since we’ve run here. I’m at least optimistic about that.”
As far as the DVP, there are so many scenarios. Do you think about that?
“There is too much other stuff to really put DVP – there is no section in my brain for it right now. I would say that – certainly, there is going to be unintended consequences to it, right? That is going to be, when you tow cars back to pit road, when do you open pit road? Do you just wait, wait, wait – then you have some fuel mileage issues. People need to pit, next thing you know, the tow truck is sitting in their pit stall. There is going to be – while this has evolved – there will be some kinks in it that we don’t plan for, you just hope that I don’t know, if there is a multi-car wreck, you just hope that you are the first one to get towed, because it will certainly be a big advantage.”
How much does where you start tomorrow change your strategy for the race?
“It will have a factor – no doubt about it. A lot of it also depends on who is in front of you in the qualifying order and what is their agenda. I probably won’t know what Chris (Gabehart, crew chief) will do coming out of the back chicane, and we are coming to two to go, and does he call me to pit road or not – a lot of that is waiting and seeing what does the competition do, how many points can you get, and so yes. Today is the start of your strategy, and it can alter based on what we do today.”
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NASCAR CUP SERIES CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY R.C. ROUND OF 12: ELIMINATION RACE TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUOTES OCTOBER 12, 2024
WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 VALVOLINE CONFETTI CAMARO ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Media Availability Quotes:
YOU’RE LOCKED INTO THE NEXT ROUND. IN THIS RACE, AT THIS TRACK, WHERE IT’S EXPECTED TO BE CHAOTIC ON SUNDAY, HOW GOOD OF A FEELING IS IT THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS ON SUNDAY, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT WON’T EFFECT YOU?
“Yeah, it’s great.. it’s awesome. It changes the whole mood and vibe for the weekend, for sure. I mean, I haven’t really thought a lot about it, in terms of just trying to do the normal preparation and be ready for the race and try to go win. But yeah, there aren’t consequences for us, so that’s a great feeling and I feel like it’s one that we can take advantage of. We don’t have to worry about going out here in practice; try to ease into it. We can just try to send it and see what happens.”
DO YOU FEEL LIKE WHATEVER DOUBTS OR CONCERNS THAT WERE CIRCULATING AROUND YOUR TEAM ARE KIND OF ERASED NOW, AND THE NO. 24 TEAM IS AT THE SAME CALIBER AS THE OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE RACING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
“Yeah, I mean this is the time of year that matters. I’m proud of our team for showing up. I knew we would. I’m confident in our group. I know that for us, winning races early in the season is great. We want to have success throughout the summer, but we were just a little bit up and down. But yeah, now is when it counts and our team showed up, so I’m excited for the Round of Eight, for sure.”
NOW THAT YOU’VE HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH SOME OF THE XFINITY SERIES PRACTICE AND LOOKING AT THE LAYOUT, WHAT ARE YOUR INITIAL READS ON THIS CIRCUIT AND LAYOUT?
“I mean, it looks really similar to what sim was like. So for us, it’s really status quo. I feel like turns six and seven are definitely different. But yeah, it looks a little bit awkward. Turn six is definitely awkward.. the way that you load into there. There’s a crest to the hill. There’s some paint that’s going to rubber in and gain some grip as the weekend goes that you’ll have all four tires on. Turn seven is a U-turn, really. It’s a very different corner.. no banking whatsoever. So I think you’ll see a lot of dive bombs there, for sure, and some spins because of that. I’m just curious to get out there. Hopefully we can qualify well.
Oh and the frontstretch chicane, too, is slightly different. But yeah, I’m excited.”
I’M PRETTY SURE THE CURRENT TOP-EIGHT ABOVE THE CUTLINE ARE IN THE HIGHEST SCORING POINT EARNERS THIS YEAR. WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE CALIBER OF TEAMS THAT PRETTY MUCH, DESPITE ALL THE CHAOTIC RACES AND THE SCHEDULING, THE TOP-EIGHT TEAMS ARE THE TOP-EIGHT OF THE PLAYOFFS?
“Yeah, if it stays the way it is now, it will be a really entertaining and competitive Round of Eight, you know because there won’t be any guys that are kind of easing their way in. So I think it will be really competitive. I am a bit surprised by that, based on the way the schedule was this year with the two superspeedways and two road courses in the playoffs. But so far, everyone has kind of adapted to it. The speedway racing has been a bit different in the playoffs this year. I feel like everyone is taking care of each other, for the most part, until some of the wrecks last weekend. But overall, I feel like guys are scoring a lot of stage points and staying up towards the front, which is unique at superspeedways. You never know what can happen.
And then, I feel like Watkins Glen was just a wildcard. So yeah, I’m a bit surprised. But at the same time, I know that the Round of Eight is going to be really competitive.”
ADVANCING TO THE ROUND OF EIGHT WITH A WEEK TO SPARE, WHERE NOBODY ELSE IN THE PLAYOFFS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IN THIS ROUND, WHAT KIND OF AN EDGE DOES THAT GIVE THE NO. 24 TEAM? WHERE DO YOU GUYS CENTER THAT FOCUS.. IS THERE ONE OF THOSE THREE RACES THAT YOU GUYS REALLY FOCUS ON PREPARATION-WISE?
“Yeah, I mean it just allows us to get started on Las Vegas. We’ve already looked at tape; reviewed our setup and started to get an idea of what we need for Vegas. We were good there in the spring, until we had the trash bag on the grill. Honestly if we can just go there with similar speed, and similar speed to what we had at Kansas, I think we’ll be right there in the mix. Last year was a bit disappointing in Vegas. We weren’t as good as we thought we would be, even though we had a few week to prepare. So I think we’ll probably do some things a little bit differently this time around. But we already have a good head start on it. Its been two years in a row that we’ve been able to kind of cruise through this Round of 12, and that’s been really nice for our team to think ahead a little bit. But we still want to win this weekend. We still put effort into the ROVAL setup and try to go out here and be good tomorrow.”
I KNOW THAT MARTINSVILLE LAST YEAR IN THE FALL WAS A STRUGGLE FOR YOU GUYS. IS THAT ANY CONCERN FOR YOU?
“I mean, yeah – we won there in the spring, so it’s pretty much fixed. But I think yeah, it’s been a hit or miss place. So I feel like for us, we just have to do more of the hitting. The way the spring was, was great. We had a really strong car in the spring, and we were one of the few guys that could pass people. We started 18th. We’d like to qualify a little better because you never know how difficult it will be to get through the field. So yeah, that’s probably my focus way long term.. try to qualify better at Martinsville and see where that takes us.”
OBVIOUSLY THERE’S BIG TALK ABOUT STRATEGY – WHO’S GOING TO PIT EARLY TO TRY AND GO FOR THE WIN.. WHO’S GOING TO STAY OUT AND TRY TO GET STAGE POINTS. DOES THAT KIND OF STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR YOU GUYS, THAT HEY – MAYBE YOU CAN GET A COUPLE MORE PLAYOFF POINTS FOR THE NEXT ROUND AND KIND OF HELP WITH THAT CUSHION?
“Yeah, I think if we’re not very good tomorrow, then we might try and go for the stage win. But it’s tough here because pit road only takes 30 seconds, I believe, including the pit stop. So it’s a big advantage to short-pit here because you can still come out and get stage points. I think the No. 20 did that last year. When he came out, he lost like three positions. I think the lap times being slower this year, it might be more that way. So it will be tough for these guys that don’t – if you’re not running well, I don’t think you’re going to just luck into some stage points. I think you’re going to have to be upfront. So it’ll be interesting, but I’m excited to watch everyone else; see how nervous they are and just go race.”
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IF YOU HAVE A TEST SETUP OR A DIFFERENT SETUP THAN THE OTHER THREE FOR PRACTICE, SINCE YOU’RE ALREADY LOCKED IN?
“I don’t think so.. not that we’ve talked about. Just maybe making a little bit more changes in practice to figure out things for next year, in terms of what the changes do at road courses. Watkins Glen wasn’t great for us, but I feel like we’ve got a pretty good base.
No, I don’t think we came here with like something way different. I think we’re all really similar, which is pretty common every week. But I think just maybe try and learn some stuff in practice. With two 20 minute sessions, we might try and use the first 20 minutes to really come in and make a lot of changes and see what we can learn.”
DENNY HAMLIN SAID THE RECONFIGURATION WAS INTENDED TO CREATE MORE CHAOS. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE, HE SAID. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHETHER DRIVERS LIKE YOU CAN ADAPT AND LEARN TO LIKE IT, IF YOU THINK IT’S GOING TO CREATE CHAOS?
“Well I mean, as drivers, we’re going to adapt and learn to whatever the challenge is, whether it’s dirt, this or whatever. Yeah, that’s all during the week speak, for sure. Once you get out there, I know each person is going to put their full effort in; try to be openminded, learn and be good at it. So yeah, I don’t know how it’s going to change who’s good or not. I did, personally, like the old section. We were really good here last year, and really every year. It’s different, but we did simulation this week, and we tried to get through that section a little better. I do think, on paper, there’s really no other reason, it doesn’t look like. So it was just creating something different, probably, and making it just a different challenge, which probably creates some carnage, I guess.”
HOW MUCH CHAOS DO YOU THINK WE’LL SEE AND WHAT’S YOUR THOUGHT ON DIVE BOMBS, BOTH FROM YOU AND FROM OTHERS?
“Yeah, I mean the way that corner is shaped, there’s no other option. If you’re close to somebody, somebody is going to try and out-brake. I feel like maybe it’s so tight that if somebody does out-brake, they could potentially miss the corner, go past it and you could cross under. We’ll see how that plays out. But yeah, I think that’s going to be a passing zone, for sure. And then we’ll just see how it goes.”
YOU GUYS WON AT LAS VEGAS AND I’M CURIOUS – ARE YOU GUYS CONCENTRATING ON IT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN YOU DO WIN THAT RACE, THEN YOU CAN JUST START WORKING ON PHOENIX AND PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN THAT BASKET?
“Well I mean, I haven’t thought about it like that, for sure. I think it’s just the first race of the round. You want to be good out of the gate. You want to try and win in the Round of Eight, for sure, but try to create a good points buffer and see how it goes. It just only gets more and more difficult as you go into the Round of Eight, like we saw last year. We were in a great spot starting the Round of Eight on bonus points.. we had 41 points last year and I think when we came out of Vegas, we were only like seven points above the cutline. So it’s just nice to go there with a focus, a plan and try to win that race because then it opens up the rest of the year and just makes it easier.”
WE HAD A ROUND WITH NON-PLAYOFF DRIVERS WINNING. ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THAT, AND DO YOU THINK THAT TREND COULD CONTINUE HERE?
“Well I mean, yeah – I think SVG is in the race and there’s some really good guys. You can just be more aggressive if you’re not in the playoffs, typically. If you’re in the playoffs, you’re counting points and you’re trying to get yourself in position. That all changes in the next round, slightly. But this round for sure, you’re just trying to get through these events. For us, it doesn’t matter. I think we’ll be in the group that’s like the non-playoff guys.. it’s more aggressive. So it’ll be nice to do that.”
THE NEWS CAME OUT THIS WEEK ABOUT THE DVP RULE. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT? WITH A RACE LIKE THIS, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT POSSIBLY PLAYING OUT, IF THINGS DO GO SOUTH?
“You know, I feel like we’re through all those races that the DVP is going to be more of an issue. I mean, in the Round of Eight; if you’re crashing, you’re probably not going to make it through anyways. You know, those races are probably behind us, hopefully. I don’t know.. I guess the ROVAL could be that way, maybe. But we’re going kind of slow around here. In the infield, I feel like you could nurse it back without flat tires. The flat tires are just created from speed, locking the brakes up and stuff.
I don’t know.. I don’t really pay too much attention to it. That’s kind of other peoples’ jobs.”
YOU’VE LED THE SECOND MOST LAPS HERE OF ALL DRIVERS AND THE MOST BY DRIVERS THAT HAVEN’T WON. WHAT SECTIONS OF THE TRACK, IN PARTICULAR, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU EXCEL AT THE MOST?
“The old section (laughs). So yeah, I was good through the old section and good through the old chicane. I guess I’m OK through (turns) one, two and three. We’ll see, but it’ll be a new learning curve, for sure. We’ll see how that goes.”
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