CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota) took the victory at Sunday’s race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway during the Bank of America Roval 400.
Following Bell at the finish were Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, A. J. Allmendinger, and Justin Haley. Bell won his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his second of the season and his first at the Roval 400.
Stage 1 Winner: Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford)
Stage 2 Winner: Ross Chastain of Trackhouse Racing (Chevrolet)
SHR Race Finish:
- Kevin Harvick (Started 22nd, Finished 2nd / Running, completed 112 of 112 laps)
- Chase Briscoe (Started 17th, Finished 9th / Running, completed 112 of 112 laps)
- Aric Almirola (Started 37th, Finished 15th / Running, completed 112 of 112 laps)
- Cole Custer (Started 12th, Finished 24th / Running, completed 112 of 112 laps)
SHR Points:
- Chase Briscoe (8th with 3,104 points, two points above top-eight cutoff… advances to Round of 8)
- Kevin Harvick (16th with 2,006 points)
- Aric Almirola (20th with 685 points)
- Cole Custer (25th with 550 points)
Playoff Standings to Begin Round of 8:
- Chase Elliott (4,046 points) +31
- Joey Logano (4,026 points) +11
- Ross Chastain (4,021 points) +6
- Christopher Bell (4,018 points) +3
- William Byron (4,015 points) -3
- Ryan Blaney (4,015 points) -3
- Denny Hamlin (4,013 points) -5
- Chase Briscoe (4,009 points) -9
“What a wild day. I told my guys before we took the initial green in the race, there’s a difference between thinking we could move on and knowing we could move on,” Briscoe stated. “This team never gives up. I told them I was never going to give up. It took every bit of it there at the end. To be easily in, then that debris caution comes out, still I thought we had a really good shot of making it in. Get wrecked on the backstretch. Crazy at the end of these races, especially the road-course race, how much can change so quickly. I had no idea we were even going to have a shot. Truthfully, I knew we were probably out. I saw the 2 (Austin Cindric) wreck, I thought maybe there’s still a chance. We had so much fresher tires than anybody. Johnny (Klausmeier, crew chief) pumped them way up to qualifying pressures, let me go attack, have the ball in my hands. Super proud of this race team.”
Briscoe was pleased by the race results and is looking forward to the chance at Phoenix Motor Speedway, but has his focus on Las Vegas next week.
“Pretty cool day for Ford Performance Racing. Looking forward to the Round of 8. A lot of really, really good racetracks for me. If we can get to Phoenix, we know we’ve got a good car there, too,” Briscoe added. “It’s weird (in these slick conditions). Seems like dirt guys, especially sprint car guys, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, (Christopher) Bell, you’re slipping and sliding so much. You have more power than you can typically put down. It’s similar to a sprint car. The sprint car background definitely helps when you come to a place like this. Cool to see a sprint car guy win and another one move on in the playoffs.”
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the South Point 400 on Sunday, Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
