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Kyle Larson Dominates At Charlotte Roval, As Tyler Reddick Stays Alive In Playoffs

by MikeOctober 14, 2024October 17, 2024

Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, celebrates his victory Sunday, October 13, 2024, after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jacy Norgaard/HHP for Chevy Racing)

CONCORD, N.C.—Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 was as much about Tyler Reddick’s heroic drive into the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs as it was about Kyle Larson’s continued domination of elimination races.

As Larson cruised to his second Playoff victory this season—and his second in an elimination race—Reddick charged forward from 26th after a Lap 84 restart and clawed his way to 11th—good enough to knock two-time series champion Joey Logano out of the Playoffs by eight points.

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Chevy’s Kyle Larson Wins at NASCAR Cup Series Roval, Leads Championship into Round of 8 (Photos)

by MikeOctober 14, 2024October 14, 2024

Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, races to victory Sunday, October 13, 2024, winning the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course in Concord, North Carolina. This is the sixth victory of the season for Larson who enters the Championship Playoff Round of 8 as the points leader. (Photo by Harold Hinson/HHP for Chevy Racing) (more…)

NASCAR Weekend at Rockingham Speedway to Include ARCA Menards Series East

by Lou ModestinoOctober 10, 2024

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (October 10, 2024) – The historic Rockingham Speedway will welcome back the roar of NASCAR in 2025. Today, event promoter Track Enterprises announced the ARCA Menards Series East will join the NASCAR XFINITY and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series on April 18-19, 2025.

The ARCA Menards Series East features established veterans and NASCAR’s next stars who compete primarily on the East Coast as a top-tiered development series owned by NASCAR. The 2024 ARCA Menards East Series season concluded last month and crowned two-time series champion William Sawalich, who is expected to step into a full-time NASCAR National Series ride next year. Past ARCA East champions include NASCAR Cup Series stars Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and William Byron. (more…)

NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Competitors Face Round of 12 Elimination Race at the Charlotte ROVAL

by MikeOctober 10, 2024

The intense NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 12 comes down to this weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 elimination-race at 2 p.m. ET this Sunday, October 13 on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). The 12-driver Playoff field will be cut to eight as four driver’s title hopes will come to an end this weekend.

Ever since the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course has joined the NASCAR Cup Series postseason in 2018, it has proven to be a wildcard event with twists and turns that challenge the competitors along its multi-elevational 2.28-miles.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Elimination Time: Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course Up Next

by MikeOctober 10, 2024

The stakes are high for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff contenders as they head to the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course for the Drive for the Cure 250 presented by BlueCross & BlueShield of North Carolina on Saturday, October 12 at 4 p.m. ET (The CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – the first elimination race of the Playoff season.

This weekend’s race will be the seventh time the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course has hosted a NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff race (2018-2024). The Charlotte Road Course has occupied two spots on the postseason schedule – in 2018 and 2019, the Charlotte ROVAL hosted the second race in the Round of 12 and then from 2020 to 2024, the 2.28-mile road course hosted the Round of 12 elimination race (the third race in the Playoffs).

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CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs Continue in South Florida in Three Weeks

by MikeOctober 10, 2024

The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series competitors will have three weeks off to regroup and go over strategy before heading to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the second race of the Round of 8 on Saturday, October 26 at 12 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio.

The 1.5-mile oval has hosted 27 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races since its inaugural CRAFTSMAN Truck Series event on March 17, 1996 – a race won by Dave Rezendes piloting the No. 7 Geoffrey Bodine Motorsports Ford. Notably, there have been 24 different race winners. Kyle Busch leads the series with three wins at the track.

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NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Elimination Race From Charlotte Motor Speedway And IMSA’S Famed Petit Le Mans Presented Across NBC, PEACOCK, And USA Network This Weekend

by MikeOctober 10, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of NASCAR Cup Series Round of 12 Playoff Elimination Race from Charlotte Motor Speedway Begins Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on NBC

Live Coverage of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Petit Le Mans Begins this Saturday at Noon ET on NBC and Peacock from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 9, 2024 – NBC Sports’ motorsports coverage this weekend is headlined by the NASCAR Cup Series’ Round of 12 playoff elimination race from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday on NBC and Petit Le Mans, the final race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, from Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on NBC and Peacock this Sunday.

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Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Bank of America ROVAL 400

by MikeOctober 9, 2024

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 8, 2024) – Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course in Charlotte, North Carolina, going into the Bank of America ROVAL 400 this Sunday, October 13 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. (more…)

Talladega Leaves the Door to the Playoffs’ Round of 8 Wide-Open

by MikeOctober 9, 2024

As the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs move to the Round of 12 elimination race, the Bank of America ROVAL 400 on Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course (2 p.m. ET on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) the championship standings actually – and perhaps amazingly – look similar to their position before last weekend’s predictably unpredictable race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

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Toyota Clinches 2024 ARCA Menards Series Manufacturer’s Championship

by MikeOctober 9, 2024

PLANO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2024) – For the eighth consecutive year, and the ninth time in its history, Toyota has been crowned the manufacturer’s champion of the ARCA Menards Series.

Toyota has had another exception season in the ARCA Menards Series, winning 14 of the 20 races in the 2024 season. This includes three instances where Toyota won three races in a row, at the start of the year from Daytona International Speedway to Talladega Superspeedway, in the late summer stretch from the Illinois State Fairgrounds at Springfield to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds and to end the season from Bristol Motor Speedway to Toledo Speedway.

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