2025 Bank of America Roval 400
| Race details[1][2][3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 32 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | October 5, 2025 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, U.S. | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.32 miles (3.73 km) | ||
| Distance | 109 laps, 252.9 mi (407 km) | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | USA | ||
| Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte. | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow | ||
| Turn announcers | Nick Yeoman (1, 2 & 3), Mike Jaynes (4, 5 & 6), Doug Turnbull (7, 8 & 9), Pat Patterson (10, 11 & 12) and Rob Albright (13, 14 & 15) | ||
The 2025 Bank of America Roval 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on October 5, 2025, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway infield road course in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 109 laps on the 2.32-mile (3.73 km) road course, it will be the 32nd race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, the sixth race of the Playoffs, and the final race of the Round of 12.
Report
Background
Since 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted and trademarked as the "Roval". The course is 2.28 miles (3.67 km) in length and features 17 turns, utilizing the infield road course and portions of the oval track. The race will be contested over a scheduled distance of 109 laps, 400 kilometres (250 mi).[4][5][6]
During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" the backstretch chicane on the course. The chicanes were modified with additional tire barriers and rumble strips in order to encourage drivers to properly drive through them, and NASCAR will enforce drive-through penalties on drivers who illegally "short-cut" parts of the course. The chicanes will not be used during restarts. In the summer of 2019, the bus stop on the backstretch was changed and deepened, becoming a permanent part of the circuit, compared to the previous year where it was improvised.
If a driver fails to legally make the backstretch bus stop, the driver must skip the frontstretch chicane and make a complete stop by the dotted line on the exit before being allowed to continue. A driver who misses the frontstretch chicane must stop before the exit. [7][8]
On May 26, 2024, it was announced that the Charlotte Roval would get a redesign, featuring an updated infield road course which includes an extension of the straightaway after turn 5, a new turn 6, and a sharper hairpin for turn 7, in addition the apex for turn 16 on the final chicane was made tighter.[9]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Media
Television
USA will cover the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA will handle the pit road duties from pit lane.
| USA | |
|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Leigh Diffey Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte |
TBA |
Radio
The race will broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow will call the race from the booth when the field will race down the front straightaway. IMS Radio's Nick Yeoman will be assigned the entrance to the road course and into the Bank of America bridge (Turns 1–3). Voice of the Indianapolis 500 Mark Jaynes will be assigned the action from the Bank of America bridge to the middle of the infield section. Doug Turnbull will call the action exiting in infield into the oval Turn 1 banking (Turns 7–9). Pat Patterson will call the action on the backstretch and into the bus stop. Rob Albright will be assigned to the oval Turn 3-4 end. (Turns 13–15). On pit road, PRN will be manned by Brett McMillan, Alan Cavanna, and Wendy Venturini.
| PRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Brad Gillie Announcer: Mark Garrow |
Infield entrance: Nick Yeoman Middle of Infield: Mark Jaynes Exit of Infield: Doug Turnbull Oval 2 to Bus Stop Pat Patterson Oval 3/4: Rob Albright |
Brett McMillan Alan Cavanna Wendy Venturini |
References
- ^ "2025 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ "Charlotte Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ Sturniolo, Zach (August 29, 2024). "NASCAR reveals milestone 2025 Cup Series schedule, complete with international flair, return to roots". NASCAR. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ "New layout for Charlotte Motor Speedway road course | NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ^ "Everything to know for Sunday's race on the Charlotte roval". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
- ^ "NASCAR Cup race on Charlotte Roval to see length reduced". Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ "No more shortcut: NASCAR's Roval tests to resume on course altered to stop 'cheating'". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
- ^ "Charlotte road course 101: What you need to know". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. September 26, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ "CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY TO RECONFIGURE ROVAL™ AHEAD OF BANK OF AMERICA ROVAL™ 400". May 26, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.