2022 Bank of America Roval 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 32 of 36 in the2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Roval (2018–2023)
Date	October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.280 miles (3.669 km)
Distance	112 laps, 255.36 mi (411.009 km)
Scheduled distance	109 laps, 248.52 mi (400 km)
Average speed	86.661 miles per hour (139.467 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Joey Logano	Team Penske
Time	1:20.755
Most laps led
Driver	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	30
Winner
No. 20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen,Jeff Burton,Steve Letarte andDale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth announcers	Doug Rice 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)

The2022 Bank of America Roval 400 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on October 9, 2022, atCharlotte Motor Speedway inConcord, North Carolina. Contested over 112 laps—extended from 109 laps due to anovertime finish, on the 2.28-mile (3.67 km) road course, it was the 32nd race of the2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, the sixth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 12.

Since 2018, deviating from past NASCAR events at Charlotte, the race will utilize a road course configuration of Charlotte Motor Speedway, promoted andtrademarked 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).^[8][9][10]

During July 2018 tests on the road course, concerns were raised over drivers "cheating" the backstretchchicane 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.^[11][12]

Noah Gragson continued his role as a replacement forAlex Bowman in the No. 48 car after Bowman suffered from concussion-like symptoms sustained after a rear impact crash atTexas.^[13] This absence effectively eliminated Bowman from the playoffs. Additionally, due to aftereffects of his Texas wreck,Cody Ware was replaced byJ. J. Yeley in No. 51 car, although Ware had competed in the Talladega race.^[14]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

A. J. Allmendinger was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:21.732 seconds and a speed of 102.188 mph (164.456 km/h).^[15]

Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:20.755 and a speed of 103.424 mph (166.445 km/h).^[16]

Stage OneLaps: 25

Stage TwoLaps: 25

Stage ThreeLaps: 59

• Lead changes: 10 among 8 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 10 laps
• Red flags: 1 for 6 minutes, 10 seconds
• Time of race: 2 hours, 59 minutes and 54 seconds
• Average speed: 86.661 miles per hour (139.467 km/h)

Following the race, NASCAR began an investigation overCole Custer's last lap behavior, in which he slowed down into backstretch into the chicane (on pretext of possibility of him having flat tires, according to radio communications) in order to allowChase Briscoe to pass several drivers; NASCAR assured that the Round of 8 grid would not change as a result of the investigation.^[17] On October 11, NASCAR docked Custer 50 driver and owner points, suspended his crew chiefMike Shiplett (who made the flat tire radio communication, instead of the spotter) indefinitely, and fined both $100,000 each, on race manipulation charges.^[18] On October 27, Stewart-Haas Racing lost the appeal against Custer's penalties.^[19]

Shiplett has since been reinstated by NASCAR on January 10, 2023.^[20]

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side.Rick Allen,Jeff Burton,Steve Letarte andDale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth.Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.Rutledge Wood served as a "CityView" reporter and share stories from the track.

ThePerformance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. IMS Radio's Nick Yeoman was assigned the entrance to the road course and into the Bank of America bridge (Turns 1–3). Voice of theIndianapolis 500 Mark Jaynes was assigned the action from the Bank of America bridge to the middle of the infield section. Doug Turnbull called the action exiting in infield into the oval Turn 1 banking (Turns 7–9). Pat Patterson called the action on the backstretch and into the bus stop. Rob Albright was assigned to the oval Turn 3–4 end. (Turns 13–15). Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Alan Cavanna, andWendy Venturini had the call from the pit area for PRN.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chase Elliott 4,046 3 2 Joey Logano 4,026 (–20) 3 Ross Chastain 4,021 (–25) 7 4 Christopher Bell 4,018 (–28) 3 5 Ryan Blaney 4,015 (–31) 1 6 William Byron 4,015 (–31) 3 7 Denny Hamlin 4,013 (–33) 1 8 Chase Briscoe 4,009 (–37) 3 9 Kyle Larson 2,200 (–1,846) 2 10 Daniel Suárez 2,162 (–1,884) 1 11 Austin Cindric 2,154 (–1,892) 1 12 Tyler Reddick 2,153 (–1,893) 1 13 Austin Dillon 2,134 (–1,912) 1 14 Kyle Busch 2,123 (–1,923) 3 15 Alex Bowman 2,104 (–1,942) 16 Kevin Harvick 2,006 (–2,040) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,180 2 Ford 1,104 (–76) 3 Toyota 1,053 (–127) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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