Tyler Reddick edges Shane van Gisbergen for pole at Charlotte Road Course
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CONCORD, N.C.—Tyler Reddick picked an ideal time to regain his form at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
With a lap at 95.510 mph (85.939 seconds), Reddick edged three-time Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen for the pole position in Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400 (3 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Reddick, who claimed the top starting spot at the 17-turn layout in 2023, edged van Gisbergen (95.474 mph), winner of the last four NASCAR Cup Series races on road courses, by 0.032 seconds to earn his second Busch Light Pole Award of the season, his second at the 2.28-mile circuit and the 11th of his career.
In a qualifying session that featured unexpected severe fall-off of tires selected for all six road courses this season, Reddick put himself in position to overcome the 29-point deficit he faces entering the Round of 12 cutoff race in the Playoffs.
Reddick believes the tire factor may be the most important aspect in determining strategy for Sunday’s race.
“I think everybody that had a plan, an idea on the strategy for this race just had it completely ripped in half,” said Reddick, who posted three road course victories shortly after the transition to the Gen 7 car in 2022.
“All the teams are now looking at what the fall-off was like today and refiguring what the strategy’s going to look like. I would imagine that tires are going to be important to have late if there’s a caution, based on what we saw today.”
The top 10 drivers in time trials constituted a diverse mix of Playoff and non-Playoff drivers. With Reddick on the pole, Playoff drivers Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Ross Chastain qualified fourth, seventh, eighth and 10th, respectively.
Behind van Gisbergen, Ty Gibbs (95.265 mph) was third fastest, followed by Chris Buescher (fifth), Michael McDowell (sixth) and AJ Allmendinger (ninth), as non-Playoff drivers accounted for five of the top 10 starters.
Playoff drivers Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, William Byron, Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott claimed positions 11 through 15 on the grid, respectively. Team Penske Playoff drivers Joey Logano, the defending series champion, and Austin Cindric will start 17th and 19th.
Logano holds the eighth position in the Cup standings, 13 points above the current elimination line for the Round of 8. Cindric is 48 points below the line, almost certainly needing a victory to advance.
Blaney and Elliott already have earned berths in the Round of 8 with their respective victories at New Hampshire and Kansas, respectively.
Van Gisbergen, who also started second in his most recent win at Watkins Glen, is seeking his fifth consecutive road course victory. The record for the Cup Series is six straight, set by Jeff Gordon (1997-2000).
NASCAR Cup Series
Starting Line Up by Row
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Bank of America ROVAL 400
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 10/4/2025 @ 04:16 PM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Christopher Bell 10/09/22 2:59:54 86.661
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1: 1 45 Tyler Reddick (P) Jordan Brand Toyota 85.939 95.510
2 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet 85.971 95.474
Row 2: 3 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 86.160 95.265
4 5 Kyle Larson (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 86.306 95.103
Row 3: 5 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 86.480 94.912
6 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life/FIG Chevrolet 86.571 94.812
Row 4: 7 20 Christopher Bell (P) DEWALT Toyota 86.591 94.790
8 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 86.601 94.780
Row 5: 9 16 AJ Allmendinger Celsius Chevrolet 86.608 94.772
10 1 Ross Chastain (P) Busch Light Chevrolet 86.684 94.689
Row 6: 11 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Discount Tire Ford 86.770 94.595
12 23 Bubba Wallace (P) Leidos Toyota 86.770 94.595
Row 7: 13 24 William Byron (P) Valvoline Blood Cancer United Chevrolet 86.809 94.552
14 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Progressive Toyota 86.929 94.422
Row 8: 15 9 Chase Elliott (P) UniFirst Chevrolet 86.984 94.362
16 10 Ty Dillon Sea Best Chevrolet 87.070 94.269
Row 9: 17 22 Joey Logano (P) Shell Pennzoil Ford 87.075 94.264
18 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 87.081 94.257
Row 10: 19 2 Austin Cindric (P) Menards\Richmond Water Heaters Ford 87.085 94.253
20 99 Daniel Suarez Choice Privileges Chevrolet 87.145 94.188
Row 11: 21 7 Justin Haley Gainbridge STEM Chevrolet 87.176 94.154
22 6 Brad Keselowski Castrol Ford 87.280 94.042
Row 12: 23 35 Riley Herbst # Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 87.360 93.956
24 38 Zane Smith Long John Silver's Ford 87.378 93.937
Row 13: 25 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 87.434 93.877
26 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Real American Beer Chevrolet 87.445 93.865
Row 14: 27 77 Carson Hocevar Modo Casino Chevrolet 87.476 93.831
28 8 Kyle Busch Bank OZK Chevrolet 87.538 93.765
Row 15: 29 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/Totino's Ultimate Ford 87.643 93.653
30 4 Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 87.711 93.580
Row 16: 31 34 Todd Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 87.736 93.553
32 51 Cody Ware Parts Plus - Pronto Ford 88.145 93.119
Row 17: 33 21 Josh Berry DEX Imaging Ford 88.283 92.974
34 66 Josh Bilicki(i) Truan Equipment Ford 88.611 92.630
Row 18: 35 42 John Hunter Nemechek Family Dollar Toyota 89.323 91.891
36 3 Austin Dillon Titan Risk Solutions Chevrolet 98.038 83.723
Row 19: 37 43 Erik Jones TriState Vacuum & Rental LLC Toyota 0.000 0.000
Did Not Qualify: None.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 15 0 Ford 13 0
Toyota 9 0
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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