Shane van Gisbergen wins at Roval; Joey Logano advances in Playoffs
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CONCORD, N.C.—As expected, road course maven Shane van Gisbergen won Sunday’s Bank of America Roval 400, but that was only a small part of the story at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Long after van Gisbergen took the checkered flag to record his fifth straight road course victory of the NASCAR Cup Series season, Ross Chastain made a banzai run in the frontstretch chicane and wiped out Denny Hamlin’s Toyota in a desperate attempt to secure the final spot in the Playoffs’ Round of 8.
Spinning after the contact with Hamlin’s car, Chastain threw his car into reverse and sped backwards across the finish line, but the effort proved futile. The final
Round of 8 spot instead went to defending series champion Joey Logano, who finished 20th and advanced by four points over the Trackhouse Racing driver.
A pair of mistakes on pit road cost Chastain dearly. At the first stage break, he ran wide into the 90-degree corner at the exit from pit road, missed the turn and came to a stop, losing 15 positions to restart 30th.
After recovering from that error and putting himself in position to advance, Chastain sped on pit road on Lap 87 of 109, ran long to the finish and lost too many spots on the final two laps to hold off Logano.
“(Trackhouse owner) Justin (Marks) hired me to carry this 1 car and to drive it and to be a leader, and I just completely unraveled our day,” a crestfallen Chastain said. “We definitely had the speed on the last lap, yeah, and missed turn 7, and I slid the rear tires and let the 11 (Hamlin) by.
“Yeah, not acceptable. I just completely … you know, just completely unacceptable.”
Logano was delighted to escape the race at the 2.28-mile circuit with the opportunity for a fourth NASCAR Cup Series title intact.
“Such a close finish there,” he said. “Yeah, knew it was within a point there (before the last-corner collision). I knew we were going to be tied there at the end, and Ross was going to do whatever he had to do to make it happen. Geesh, just wasn’t quite fast enough today with our car.
“It’s the drama of the playoffs. If you want drama, the playoffs bring it every time.”
Eliminated along with Chastain were pole winner Tyler Reddick (10th), Bubba Wallace (15th) and Austin Cindric, who needed a win to advance and instead finished last (37th) after a litany of issues throughout the race.
Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott already had advanced to the Round of 8 with respective Round of 12 victories at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway. Race runner-up Kyle Larson, third-place Christopher Bell, William Byron, Chase Briscoe, Hamlin and Logano joined them after Sunday’s elimination race.
Both Larson and Bell made van Gisbergen’s task harder than usual. The New Zealander, however, was so good at managing his fragile tires that he finished the final 59-lap stage on two pit stops compared with three for his closest pursuers.
The result was a whopping 15.160-second margin of victory over Larson for the driver of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet. The victory was his fifth of the season and sixth overall, and his five straight road course wins are one short of Jeff Gordon’s series record, set from 1997 through 2000.
Both Bell and Larson were aggressive in their attempts to unseat NASCAR’s current road course king. On Lap 63, Larson muscled his way past van Gisbergen, with Bell following into second.
After a cycle of green-flag pit stops, the Kiwi passed Bell for second. Eight laps later, he dived to the inside of Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet in the Turn 7 hairpin and regained the lead.
After another round of pit stops, SVG and Larson swapped the lead with significant contact between their cars before van Gisbergen passed Larson through the backstretch chicane on Lap 98 and held it the rest of the way.
“Yeah, just started getting hot and sliding around, but what an awesome race,” van Gisbergen said. “Kyle and Christopher driving really good and got a little rough, but, man, the battle was awesome.
“With the Chevy, I lost it a little bit at the start of Stage 3, and whatever they did for the rest of the race, unbelievable. Really enjoyed that, and that was a long time waiting, hoping the yellow wasn’t going to come out (as he ran late on older tires).”
Briscoe made the Round of 8 by 19 points with a 14th-place finish despite feeling ill during the race. At one point, he asked for a bag of ice, which he stuffed inside his driver’s suit.
“It was definitely an odd day,” Briscoe said. “We definitely just weren’t that great. I don’t know. They gave me a pill in the beginning, and I felt a lot better. I was just so dizzy … I’ve been fighting something all week, and I sound terrible, I’m sure.
“After those first 20 laps, I was able to kind of feel fine. At the end I was struggling a little bit, but I was just focusing on not making any mistakes. Not a super pretty day for our Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Toyota. It was good enough—that’s all we needed to do.”
Non-Playoff drivers Chris Buescher, Michael McDowell, Ryan Preece and Daniel Suarez finished fourth through seventh, respectively. Elliott was eighth, followed by AJ Allmendinger and Reddick.
The Round of 8 begins next Sunday with the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (5:30 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
UPDATED: UPDATED: No. 35 disqualified.
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 32
Race Results for the Bank of America ROVAL 400 - Sunday, October 5, 2025
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course - Concord, NC - 2.28 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 109 Laps - 248.52 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 10/5/2025 @ 08:05 PM Eastern
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 2 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet 109 1 5 56 Running 8 57 6
2 4 5 Kyle Larson (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 109 2 6 49 Running 4 27
3 7 20 Christopher Bell (P) DEWALT Toyota 109 4 7 45 Running
4 5 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 109 33 Running 1 5
5 6 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life/FIG Chevrolet 109 6 37 Running
6 29 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/Totino's Ultimate Ford 109 31 Running
7 20 99 Daniel Suarez Choice Privileges Chevrolet 109 9 32 Running
8 15 9 Chase Elliott (P) UniFirst Chevrolet 109 8 3 40 Running
9 9 16 AJ Allmendinger Celsius Chevrolet 109 28 Running 1 13
10 1 45 * Tyler Reddick (P) Jordan Brand Toyota 109 2 37 Running 1 3
11 13 24 William Byron (P) Valvoline Blood Cancer United Chevrolet 109 9 28 Running
12 3 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 109 3 33 Running
13 11 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Discount Tire Ford 109 1 34 Running 1 4 1
14 8 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 109 7 27 Running
15 12 23 * Bubba Wallace (P) Leidos Toyota 109 22 Running
16 33 21 Josh Berry DEX Imaging Ford 109 21 Running
17 31 34 * Todd Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 109 20 Running
18 25 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 109 19 Running
19 26 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Real American Beer Chevrolet 109 18 Running
20 17 22 Joey Logano (P) Shell Pennzoil Ford 109 8 20 Running
21 10 1 Ross Chastain (P) Busch Light Chevrolet 109 5 4 29 Running
22 18 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 109 10 16 Running
23 14 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Progressive Toyota 109 14 Running
24 24 38 * Zane Smith Long John Silver's Ford 109 13 Running
25 21 7 Justin Haley Gainbridge STEM Chevrolet 109 12 Running
26 35 42 John Hunter Nemechek Family Dollar Toyota 109 11 Running
27 16 10 Ty Dillon Sea Best Chevrolet 108 10 11 Running
28 30 4 * Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 108 9 Running
29 27 77 Carson Hocevar Modo Casino Chevrolet 108 8 Running
30 37 43 Erik Jones TriState Vacuum & Rental LLC Toyota 108 7 Running
31 36 3 Austin Dillon Titan Risk Solutions Chevrolet 108 6 Running
32 34 66 * Josh Bilicki(i) Truan Equipment Ford 108 0 Running
33 32 51 Cody Ware Parts Plus - Pronto Ford 108 4 Running
34 28 8 Kyle Busch Bank OZK Chevrolet 100 3 Running
35 22 6 Brad Keselowski Castrol Ford 89 2 Drivetrain
36 19 2 Austin Cindric (P) Menards\Richmond Water Heaters Ford 87 1 Running
37 23 35 * Riley Herbst # Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 108 1 Running
Fastest Lap Bonus: #45 lap 1 / 86.738
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 3 Mins, 51 Secs. Average Speed: 81.105 MPH Margin of Victory: 15.160 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 88, 5, 54, 20, 1, 71, 19, 9, 24, 10
Stage 2 Top 10: 12, 45, 9, 1, 88, 5, 20, 22, 99, 41
Race Comments: Shane van Gisbergen won the Bank of America Roval 400, his sixth NASCAR Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear: Nos. 35, 43 (unapproved adjustments).
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 3 for 10 laps; Laps: 27-29 (Stage 1 Conclusion [8]); 52-55 (Stage 2 Conclusion [77]); 59-61 (#3 incident turn 5 [8]).
Lead Changes: 15 among 6 drivers; *. Reddick (P) 1-3; S. Van Gisbergen # 4-14; C. Buescher 15-19; S. Van Gisbergen # 20-27; A. Allmendinger 28-40; S. Van Gisbergen # 41-48; R. Blaney (P) 49-52; S. Van Gisbergen # 53-62; K. Larson (P) 63-71; S. Van Gisbergen # 72-73; K. Larson (P) 74-86; S. Van Gisbergen # 87-91; K. Larson (P) 92-95; S. Van Gisbergen # 96; K. Larson (P) 97; S. Van Gisbergen # 98-109.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 12, 2025 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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CURRENT NASCAR CUP SERIES PLAYOFF STANDINGS
POS NO. DRIVER MFR +/-
1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota +8 1 PLAYOFF WIN - 5 TOTAL WINS
2 12 Ryan Blaney Ford +6 1 PLAYOFF WIN - 3 TOTAL WINS
3 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet +4 3 TOTAL WINS
4 24 William Byron Chevrolet +4 2 TOTAL WINS
CUTOFF LINE - FOUR DRIVERS TO BE ELIMINATED AFTER MARTINSVILLE (OCT. 26)
5 20 Christopher Bell Toyota -4 1 PLAYOFF WIN - 4 TOTAL WINS + ALL-STAR RACE WIN
6 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet -14 1 PLAYOFF WIN - 2 TOTAL WINS + BUSCH LITE CLASH WIN
7 19 Chase Briscoe Toyota -14 1 PLAYOFF WIN - 2 TOTAL WINS
8 22 Joey Logano Ford -24 1 TOTAL WIN
ELIMINATED FROM PLAYOFFS
1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 1 TOTAL WIN
45 Tyler Reddick Toyora
23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 1 TOTAL WIN
2 Austin Cindric Ford 1TOTAL WIN
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