{"id":54994,"date":"2025-10-05T18:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T23:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=54994"},"modified":"2025-10-05T20:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T01:39:40","slug":"shane-van-gisbergen-wins-at-roval-joey-logano-advances-in-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/shane-van-gisbergen-wins-at-roval-joey-logano-advances-in-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Van Gisbergen wins at Roval; Joey Logano advances in Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jordan Bank\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

CONCORD, N.C.\u2014As expected, road course maven Shane van Gisbergen won Sunday\u2019s Bank of America Roval 400, but that was only a small part of the story at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2019s Toyota in a desperate attempt to secure the final spot in the Playoffs\u2019 Round of 8.<\/p>\n

Spinning after the contact with Hamlin\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Busch Light Chevrolet, and Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Progressive Toyota, spin after an on-track incident to finish the race in reverse the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201c(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,\u201d a crestfallen Chastain said. \u201cWe 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, not acceptable. I just completely \u2026 you know, just completely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Logano was delighted to escape the race at the 2.28-mile circuit with the opportunity for a fourth NASCAR Cup Series title intact.<\/p>\n

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Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jordan Bank\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cSuch a close finish there,\u201d he said. \u201cYeah, 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s the drama of the playoffs. If you want drama, the playoffs bring it every time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2019s elimination race.<\/p>\n

Both Larson and Bell made van Gisbergen\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s series record, set from 1997 through 2000.<\/p>\n

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Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Jordan Brand Toyota, Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, lead the field on a pace lap prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Both Bell and Larson were aggressive in their attempts to unseat NASCAR\u2019s current road course king. On Lap 63, Larson muscled his way past van Gisbergen, with Bell following into second.<\/p>\n

After a cycle of green-flag pit stops, the Kiwi passed Bell for second. Eight laps later, he dived to the inside of Larson\u2019s No. 5 Chevrolet in the Turn 7 hairpin and regained the lead.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, just started getting hot and sliding around, but what an awesome race,\u201d van Gisbergen said. \u201cKyle and Christopher driving really good and got a little rough, but, man, the battle was awesome.<\/p>\n

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Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Jordan Brand Toyota, and Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, lead the field to start the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jordan Bank\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWith 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).\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2019s suit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was definitely an odd day,\u201d Briscoe said. \u201cWe definitely just weren\u2019t that great. I don\u2019t know. They gave me a pill in the beginning, and I felt a lot better. I was just so dizzy \u2026 I\u2019ve been fighting something all week, and I sound terrible, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n

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Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Jordan Brand Toyota, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 05, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cAfter 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\u2014that\u2019s all we needed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

Interviews: <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NCS Race Winning Team – Stephen Doran (No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Crew Chief) and Justin Marks (Trackhouse Racing owner) –<\/p>\n

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NCS Race Winner – Shane van Gisbergen (No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet) –<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NCSCMSRaceWinnerSVG100525.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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NASCAR Cup Series Race – Bank of America ROVAL 400<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concord, North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, October 5, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  1. (2)  Shane Van Gisbergen #, Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  2. (4)  Kyle Larson (P), Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  3. (7)  Christopher Bell (P), Toyota, 109.<\/p>\n

                  4. (5)  Chris Buescher, Ford, 109.<\/p>\n

                  5. (6)  Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  6. (29)  Ryan Preece, Ford, 109.<\/span><\/p>\n

                  7. (20)  Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 109.<\/span><\/p>\n

                  8. (15)  Chase Elliott (P), Chevrolet, 109.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. (9)  AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  10. (1)  Tyler Reddick (P), Toyota, 109.<\/p>\n

                  11. (13)  William Byron (P), Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  12. (3)  Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 109.<\/p>\n

                  13. (11)  Ryan Blaney (P), Ford, 109.<\/p>\n

                  14. (8)  Chase Briscoe (P), Toyota, 109.<\/p>\n

                  15. (12)  Bubba Wallace (P), Toyota, 109.<\/p>\n

                  16. (33)  Josh Berry, Ford, 109.<\/p>\n

                  17. (31)  Todd Gilliland, Ford, 109.<\/p>\n

                  18. (25)  Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  19. (26)  Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  20. (17)  Joey Logano (P), Ford, 109.<\/p>\n

                  21. (10)  Ross Chastain (P), Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  22. (18)  Cole Custer, Ford, 109.<\/p>\n

                  23. (14)  Denny Hamlin (P), Toyota, 109.<\/p>\n

                  24. (24)  Zane Smith, Ford, 109.<\/p>\n

                  25. (21)  Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 109.<\/p>\n

                  26. (35)  John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota, 109.<\/p>\n

                  27. (16)  Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 108.<\/p>\n

                  28. (30)  Noah Gragson, Ford, 108.<\/p>\n

                  29. (27)  Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 108.<\/p>\n

                  30. (23)  Riley Herbst #, Toyota, 108.<\/p>\n

                  31. (37)  Erik Jones, Toyota, 108.<\/p>\n

                  32. (36)  Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 108.<\/p>\n

                  33. (34)  Josh Bilicki(i), Ford, 108.<\/p>\n

                  34. (32)  Cody Ware, Ford, 108.<\/p>\n

                  35. (28)  Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 100.<\/p>\n

                  36. (22)  Brad Keselowski, Ford, Drivetrain, 89.<\/p>\n

                  37. (19)  Austin Cindric (P), Ford, 87.<\/p>\n

Average Speed of Race Winner:  81.105 mph.<\/p>\n

Time of Race:  3 Hrs, 3 Mins, 51 Secs. Margin of Victory:  15.160 Seconds.<\/p>\n

Caution Flags:  3 for 10 laps.<\/p>\n

Lead Changes:  15 among 6 drivers.<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders:   *. 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Shane Van Gisbergen # 8 times for 57 laps; Kyle Larson (P) 4 times for 27 laps; AJ Allmendinger 1 time for 13 laps; Chris Buescher 1 time for 5 laps; Ryan Blaney (P) 1 time for 4 laps; * Tyler Reddick (P) 1 time for 3 laps.<\/p>\n

Stage #1 Top Ten: 88,5,54,20,1,71,19,9,24,10<\/p>\n

Stage #2 Top Ten: 12,45,9,1,88,5,20,22,99,41<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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