Shane Van Gisbergen Highlights 38-Car Bank of America ROVAL 400 Entry List
With Talladega Superspeedway now in the rearview mirror, the NASCAR Cup Series is traveling back to homebase for this weekend’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
Sunday’s event is the 32nd in a 36-race campaign and marks the conclusion of the three-race ‘Round of 12’ in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, where the bottom four will be eliminated from championship contention when the checkered flag drops.
There are 38 cars on the preliminary entry list for Sunday’s event in Concord, North Carolina, highlighted by the typical 36 teams holding a NASCAR Cup Series charter, but this weekend, there are two others joining the party.
Shane Van Gisbergen, a full-timer in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, has made a last-minute addition to his NASCAR Cup Series schedule for this year and will drive the No. 13 WeatherTech Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing.
The Auckland, New Zealand-native has run nine Cup Series events with the organization this season in the No. 16 and will have crew chief Travis Mack follow him to the No. 13 for this weekend, while Andrew Dickeson makes the temporary leap to the No. 16.
The second open entry for this weekend’s final road course event of the season is Josh Bilicki, who will make his 100th NASCAR Cup Series start driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for MBM Motorsports. Bilicki drove for the organization most recently at Bristol, finishing 34th.
AJ Allmendinger will join the NASCAR Cup Series field once again this weekend at the Charlotte ROVAL, as he looks to defend his victory from the racetrack one season ago. The Los Gatos, California native will drive the No. 16 CELISUS Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing.
Other notables in the field for Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 include Kaz Grala, who returns to the driver’s seat of the No. 15 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Rick Ware Racing.
Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte ROVAL -- Entry List:
Entry | Car No. | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing |
2 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske |
3 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing |
4 | 4 | Josh Berry # | Stewart-Haas Racing |
5 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing |
7 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports |
8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing |
9 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
10 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing |
11 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske |
13 | 13 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Kaulig Racing |
14 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing |
15 | 15 | Kaz Grala # | Rick Ware Racing |
16 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing |
17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing |
18 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing |
19 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
20 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing |
21 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske |
22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing |
23 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
24 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing |
25 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports |
26 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Fron Row Motorsports |
27 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing |
28 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
29 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
30 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing |
31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing |
32 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
33 | 51 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing |
34 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing |
35 | 66 | Josh Bilicki | MBM Motorsports |
36 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Spire Motorsports |
37 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Spire Motorsports |
38 | 99 | Daniel Suarez (P) | Trackhouse Racing |
