Charlotte Motor Speedway owner Speedway Motorsports announced on Tuesday that the track’s fall race will be returning to the 1.5-mile oval track after being held on the infield Roval circuit for the past eight seasons.
“Charlotte Motor Speedway has always been about innovations and opportunity,” Marcus Smith, president and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, said in a news release.
“The Roval delivered dramatic racing when many fans were calling for a road course in the playoffs. Now there’s an energy around the return of the Chase and fans are seeing the excitement that oval racing continues to generate on mile-and-a-half tracks. This feels like the time to bring the fall race back to the legendary oval at a place where NASCAR history is made every year.”
The seventh generation Next Gen Cup Series car has delivered great racing on intermediate oval tracks, including during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte on Memorial Day weekend, and fans and drivers alike have been pushing for the change to the fall event.
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The Bank of America 400 is scheduled for Oct. 11 and will be the sixth race in the revived 10-race Chase postseason. The last Bank of America 500 held in 2017 that was part of the NASCAR Playoffs was won by Martin Truex Jr., who went on to win the championship that year. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series will also race on the oval during the Chase weekend.
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