Charlotte Roval Bank of America ROVAL 400 Fantasy NASCAR Top Tier Elite Picks

Shane van Gisbergen
Charlotte Roval Fantasy Outlook – The road to victory lane at the Charlotte Roval will go thru Shane van Gisbergen. This year at road courses, SVG has absolutely crushed the competition, having 4-wins, a 2.0 average finish, a 1.2 Track Type Total Speed Ranking and the best Driver Rating by a huge margin. SVG didn’t get the job done here last fall but in year #2 at the Roval with his own #88 team, there’s no doubt he’ll be dialed in and be ready to put on a dominant performance. Another plus for SVG this weekend is that he won’t have the “Points Racing Agenda” that many of the top contenders will have.
Charlotte Roval History – Shane van Gisbergen had a great debut last year at the Charlotte Roval, even though it wasn’t incident free. In the race, SVG started on the pole, led 21 laps, earned the 6th best Driver Rating, had the 7th best average running position (7.6) and then finished 7th overall. Early in the last Stage on lap 62 while he was running just outside the top ten after pit strategy cycled him back, SVG was spun out, and it dropped him back to the 20’s which makes his good finish more remarkable. In terms of Total Speed Rankings, SVG ranked 7th with his speed over the segments being 1st, 3rd, 23rd and then 7th.

Christopher Bell
Charlotte Roval Fantasy Outlook – Christopher Bell will be tough to beat at the Charlotte Roval. Bell’s a 3-time road course winner and one of those “W’s” came here in 2022, when Bell came up clutch and raced his way to victory lane. In the Next Gen at the Roval, Bell’s 2 for 3 at finishing in the top 2, has the 2nd best average finish (6th), he’s tied for the 2nd best Next Gen Speed Ranking and his Driver Rating ranks as the 2nd best among drivers who competed in every race. This year at road courses, Bell has been the best driver not named SVG and for the season minus Chicago, Bell has 1-win, two runner-up’s, a 2.5 average finish and a 3.75 average Speed Ranking. On Sunday, look for Bell to be a top five contender who’ll be a factor to win.
Charlotte Roval History – Christopher Bell, the 2022 Charlotte Roval champ has been elite at this hybrid track and over the last four races his 6.5 average finish ranks as the 2nd best. Last year, Bell had a rocket and finished 2nd. In the race, Bell had the 2nd best average running position (5.4), earned the 2nd best Driver Rating and had the 2nd best Total Speed Ranking, ranking 2nd in terms of speed over segments 2,3 and 4. In 2023, Bell was points racing and that’s ultimately not conducive for a good end result. In the race, Bell started 2nd, finished 5th in Stage #1, finished 2nd in Stage #2, led 9 laps, had an 11.0 average running position and then finished 15th overall. Bell’s pit strategy dropped him back to the high 20’s to begin the final Stage and he simply didn’t bounce back. In terms of Total Speed Rankings, Bell ranked 8th. In 2022, Bell took the lead during over-time and then raced his way to victory lane. I’ll note, by no means did Bell have the best car and on lap 103 before late cautions broke out, Bell was in 7th. Additionally, Bell had the 6th best Total Speed Ranking and an 8.7 average running position. In 2021, Bell finished 8th.

Chase Elliott
Charlotte Roval Fantasy Outlook – 7-time road course winner, Chase Elliott should be high on your radar at the Roval. Elliott’s been a standout performer, having 2-wins, and being a factor to win a few more of them despite what you’ll see in the results column. In Roval history, Elliott has the best average finish among drivers who competed in more than one (7.7) and has the best Driver Rating. In the Next Gen, Elliott is tied for 2nd in terms of Total Speed Rankings and his average finish over the last two is 7th. This year at road courses, Elliott’s 3 for 5 at finishing in the top five, has a 10.4 average finish and his Track Type Total Speed Ranking ranks 13th.
Charlotte Roval History– Chase Elliott has been one of the premiere performers at the Charlotte Roval. He’s a 2-time winner and minus 2022 (spun late) and 2021 (Harvick wrecked him), Elliott has a 4.4 average finish. Last year, Elliott started 7th, finished 3rd in Stage #1, finished 3rd in Stage #2, had the 7th best Total Speed Ranking and then finished 5th overall. In terms of speed late in a run, Elliott ranked 4th. It was a strong showing from the #9. In 2023, the #9 was one of the best but Elliott finished 9th. In the race, Elliott started 8th, finished 7th in Stage #1, won Stage #2, led 15 laps but then while leading late in Stage #2, Elliott was burned by a caution at a bad time which had him winning the Stage, but it also dropped him back to 26th to begin the final Stage since he wasn’t able to pit before it ended. If that didn’t happen, Elliott might’ve just been able to win. In terms of speed stats, Elliott ranked 2nd for Green Flag Speed, 2nd for Speed Late In A Run and then had the 5th best Total Speed Ranking. In 2022, Elliott was the class of the field but finished an asterisk mark 20th. In the race, Elliott led 30 laps but while leading late and having the race all but won, late cautions broke out which eventually led to Elliott getting spun out and finishing 20th. In the race, Elliott had the 3rd best driver rating, the 3rd best average running position (5.3), ranked 2nd for Speed Late In A Run and had the 4th best Total Speed Ranking. In 2021, Elliott had a great car but finished an asterisk mark 12th. In the race, Elliott won Stage #1, finished 2nd in Stage #2, led 2 laps but then on lap 55 while he was in the process of working his way up thru the field because of pit strategy, Harvick wrecked him. In the two races prior to that, Elliott had results of 1st and 1st.

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