NASCAR: 2024 Charlotte playoff qualifying updates, full starting lineup

Since the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval was added to the NASCAR Cup Series playoff schedule in 2018, replacing the race formerly contested at the track's traditional 1.5-mile oval layout, it has been the only road course race on the four-round, 10-race postseason schedule.

That is no longer the case this year, as Watkins Glen International hosted a race in the round of 16, making 2024 the first season in Cup Series history to feature two playoff road course races.

The 109-lap Bank of America Roval 400 at the 17-turn, 2.28-mile (3.669-kilometer) Roval layout in Concord, North Carolina has always been a cutoff race since it was added to the calendar six years ago, and it has served as the round of 12 finale each year since 2020.

Group qualifying is used at the Charlotte Roval, but it is not a single-car qualifying session since the track is a road course. Each group is timed, and the drivers in each group are determined by a four-variable metric NASCAR has used since 2020. A full breakdown of that metric can be found here.

Note that the 12 playoff contenders are not factored into the metric until all of the other drivers are slotted in, ensuring that there are six in each group.

The fastest five drivers in each group, whether they are playoff drivers or not, advance to the second round shootout for the pole position.

NASCAR at Charlotte: Full starting lineup

1st - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 13 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

2nd - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

3rd - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

4th - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

5th - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

6th - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

7th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

8th - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford

9th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

10th - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

11th - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

12th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

13th - Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

14th - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

15th - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

16th - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

17th - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

18th - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

19th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

20th - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

21st - Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

22nd - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

23rd - Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

24th - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

25th - Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

26th - Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

27th - Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

28th - Corey LaJoie, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

29th - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

30th - Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

31st - Kaz Grala, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford

32nd - Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

33rd - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

34th - Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

35th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

36th - Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

37th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

38th - Josh Bilicki, No. 66 MBM Motorsports Ford

The Bank of America Roval 400 is set to be shown live on NBC from the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval starting at 2:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, October 13. Kaulig Racing's A.J. Allmendinger, despite not being a playoff driver, won last year's race. Begin a free trial of FuboTV now and don't miss any of the action from the final road course race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season!