Is NASCAR’s finest prepared for this weekend’s Charlotte Roval race? There are many storylines to keep watch over. The playoff battle, the bubble is as laborious because it has ever been. The Roval marks the ultimate race of the spherical of 12. Non-playoff drivers have been the story in 2024. William Byron is the one driver of the 12 nonetheless within the working for the Championship who can breathe this weekend.
Byron locked himself into the spherical of 8 on factors, with two non-playoff winners within the first two races of the spherical. That’s the theme this season, non-playoff winners successful within the playoffs. That has been the case for the final a number of seasons. Simply take a look at the Roval race in 2023, who gained AJ Allmendinger, somebody who wasn’t a playoff driver.
That nonetheless isn’t the one storyline going into the weekend, because the Charlotte Roval has loads of new appears and options. Did I point out there’s a main configuration change? It appears time for a playoff driver to win a race, doesn’t it? That isn’t a given, this weekend with so many twists and turns.
Charlotte Roval Isn’t the Identical, Can a Playoff Driver Win This Time?
4 drivers shall be eradicated on Sunday, and the 4 that sit beneath the road proper now are Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Austin Cindric, and Chase Briscoe. All 4 of these drivers may have been above the road, if not for some unlucky circumstances at Talladega final weekend.