Sunday’s dramatic Bank of America Roval 400 on the challenging Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course was certainly a race within a race to wrap up the final event of the 2025 NASCAR Playoffs Round of 8.
Once again, the talented driver from New Zealand Shane VanGisbergen mastered the competition on the Charlotte Course. SVG, as the popular Kiwi is known by most NASCAR fans, simply put another “whippin” on the 36 other NASCAR drivers. SVG battled briefly with pole-sitter Tyler Reddick and had a spirited battle with Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell before pulling away to earn a convincing win in the Bank of America Roval 400.
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