2026 Bank of America 400
| Race details[1][2][3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 32 of 36 in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | October 11, 2026 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.54 km) | ||
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | USA | ||
| Announcers | Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth announcers | Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman | ||
| Turn announcers | Andrew Kurland (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) | ||
The 2026 Bank of America 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 11, 2026, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt oval, it is the 32nd race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the sixth race of the NASCAR Chase.
Report
[edit]Background
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The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.
The fall Charlotte race was originally announced to be held on the Roval configuration, but news broke that in February that it would move to the oval track.[4]
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
- (CC) denotes chase contender.
Media
[edit]Television
[edit]USA Sports will cover the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider will handle pit road, while Trevor Bayne provided analysis from the pace car for the television side.
| USA | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters | Pace car |
| Lap-by-lap: Leigh Diffey Color-commentator: Jeff Burton Color-commentator: Steve Letarte | Dave Burns Kim Coon Marty Snider | Trevor Bayne |
Radio
[edit]PRN will have the radio call for the race, which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman will call the race in the booth when the field races through the quad-oval. Andrew Kurland will call the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson will call the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Wendy Venturini, Brett McMillan, and Alan Cavanna will be the pit reporters during the broadcast.
| PRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Brad Gillie Announcer: Nick Yeoman | Turns 1 & 2: Andrew Kurland Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson | Wendy Venturini Brett McMillan Alan Cavanna |
References
[edit]- ↑ "2026 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
- ↑ "Charlotte Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ↑ "NASCAR releases 2026 schedule, adding Chicagoland and shifting All-Star to Dover". NASCAR. August 20, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
- ↑ Gluck, Jeff (January 27, 2026). "By ditching Roval, NASCAR continues hot streak of favorable moves". The Athletic. The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2026.