Prior to Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL™ 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway staff researched the average road-course finishes of all 16 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers since 2017.
Here are the results for Playoff drivers – and three non-Playoff drivers who could be bracket busters:
Road Course racing stats from 2017 to 2019
| Driver | Road Course Average finish | Road Course Poles | Road Course Wins | 2018 ROVAL™ Finish |
| Denny Hamlin | 7.29 | 1 (Watkins Glen 2018) | 0 | 12 |
| Kevin Harvick | 7.43 | 0 | 1 win (Sonoma ‘17) | 9 |
| Clint Bowyer | 7.86 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kurt Busch | 8 | 1 pole (ROVAL™ ‘18) | 0 | 5 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 8.29 | 0 | 3 (Sonoma ‘18/’19, Watkins Glen ‘17) | 14 |
| Kyle Busch | 9.29 | 1 pole (Watkins Glen ’17) | 0 | 32 |
| Chase Elliott | 10 | 1 (Watkins Glen ‘19) | 2 wins (Watkins Glen ‘18/’19) | 6 |
| Ryan Blaney | 10.29 | 1 (ROVAL™ ‘18) | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bowman | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Erik Jones | 12.71 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Aric Almirola | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Brad Keselowski | 15.29 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Kyle Larson | 16 | 3 Poles (Sonoma: ‘17,’18, ‘19) | 0 | 25 |
| Ryan Newman | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Joey Logano | 21.14 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| William Byron | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 17.43 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Matt DiBenedetto | 17.71 (finished 4th at Sonoma and 6th at WGI this year) | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Daniel Suarez | 11.86 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
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