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The Roval features 17-turns on the 2.28-mile course and the drivers will turn 109 laps during the race. It’s the best of both worlds — speedway and road courses — mashed together to give us all something fresh and while it’s technically the third road course race of the season, it’s something we haven’t seen. It has got the postseason aspect to it which adds to the intensity of the layout even more.
Last season was the first time the Roval was introduced to the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series schedule, and it didn’t disappoint with 11 lead changes among eight drivers. It also offered a fantastic finish with Jimmie Johnson wrecking leader Martin Truex Jr. on the last turn of the last lap. Ryan Blaney, who was third at the time of the wreck, cruised past those two for the win. It was his only lap led on the day.
Johnson would get his turned around in enough time to at least finish eighth while it took Truex longer and he finished 14th. On the cool-down lap, Truex was fuming and smashed into the back of Johnson’s car and spun him out.
Johnson, a seven-time Cup Champion, was desperate for a win and the layout of the track allowed him to do something rarely seen out of him — scratch and claw for a win.
It was at that moment that I was sold on the Roval. Johnson is still searching for his first win since 2017.
The 14th-place finish by Truex on the Roval dropped his average finish in the last seven road course races to 8.2. He has three wins on the roads since the start of 2017 and his five top-fives and 180 laps led also lead the series. On the other two road courses this season he won at Sonoma in June and was runner-up at Watkins Glen in August.
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