The longtime Red Bull-sponsored Formula 1 driver had a lot to learn about the ROVAL™ in a short period of time on Saturday.

26 Team Hezeberg Toyota in Sunday’s Bank of America ROVAL™ 400. Kvyat will start 24th in Saturday’s race, before the Russian driver makes his third NASCAR Cup Series start in the No. I’m leaving way too much room on the track, so I think it’ll take me most of Stage 1 to really just get laps and get confident and get going.” I left Virginia (International Raceway) really confident (after testing), but I don’t have a rhythm here yet. “I wish that I tested here,” Andretti said after qualifying 30th. Having to learn a new car at a track on which neither had driven made for an interesting beginning to the weekend. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet, while Kvyat is behind the No. The Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina marks both drivers’ Xfinity Series debuts. Racing open-wheel cars for much of their careers - Ind圜ar in Andretti’s case and Formula One in Kvyat’s - did little to prepare the two, however, for the challenges they faced when tackling Charlotte’s ROVAL™ for the first time on Saturday. Marco Andretti and Daniil Kvyat have more road-racing experience than most of their competitors in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

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