NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix
The Place: Circuit of The Americas
The Date: Sunday, March 24
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $9,740,789
TV: FOX, 3 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 231.88 miles (68 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 15),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 30), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 68)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
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Reddick Holds on in 3 Overtimes to Take First Win of 2023
Tyler Reddick wins first race with 23XI Racing at Circuit of The Americas
Holly Cain
NASCAR Wire Service
AUSTIN, Texas (March 26, 2023) – Tyler Reddick prevailed in three overtime re-starts to claim his first trophy of the year – and first with his new team, 23XI Racing, with a 1.411-second victory over two-time series champion Kyle Busch in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix – the NASCAR Cup Series’ first … Read more
Dinger Tops Texas Xfinity Race
Allmendinger holds off Byron for second Xfinity win at Circuit of The Americas
Holly Cain
NASCAR Wire Service
AUSTIN, Texas (March 25, 2023) – A.J. Allmendinger started on pole position and won the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Pit Boss 250 presented by USA Today on Saturday afternoon on the world-renowned Circuit of The Americas road course.
The 46 laps in between the green and checkered flags, however, were dramatic and full … Read more
Zane Wins Back-to-Back in Texas
Zane Smith wins back-to-back Truck Series races at Circuit of The Americas
Holly Cain
NASCAR Wire Service
AUSTIN, Texas (March 25, 2023) – Zane Smith became the first repeat NASCAR winner at the famed Circuit of The Americas road course, the reigning series champion holding off veteran Kyle Busch to claim his second straight victory in Saturday’s XPEL 225 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race.
The 23-year-old Californian’s No. 38 Front … Read more
The Watermelon Man Gets First Cup Series Win
Ross Chastain gets Trackhouse Racing its first Cup win at the Circuit of The Americas
NASCAR Wire Service
Holly Cain AUSTIN, Texas (March 27, 2022) – In exactly the kind of thrilling final lap, final-turn high-action finish NASCAR has so often provided on road courses, Ross Chastain persevered in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix to win his first career NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of The Americas in … Read more
Dinger Dominates Xfinity Series at COTA
AJ Allmendinger dominates Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of The Americas
NASCAR Wire Service
Holly Cain AUSTIN, Texas (March 26, 2022) — A.J. Allmendinger was fast and agile when he needed to be Saturday afternoon negotiating the famed Circuit of The Americas and reminding the field just why he’s considered one of NASCAR’s Road course superstars.
Allmendinger’s No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet took the checkered flag by 2.039-seconds over … Read more
Zane Smith Wins a Wild One at COTA
Zane Smith gets second Truck Series win of 2022 at Circuit of The Americas
NASCAR Wire Service
Holly Cain AUSTIN, Texas (March 26, 2022)– Ultimately, Zane Smith was out front when it paid off Saturday afternoon at the Circuit of The Americas road course. He led only 11 of the 46 laps – winning Stage 1, Stage 2 and then took the race lead with two laps remaining … Read more
Chase Elliott Tops COTA
Road-course master Chase Elliott wins weather-shortened inaugural race at COTA
NASCAR Wire Service
Reid Spencer Austin Texas (May 23, 2021) — You can’t call a Chase Elliott victory on a road course “unexpected,” but little else was predictable in the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas.
After all, Elliott came to COTA having won five of the previous 10 road … Read more
It’s Kyle at COTA Xfinity Series
Kyle Busch conquers COTA for 98th NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory
NASCAR Wire Service
Holly Cain Austin Texas (May 22, 2021) — Kyle Busch essentially went to school Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR Xfinity Series to learn the Circuit of the Americas road course in preparation for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race there. The result, however, was that Busch absolutely schooled the field – earning an 11-second victory in the Pit … Read more
Todd Takes Truck Race at COTA
Gilliland Takes Command Late to Win Truck Series’ Inaugural Race at COTA
NASCAR Wire Service
Holly Cain Austin Texas ( May 22, 2021) — Todd Gilliland was so fast and so determined out front in Saturday’s Toyota Tundra 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race his own team had to remind him to slow down and take care of his tires in the closing laps of the series’ debut at … Read more