Circuit of the Americas

QUOTES "Fought hard here all day at COTA. Obviously coming from the back was a little eventful early on, but Allen [Hart] had a pretty good strate...

I feel like this was a good recovery, and the car is in one piece, so I feel like, overall, we still had a decent day. I still needed more speed there in the end. I felt we needed to tighten the car up pretty well, and we did for the race.

COTA is a long course, and the race makes for a long day ... Jimmie Johnson and Ross Chastain drive during practice for ...

Going with a track only two-thirds the length of the current layout would even allow NASCAR to add 10 laps and still keep everything in a window of 2.5 hours. Alternatively, NASCAR could go to a condensed layout of about 2.3 miles, which would put it in line with Indy, the Roval, and Watkins Glen. The modest speeds and the 68 laps and 231.88 miles add up to long days. All those twists and turns on the track contribute to COTA joining Sonoma as the slowest NASCAR road courses. The Chicago street race has replaced Elkhart Lake on the NASCAR schedule, keeping the Cup Series at six road courses in 2023. [AJ Allmendinger](https://www.sportscasting.com/aj-allmendinger-dilemma-stuff-he-does-best-is-least-fun/) pursues his weekend sweep at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday, the job will be tougher than it was 24 hours earlier.

A.J. Allmendinger dominated early, then had to fight to retake the lead at the start of the final stage.

“I thought I gave him enough room, but I don’t know. It's not they way I wanted to take the lead." He then got stuck in the pack on a restart, one of four in stage two, and the car in front of him got bumped and spun around, forcing Allmendinger into a complete stop. But another restart saw Allmendinger launch from sixth to second and right on Creed's bumper. He built a big lead early before a pit stop strategy misstep and getting caught in some caution flag restart traffic dropped him to the back. That dropped him to 27th and turned a 3.5-second lead into deficit of about 37 seconds.

All the information you need to get ready for the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

ET (1 p.m. ET (2 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. (77) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet (8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet The EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix is 68 laps around the 3.41-mile road course for a total of 231.88 miles. Fox Sports 1 will also have an earlier pre-race show beginning at 2 p.m. Fox is broadcasting the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix and has a pre-race show beginning at 3 p.m. The EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix starts at 3:30 p.m. Will Sunday's race kick-start Chastain again or will another driver make all the right moves at COTA? That victory propelled Chastain to the playoffs, and he eventually finished second in the final 2022 standings.

Justin Allgaier, driver of the No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet, earned a solid fifth-place finish in Saturday evening's NASCAR Xfinity Series ...

- Once back green, the field funneled into a tight Turn 1 and a car to Jones' inside was forced into the side of the No. - The following lap saw a caution flag wave, and that played into the hands of the No. Despite having a "lack of rear grip," Paludo and the No. The driver of the No. Josh Berry had quite an active afternoon at the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday, surviving two melees in Turn 1 that did significant damage to his Tire Pros Chevrolet and a later spin to finish eighth in the Pit Boss 250 on the .3.41-mile road course in Austin, Texas. With just five laps left in the race, the driver of the No. The young driver broke back into the top 15 with 11 laps to go and kept cruising to the front. - The No. 1 climbed his way back up to the 12th spot in line with three to go in Stage One and continued to push through the pack, battling the No. Overstreet called the No.1 down pit road under caution for four tires and fuel to restart in the 17th position. - Within the first five laps, Mayer gained two spots to until a caution came out early in the race on lap 7. - Allgaier's charge didn't stop there, as the Illinois native utilized a lap-9 restart to power into the top 10 and up to the eighth position by the time Stage One came to a close on lap 14.

Here's a look at what drivers had to say during and after Sunday's Cup Series race at COTA, won by Tyler Reddick.

I thought I had the wreck missed, but I just saw a flash of red out of nowhere. It was a case of trying to stay out of the issues in the first corner and every time. It was so hot, I thought I was going to faint in the car. On the last restart, I don’t know who went down on the inside, but they were never going to make the corner and used us to stop themselves. At the end, I got more aggressive and made our way almost back to the top 10. We were able to fire off and gain a lot of spots right off the bat. We had a really great first half of the race and then we had an issue with our lugnut – lost a lot of time and I got two penalties. It was really nice to have some speed there, and to be really aggressive on the restarts. I was able to make it a little better there in the end. Only reason I was inside of the 99 was to protect from the 1. But for a long, hot day, we never gave up.” [Chris Buescher](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/auto-racing/nascar/player/48380/chris-buescher) — Finisned 8th: “It was our first bumper car race of the year. I hate that it kind of got down to restarts there at the end.

Tyler Reddick scored his first victory with 23XI Racing by holding on over multiple late restarts to win in triple overtime Sunday at Circuit of the ...

[Ross Chastain](https://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=2&driverId=4495), the defending race winner, finished fourth and was confronted post-race inside his car by Trackhouse Racing teammate [Daniel Suarez](http://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=2&driverId=4645) over the aggressive nature of the race. [Alex Bowman](https://www.espn.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=2&driverId=4555), who had a chance to win on the final lap at COTA last season, was third in a Chevrolet from Hendrick Motorsports. Just tried to explain that I wouldn't race him like that, that I was shoved in there." "He just thought I drove in and tried to drive through him," Bowman said. Ticket holders have been given an option to reserve spots for 2024. He was 18th. "You have to have that driver you feel can carry you to championships ... Reddick had to hold the front through the elevated, switchback left hand turn that saw the field bunch up and smash each other time after time on the restarts. Hamlin said Reddick showed poise to match talent that could lead to a whole lot of victories. I've been trying to emulate the things he did in order to make this car fast last year, but not quite all the way there." "Didn't quite get the restarts perfectly, but we got the one that mattered," Reddick said. It was Reddick's fourth career Cup Series win, third on a road course.

“I've been wanting to win here in a Cup car for a long time,” the 27-year-old Californian Reddick said, who now has four NASCAR Cup Series wins, but noted this ...

Reddick 60-61;W. Reddick 47-57;D. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Reddick 39-41;W. Reddick 24-31;C. Reddick 8-12;W. Ty Gibbs, who finished ninth, continues to lead the Sunoco Rookie of the Year points standings. Among these four, the Englishman Button – the 2009 Formula One champion – claimed the top finishing position, 18th in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for injured former COTA winner Chase Elliott; a pair of former Formula One champions in Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen and popular IndyCar Series regular Conor Daly. “We’ll keep building on it.” And on the final two-lap restart Reddick was able to put his No. It was a field of international champions and NASCAR’s very best at the famed Circuit of The Americas course but for most of the race the outcome looked to be decided in a good ole Texas duel between the two fastest cars all weekend driven by Reddick and Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron.

Tyler Reddick, driver of the No. 45 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at ...

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Another "road course ringer" on the track Sunday was sports car driver four-time IMSA champion Jordan Taylor driving the No. "Of course I want to see NASCAR return," track President Bobby Epstein said. Just tried to explain that I wouldn’t race him like that, that I was shoved in there." "He just thought I drove in and tried to drive through him," Bowman said. Ty Dillon and seven-time former Cup series champion Jimmie Johnson were knocked out halfway through the first lap when Brad Keselowski spun to trigger the first caution before the field had cleared the first turn. Reddick won a year ago at Road America and on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in his final season with Richard Childress Racing. "This whole 23XI team has been working so hard all winter long to make the road course program better," Reddick said. We’re not ready to make any of those announcements yet, but people are taking notice." Reddick had to hold the front through the elevated, switchback left hand turn that saw the field bunch up and smash each other time after time on the restarts. "It’s resonating with people so we’ve got some great sponsors on the car this weekend," Marks said. I’ve been trying to emulate the things he did in order to make this car fast last year, but not quite all the way there." I was able to get in it and run right back to him.

Date: March 26, 2023. Event: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Round 6 of 36). Series: NASCAR Cup Series. Location: Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, ...

The race begins at 3:30 p.m. His margin over second-place Kyle Busch was 1.411 seconds. ● Kevin Harvick (Started 29th, Finished 13th / Running, completed 75 of 75 laps)