Tyler Reddick wins first race with 23XI Racing at Circuit of The Americas: 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 road course race of the season. 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. The pair exchanged the lead, lap after exciting lap for most of the afternoon. [Read More](3-26-2023)

#45-Tyler Reddick won the Echopark Texas Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at COTA and 4th career win.
#8-Busch finished 2nd followed by #48-Bowman, #1-Chastain, pole winner #24-Byron, #2-Cindric. #47-Stenhouse, Jr., #17-Buescher, #54-Gibbs, and #38-Gilliland.
Reddick and Byron took turns dominating much of the race.  Reddick took the lead from Byron with 4 laps remaining and held the lead through 3 Overtime attempts to pull away for the win by 1.4 second.
Notable finishes:
#15-Button finished 18th.
#9-Taylor, filling in for Chase Elliott,  finished 24th.
#91-Raikkonen finished 29th after a late spin.
#50-Daly suffered a broken transaxle and finished 36th.
#84-Johnson was involved in an accident on lap 1 and finished 38th.
Stage 1 was won by #24-Byron. Stage 2 was won by #45-Reddick.
There were 16 lead changes among 7 drivers and 8 cautions for 17 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 72.886mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Race Fast Facts – COTA:
Tyler Reddick won the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, his fourth victory in 116 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
Kyle Busch (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2023.
Alex Bowman (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
Ty Gibbs (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
This is the fourth win for 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series – Talladega (2021), Kansas-1 (2022), Kansas-2 (2022), Austin (2023).
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after COTA:
Race 6 of 26 in the regular season
1) #24-William Byron [2 wins], 97
2) #8-Kyle Busch [1 win], 192
3) #22-Joey Logano [1 win], 186
4) #45-Tyler Reddick [1 win], 161
5) #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. [1 win], 159
6) #1-Ross Chastain, 211
7) #4-Kevin Harvick, 186
8) #20-Christopher Bell, 184
9) #12-Ryan Blaney, 177
10) #2-Austin Cindric, 166
11) #19-Martin Truex, Jr., 165
12) #6-Brad Keselowski, 162
13) #11-Denny Hamlin, 161
14) #17-Chris Buescher, 157
15) #99-Daniel Suarez, 144
15) #7-Corey LaJoie, 139
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Paint Schemes

Cars to the rear: #34-McDowell (unapproved adjustments)

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Echopark Texas Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas have been made.
Pole winner #24-Byron chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #45-Reddick took the 9th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the COTA Pit Stall page.

#24-William Byron won the Busch pole for the Echopark Texas Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas with a speed of 93.882 mph. It’s his first pole of 2023 and at COTA. It’s the ninth pole of his career.
#45-Tyler Reddick will start second after having the quickest car in practice (93.783 mph). #2-Austin Cindric will start third (93.459 mph), with #9-Jordan Taylor (93.174 mph) and #99-Daniel Suarez (93.067 mph) rounding out the top five.
#48-Alex Bowman, #16-AJ Allmendinger, #43-Erik Jones, #8-Kyle Busch and #42-Noah Gragson are the rest of the top 10.
See the complete qualifying results and the Echopark Texas Grand Prix Starting Lineup.

Circuit of the Americas – Qualifying Fast Facts:
William Byron won the Busch Light Pole Award for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix with a lap of
130.76 seconds, 93.882 mph.
This is his ninth pole in 186 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2023.
This is his first pole in three races at Circuit of The Americas. William Byron becomes the first driver in the NASCAR Cup Series to win a pole at four different road courses – Charlotte Roval (2019), Road America (2021), Indianapolis Road Course (2021) and Circuit of The Americas (2023).
Tyler Reddick (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2023 and his third in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
Austin Cindric (third) posted his third top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fourth in six races this season.
Noah Gragson (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie
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Qualifying Order

Practice for the Echopark Texas Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas is complete:
#45-Reddick 92.989
#5-Larson 92.618
#1-Chastain 92.520
#8-Busch 92.498
#99-Suarez 92.461
Slowest: #50-Daly 90.095
Most laps run: #45-Reddick & #34-McDowell, 18 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 2 drivers): #45-Reddick 90.267
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run, and more on the Echopark Texas Grand Prix Practice speeds page.

Crew Rosters

The entry list for the Echopark Texas Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas is posted, 39teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers entered include: #9-Jordan Taylor, #15-Jenson Button, #50-Conor Daly, #78-Josh Bilicki, #84-Jimmie Johnson, #91-Kimi Raikkonen
See the full entry list on the Echopark Texas Grand Prix Entry List page.

Goodyear Fast Facts — Circuit of the Americas

TandemDraft Stats – COTA

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