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#45-Tyler Reddick made history on Sunday by winning the DuraMAX Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. The win is his third win of the year, becoming the first driver to win the first three races of the season. It is his second win at COTA and 11th career win.
Reddick started from the pole and led 58 of the 95 laps.
#97-Shane VanGisbergen finished 2nd followed by#20-Christopher Bell, #54-Ty Gibbs, #71-Michael McDowell, #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #12-Ryan Blaney, #16-AJ Allmendinger, and #11-Denny Hamlin.
Stage 1 was won by #1-Ross Chastain. Stage 2 was won by #54-Gibbs.
The fastest lap bonus earned by #1-Chastain, 99.68mph.
There were 14 lead changes among nine drivers and three cautions for 10 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 76.474mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.
Race Fast Facts – COTA:
Tyler Reddick won the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne, his 11th victory in 221 Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and third top-10 finish in 2026. Reddick is the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the first three races of a season.
This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in six races at Circuit of The Americas.
Shane Van Gisbergen (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his second top-10 finish in 2026.
Christopher Bell (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Circuit of The Americas.
Connor Zilisch (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 70 points over Bubba Wallace (NASCAR)
Driver Points/Chase Standings:
Race 3 of 26 in the regular season:
1) #45-Tyler Reddick, 186, +121
2) #23-Bubba Wallace, 116, + 51
3) #9-Chase Elliott,114, +49
4) #12-Ryan Blaney, 100, +35
5) #97- Shane van Gisbergen, 90, +25
6) #22-Joey Logano, 90, +25
7) #7-Daniel Suarez, 87, +22
8) #16-A.J. Allmendinger, 86, +21
9) #71-Michael McDowell, 83, +18
10) #77-Carson Hocevar, 82, +17
11) #17-Chris Buescher, 81, +16
12) #6-Brad Keselowski, 78, +13
13) #24-William Byron, 76, +11
14) #38-Zane Smith, 75, +10
15) #5-Kyle Larson, 73, +8
16) #60-Ryan Preece, 68, +3
Outside the top 16:
17) #54-Ty Gibbs, 65, -3
18) #4-Noah Gragson, 65, -3
19) #10-Ty Dillon, 65, -3
20) #1-Ross Chastain, 64, -4
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Allmendinger finishes 9th without his air/cool suit working. He climbs from the car exhausted and is taken to the infield care center.
Lap 95: Field stays green after Hicevar’s issue. Reddick with the win, his third straight to start the year, over VanGisbergen, Bell, Gibbs McDowell, Larson, Elliott, Blaney, Allmendinger and Hamlin.
Lap 94: Final lap. Reddick will get the win. Hocevar wrecks hard on the last lap as he takes the white.
Lap 93: Reddick seems to be on rails with over 3 seconds over VanGisbegen now.
Lap 90: 5 to go for Reddick. His lead has grown to over 2 seconds.
Lap 89: Reddick maintains the lead, now over a second over VanGisbergen. Larson challenging Blaney for 6th.
Lap 85: 10 to go with a great battle going on for the lead with Reddick and VanGisbergen. Blaney, Bell, Byron follow.
Lap 79: Restart. Reddick pulls ahead with a good start. VanGisbergen gets by Blaney for 2nd. He’s kept within a car length of Reddick as the field fans out to mainly single-file. There was trouble in the back of the pack as Zilisch, Smith, others get together and spin. Smith loses a tire. Field stays green.
Lap 78: Reddick leads Blaney, VanGisbergen, Zilisch, Byron, Smith, Cindric, Hamlin, Nemechek and Herbst.
Lap 76: Pitstops for some. Reddick and Blaney stay out. McDowell first out of those who pit with fuel only.
Lap 75: CAUTION Chastain off track and has lost a tire. During the caution, Alex Bowman exits the car and Myatt Snider climbs in as the relief driver. Bowman headed to the infield care center for medical attention.
Lap 71: VanGisbergen drops from the lead to pit as stops continue to cycle through.
Lap 70: Reddick and Blaney pit and Reddick maintains the position on exit off of pitroad. VanGisbergen inherits the lead with Byron. Zilisch moves into second.
Lap 65: Green flag pitstops underway as Reddick and Blaney lead the way on track. Busch, Buescher, Logano among those to stop.
Lap 52: Erik Jones spins but gets it going and the track stays green.
Lap 50: Restart for stage 3. Reddick leads Blaney, VanGisbergen, McDowell. All clear on the restart.
Lap 48: Pitstops. Gibbs first off over Saurez, Allmendinger. Looks like Wallace got into the rear of the Berry car on exit.
Lap 45: Gibbs wins stage 2 after staying on track. Allmendinger, Suarez, Gilliland and Reddick follow.
Lap 43: Blaney pits under green. VanGisbergen leads for a bit, he too opts for the pits next time by.
Lap 41: Herbst and Zilisch get together.
Lap 33: Reddick maintains the lead, over a half-second over Blaney. Byron, Suarez, Larson, Bell, Briscoe, VanGisbergen, Allmendinger and Gibbs the top-10.
Lap 27: Reddick maintains lead, says vibration has waned.
Lap 25: Reddick gets by Blaney for the top spot but thinks he may have a lose wheel with a vibration. May pit under green.
Lap 24: Back to green as Blaney, Reddick after the stop exchange shifts. Zilisch turned by Suarez in the restart melee.
Lap 23: Pitstops. Chastain loses a considerable amount of spots due to stalling. VanGisbergen out with the lead along with Buescher and Allmendinger. Long stop for Keselowski as he is still on pitroad as the rest pull back on track.
Lap 20: Chastain with the stage win. VanGisbergen follows with McDowell, Buescher, Allmendinger, Gibbs, Bowman, Elliott, Hocevar and Hamlin the top-10. 21 drivers opted to not pit while green.
Lap 17: Leader Blaney pits for fuel and tires. Chastain now the leader. He plans on staying out through the end of the stage.
Lap 15: As the laps wind down, green flag stops cycle through.
Lap 9: Blaney with a move for the lead and clears him easily.
Lap 8: Pole-sitter Reddick going for a record three straight wins to start the season, passed now by Chase Elliott. Byron also looking to make a move. He now sits 8th. Blaney has moved into second over Chastain and he’s eyeing Briscoe.
Lap 5: Field has fanned out single-file considerably.
Lap 4: 20 laps in stage 1. Briscoe leads Chastain, Blaney, Reddick, Bell, Elliott, McDowell, Van Gisbergen, Byron and Gibbs the top-10.
Lap 1: Briscoe with the lead as Chastain also takes position over Reddick.
3:53pm/et: Green flag as they ride three-wide nearly the entire field. As it fans out, Briscoe in the lead over pole-sitter Reddick.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #43-Erik Jones(unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the DuraMAX Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas have been made.
Pole winner #45-Tyler Reddick chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #1-Ross Chastain took the ninth stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the COTA Pit Stall page.
In his bid of becoming the first driver in NASCAR history to sweep the first three Cup Series races to a single season, #45-Tyler Reddick won the Busch pole for the DuraMAX Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas with a speed of 88.380 mph. It’s his third pole in six attempts at COTA, never starting worse than fourth.
#1-Ross Chastain led the way for Trackhouse Racing and will start alongside on the front row (88.256 mph). #19-Chase Briscoe will start third (88.242 mph), with #12-Ryan Blaney (88.179 mph) and #9-Chase Elliott (88.161 mph) rounding out the top five.
#71-Michael McDowell, #16-AJ Allmendinger, #20-Christopher Bell, #54-Ty Gibbs and #24-William Byron complete the top 10.
See the complete qualifying results and the DuraMAX Grand Prix Starting Lineup.
COTA – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Tyler Reddick won the Pole Award for the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne with a lap of 97.76 seconds, 88.380 mph.
This is his 12th pole in 221 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2026.
This is his third pole in six races at Circuit of The Americas.
Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2026 and his third in six races at Circuit of The Americas.
Chase Briscoe (third) posted his first top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his second in three races this season.
Connor Zilisch (25th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the DuraMAX Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas is over. The results:
#71-Michael McDowell 87.253 mph
#12-Ryan Blaney 87.193 mph
#88-Connor Zilisch 87.050 mph
#5-Kyle Larson 86.968 mph
#34-Todd Gilliland 86.897 mph
Slowest: #51-Cody Ware 85.148 mph
Most laps run: Multiple drivers ran 14 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 27 drivers): #12-Blaney 86.447 mph
Notes: The only on-track incident came in the opening minutes of Group 1 when #54-Ty Gibbs missed the entrance to a corner and made contact with #2-Austin Cindric.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the DuraMAX Grand Prix Practice speeds page.
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Crew Rosters
The entry list for the DuraMAX Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas is posted, 37 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
The only open team is: #33-Jesse Love.
See the full entry list on the DuraMAX Grand Prix Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — COTA: Cup Series teams will use the same Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setup that debuted at COTA last season and was subsequently raced at each of the five other road courses on last year’s schedule. O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams will run the road course tire Goodyear introduced for last season’s July race at Sonoma Raceway, which also saw action at Watkins Glen International, Portland International Raceway and the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix: A look at some of the top statistical performers at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, going into the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix.
Race rules and information:
