NASCAR practice results from Circuit of the Americas
Today, the NASCAR Cup Series takes on Circuit of the Americas. This practice session is their first laps on the 3.4-mile road course as NASCAR’s newest track.
View 2021 COTA practice results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.
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This is the one and only practice session. It’s raining, hard. Drivers will be making laps in the wet, on a track they’ve never seen before.
Multiple teams are stuck in inspection. They’ll need to pass the inspection line in order to make it on the track. However, the line is so long that some of these drivers might not clear inspection before the session is over.
COTA Practice
Report
Duration: 50 minutes
There’s a long line of cars itching to get out at the beginning of this session. Hamlin is the first car on track.
5 minutes in, Joey Logano locks up the front wheels into turn 11. He runs wide and uses all the runoff room.
41 minutes remain, Chase Elliott is running a wet racing line. He’s cutting across the traditionally line. He enters the turn late, cuts across the traditional lane for a late apex.
33 minutes remaining, Chase Elliott wheel hops and spins into turn 20.
30 minutes remain, the rain is intensifying. Austin Dillon goes for a spin.
COTA Practice Times – Halfway : 1. Kyle Larson (158.468); 2. Kyle Busch (158.639); 3. William Byron (159.693); 4. Michael McDowell (160.048); 5. Joey Logano (160.120); 6. Chase Elliott (160.361); 7. Ross Chastain (160.516); 8. Austin Cindric (160.887); 9. Chase Briscoe (161.029); 10. Cole Custer (161.442);
Only 30 cars have set a time so far. Near 10 cars remain stuck in the inspection line.
15 minutes remain, AJ Allmendinger is climbing into his car. He was the last car in the inspection line.
Daniel Suarez locks them up into turn one. He nearly clips the rear bumper of Davison in the process of getting to the runoff area.
5 minutes remain, William Byron jumps to the top of the board.
William Byron wins practice at COTA!
COTA Practice Results
May 22, 2021
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. William Byron
157.694
2. Joey Logano
158.281
3. Kyle Larson
158.468
4. Kyle Busch
158.639
5. Chase Elliott
158.908
6. Christopher Bell
159.01
7. Ross Chastain
159.452
8. Kurt Busch
159.670
9. Ryan Blaney
159.789
10. Michael McDowell
159.892
11. Chris Buescher
160.036
12. Cole Custer
160.342
13. Chase Briscoe
160.389
14. Alex Bowman
160.467
15. Bubba Wallace
160.806
16. Denny Hamlin
160.868
17. Tyler Reddick
160.877
18. Austin Cindric
160.887
19. Austin Dillon
161.065
20. James Davison
161.162
21. Brad Keselowski
161.456
22. AJ Allmendinger
161.486
23. Martin Truex Jr
161.536
24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
161.627
25. Corey LaJoie
161.629
26. Matt DiBenedetto
161.659
27. Daniel Suarez
162.009
28. Aric Almirola
162.283
29. Justin Haley
162.367
30. Ty Dillon
162.615
31. Cody Ware
163.838
32. Kevin Harvick
163.951
33. Erik Jones
164.415
34. Ryan Newman
164.955
35. Ryan Preece
165.487
36. Kyle Tilley
166.082
37. Anthony Alfredo
166.098
38. Josh Bilicki
166.200
39. Garrett Smithley
166.858
