COTA Practice Results: May 22, 2021 (NASCAR Cup Series)

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
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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!

William Byron - Circuit of the Americas - COTA - NASCAR Cup Series - Rain Racing
AUSTIN, TEXAS – MAY 22: William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, drives during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Texas Grand at Circuit of The Americas on May 22, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

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

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