NASCAR race results from Circuit of the Americas
Next up, the NASCAR Xfinity Series takes the stage in Austin, Texas. It’s the Pit Boss 250 at Circuit of the Americas.
View COTA results for the NASCAR Xfinity Series below.
COTA Menu
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
Xfinity: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac | Qual | Race
Sammy Smith and AJ Allmendinger set the front row. 46 laps of road course racing are up next…
COTA Xfinity
Stage 1 – Report
Laps: 14 (1-14 / 46)
Green flag, Ty Gibbs dives to the inside and makes it four wide for the lead into turn one. They run out of room in a hurry, many drivers rub fenders. Sheldon Creed pops out with the race lead. Allmendinger runs him down in a hurry, Allmendinger takes the lead away.
Lap 2, Josh Berry has collected heavy nose damage.
Lap 8, Carson Hocevar has stalled, caution.
Green, Allmendinger leads into turn one.
AJ Allmendinger wins stage one at COTA!
COTA Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. AJ Allmendinger; 2. Sheldon Creed; 3. Parker Kligerman; 4. Ty Gibbs; 5. William Byron; 6. Riley Herbst; 7. Justin Allgaier; 8. Brandon Jones; 9. Sammy Smith; 10. Sam Mayer;
COTA Xfinity
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 16 (15-30 / 46)
Lap 15, Allmendinger pits from the race lead.
Lap 17, Preston Pardus is stalled on track, caution.
Green, Sheldon Creed clears William Byron into turn one. AJ Allmendinger gets turned as they run 7 wide into turn one! Aric Almirola is also collected.
Lap 20, Brandon Jones has a flat tire. As the tire rips off the fender, caution for debris.
Green, Creed leads Byron into turn one.
Lap 25, Byron is all over the bumper of Creed in the battle for the lead. Creed is taking a very defensive line.
Lap 27, Byron dives inside of Creed into turn one. They rub doors through the esses. Byron takes the lead away!
Lap 28
Lap 28, Brett Moffitt is parked and the caution is out.
Byron and most of the leaders hit the pit lane, Creed wins the race to the pit exit. Parker Kligerman stays out to take the lead.
Green flag with one to go in stage two, Kligerman and Almirola run side by side into turn one. Sieg shoves Kligerman into turn one. Parker has a issue off turn one, Sieg to the lead. Cole Custer gets turned behind them.
Creed quickly climbs to 2nd. He dives inside of Sieg, Creed returns to the lead with much fresher tires.
The caution is out as Custer is stalled. Sheldon Creed wins stage two at COTA!
COTA Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Sheldon Creed; 2. Ryan Sieg; 3. John Hunter Nemechek; 4. Aric Almirola; 5. Josh Berry; 6. AJ Allmendinger; 7. William Byron; 8. Ty Gibbs; 9. Sammy Smith; 10. Jeb Burton;
COTA Xfinity
Stage 3 – Report
Laps: 16 (31-46 / 46)
Green, Almirola makes it three wide for the lead into turn one. Creed holds him off as Allmendinger takes 2nd away.
14 to go, Allmendinger gets into the left rear of Creed under braking into turn 19! Creed spins and Allmendinger takes the lead away.
13 to go, Byron has a run on Allmendinger into turn one. He dives inside. Allmendinger crosses over him in the esses, Allmendinger back to the lead!
4 to go, John Hunter Nemechek spins from 6th with help from Daniel Hemric.
2 to go, Allmendinger leads Byron by just a few car lengths.
1 to go, Byron has closed to within a car length! Byron gets loose in the esses and loses a bunch of ground.
AJ Allmendinger wins COTA!
COTA Results
March 25, 2023
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Pos | Driver
1. AJ Allmendinger
2. William Byron
3. Ty Gibbs
4. Sammy Smith
5. Justin Allgaier
6. Daniel Hemric
7. Sam Mayer
8. Josh Berry
9. Sheldon Creed
10. Riley Herbst
11. Brandon Jones
12. Chandler Smith
13. Miguel Paludo
14. Jeremy Clements
15. Alex Labbe
16. Anthony Alfredo
17. Parker Retzlaff
18. Kaz Grala
19. Connor Mosack
20. Ryan Ellis
21. Jeb Burton
22. Kyle Weatherman
23. Ryan Sieg
24. Aric Almirola
25. Jeffrey Earnhardt
26. Kyle Sieg
27. John Hunter Nemechek
28. Josh Bilicki
29. Brad Perez
30. Parker Kligerman
31. Joe Graf Jr
32. Cole Custer
33. Brennan Poole
34. Brett Moffitt
35. Sage Karam
36. Preston Pardus
37. Austin Hill
38. Carson Hocevar
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Point Standings
Pos | Driver | Points | Wins
1. Austin Hill
249 | 3 Wins
2. Riley Herbst
234
3. John Hunter Nemechek
220 | 1 Wins
4. Justin Allgaier
200
5. Chandler Smith
196
6. Sam Mayer
187
7. Sammy Smith
185 | 1 Win
8. Sheldon Creed
184
9. Josh Berry
183
10. Daniel Hemric
176
11. Parker Kligerman
156
12. Cole Custer
152
13. Ryan Sieg
143
14. Anthony Alfredo
129
15. Brandon Jones
128
16. Brett Moffitt
126
17. Jeb Burton
124
18. Jeremy Clements
114
19. Joe Graf Jr
103
20. Parker Retzlaff
100
21. Kyle Sieg
89
22. Josh Williams
71
23. Ryan Truex
69
24. Kaz Grala
69
25. Ryan Ellis
64
26. Kyle Weatherman
60
27. Brennan Poole
56
28. Alex Labbe
50
29. Jeffrey Earnhardt
47
30. Gray Gaulding
41
31. Joey Gase
40
32. Connor Mosack
38
33. Myatt Snider
33
34. Patrick Emerling
29
35. Blaine Perkins
26
36. Stefan Parsons
24
37. Miguel Paludo
24
38. Parker Chase
21
39. David Starr
17
40. Josh Bilicki
15
