COTA Starting Lineup: March 2023 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR starting lineup for Circuit of the Americas

The NASCAR Cup Series is the first division to the track on Saturday morning in Austin, Texas. The field is set for two rounds of NASCAR qualifying at Circuit of the Americas.

View the COTA starting grid for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

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The field is split into two groups for the opening round of NASCAR qualifying. The top 5 from each group advance into round two.

5 minutes into the group B session, Michael McDowell spun into the sand trap. He was able to escape and return to the pits.

COTA Qualifying (Group A – Top 5) : 1. Erik Jones (131.678); 2. William Byron (131.746); 3. AJ Allmendinger (131.861); 4. Daniel Suarez (131.884); 5. Noah Gragson (131.909)

COTA Qualifying (Group B – Top 5) : 1. Tyler Reddick (130.305); 2. Jordan Taylor (131.020); 3. Austin Cindric (131.215); 4. Alex Bowman (131.401); 5. Kyle Busch (131.413)

IMSA driver Jordan Taylor is making his debut and in his first qualifying session, Rodney Sandstorm has advanced into round two.

Daniel Suarez shortcut the esses. One of his laps was disallowed.

William Byron will start from the pole position after turning a laptime at 130.760 seconds. That’s an average speed of 93.882 mph.

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Starting Lineup
March 26, 2023
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time (Final Round)

1. William Byron
130.760

2. Tyler Reddick
130.898

3. Austin Cindric
131.352

4. Jordan Taylor
131.754

5. Daniel Suarez
131.905

6. AJ Allmendinger
132.228

7. Erik Jones
132.230

8. Kyle Busch
132.459

9. Noah Gragson
133.162

10. Alex Bowman
No Time

Failed to advance out of Round 1

11. Bubba Wallace
131.498

12. Ross Chastain
131.562

13. Kyle Larson
132.039

14. Christopher Bell
132.112

15. Joey Logano
132.125

16. Harrison Burton
132.219

17. Ty Gibbs
132.323

18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
132.359

19. Chase Briscoe
132.401

20. Michael McDowell
132.498

21. Denny Hamlin
132.500

22. Kimi Raikkinen
132.526

23. Justin Haley
132.539

24. Jenson Button
132.559

25. Martin Truex Jr
132.575

26. Ryan Preece
132.629

27. Corey LaJoie
132.756

28. Austin Dillon
132.781

29. Kevin Harvick
132.869

30. Brad Keselowski
132.929

31. Jimmie Johnson
132.938

32. Chris Buescher
133.218

33. Josh Bilicki
133.274

34. Ty Dillon
133.567

35. Conor Daly
133.792

36. Todd Gilliland
134.038

37. Cody Ware
134.858

38. Ryan Blaney
140.865

39. Aric Almirola
182.392

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