COTA Starting Lineup: March 2025 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR starting positions for Circuit of the Americas

NASCAR Cup Series drivers have unloaded in Austin, Texas. Drivers are set to run a new layout. Practice and qualifying are on deck for Circuit of the Americas (COTA).

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

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TV Schedule

Tyler Reddick will start from the pole position. He turned a laptime at 1:38.08 seconds.

COTA
Starting Lineup
March 2, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Tyler Reddick
1:38.08

2. Bubba Wallace
1:38.30

3. Chase Elliott
1:38.36

4. Carson Hocevar
1:38.45

5. Daniel Suarez
1:38.48

6. Shane van Gisbergen
1:38.52

7. Kyle Larson
1:38.579

8. Kyle Busch
1:38.59

9. Ross Chastain
1:38.70

10. Todd Gilliland
1:38.72

11. Denny Hamlin
1:38.74

12. AJ Allmendinger
1:38.79

13. Ty Gibbs
1:38.85

14. Connor Zilisch
1:38.93

15. William Byron
1:39.10

16. Michael McDowell
1:39.184

17. Noah Gragson
1:39.21

18. Chase Briscoe
1:39.21

19. Christopher Bell
1:39.737

20. Zane Smith
1:39.237

21. Alex Bowman
1:39.24

22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
1:40.646

23. Joey Logano
1:39.593

24. Chris Buescher
1:39.46

25. Ryan Blaney
1:40.184

26. Brad Keselowski
1:39.54

27. Austin Dillon
1:40.600

28. Ryan Preece
1:38.77

29. Justin Haley
1:39.85

30. Cole Custer
1:39.90

31. Riley Herbst
1:39.932

32. Erik Jones
1:39.99

33. John Hunter Nemechek
1:41.033

34. Ty Dillon
1:40.06

35. Josh Berry
1:30.29

36. Austin Cindric
1:40.70

37. Cody Ware
1:42.06

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COTA
Practice Results
March 2, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Shane van Gisbergen
1:38.855

2. Alex Bowman
1:39.144

3. Connor Zilisch
1:39.282

4. Kyle Larson
1:39.653

5. AJ Allmendinger
1:39.673

6. Austin Cindric
1:39.721

7. Daniel Suarez
1:39.797

8. Noah Gragson
1:39.899

9. Ty Gibbs
1:40.097

10. Ross Chastain
1:40.105

11. Justin Haley
1:40.221

12. Michael McDowell
1:40.227

13. Carson Hocevar
1:40.249

14. William Byron
1:40.321

15. Christopher Bell
1:40.361

16. Tyler Reddick
1:40.364

17. Joey Logano
1:40.428

18. Bubba Wallace
1:40.480

19. Ryan Blaney
1:40.516

20. Chase Briscoe
1:40.545

21. Riley Herbst
1:40.750

22. Chase Elliott
1:40.804

23. Denny Hamlin
1:40.804

24. Chris Buescher
1:40.861

25. Josh Berry
1:40.909

26. Ty Dillon
1:40.970

27. Cole Custer
1:40.976

28. Ryan Preece
1:41.001

29. Brad Keselowski
1:41.041

30. Zane Smith
1:41.133

31. Kyle Busch
1:41.154

32. Austin Dillon
1:41.178

33. Erik Jones
1:41.240

34. Todd Gilliland
1:41.245

35. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
1:41.479

36. John Hunter Nemechek
1:41.971

37. Cody Ware
1:42.700

Links

Circuit of the Americas | NASCAR