COTA starting lineup and practice results for the NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series drivers will take the green flag tomorrow in Austin, Texas. Cars are rolling to the Circuit of the Americas road course for a round of practice and qualifying to set the starting grid.
View NASCAR qualifying results from COTA below.
NASCAR Menu
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual | Race
Cup: Prac/Qual
The field is split into two qualifying groups. The times are then combined to set the starting lineup.
Tyler Reddick will start from the pole position in tomorrow’s race. He turned a laptime at 1:37.760.
COTA
Starting Lineup
March 1, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Tyler Reddick
97.760
2. Ross Chastain
97.897
3. Chase Briscoe
97.913
4. Ryan Blaney
97.982
5. Chase Elliott
98.002
6. Michael McDowell
98.147
7. AJ Allmendinger
98.152
8. Christopher Bell
98.204
9. Ty Gibbs
98.259
10. William Byron
98.909
11. Zane Smith
98.408
12. Carson Hocevar
98.463
13. Shane van Gisbergen
98.464
14. Chris Buescher
98.497
15. Kyle Larson
98.514
16. Alex Bowman
98.542
17. Todd Gilliland
98.562
18. Cole Custer
98.602
19. Denny Hamlin
98.617
20. Joey Logano
98.935
21. Ty Dillon
98.801
22. Josh Berry
98.807
23. Daniel Suarez
98.836
24. Bubba Wallace
98.838
25. Connor Zilisch
98.895
26. Brad Keselowski
98.917
27. Jesse Love
98.996
28. Austin Cindric
99.00
29. Ryan Preece
99.082
30. Kyle Busch
99.160
31. John Hunter Nemechek
99.274
32. Riley Herbst
99.433
33. Austin Dillon
99.757
34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
99.781
35. Noah Gragson
99.858
36. Erik Jones
99.942
37. Cody Ware
100.064
COTA
Practice Results
February 28, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Michael McDowell
99.023
2. Ryan Blaney
99.091
3. Connor Zilisch
99.253
4. Kyle Larson
99.347
5. Todd Gilliland
99.428
6. Kyle Busch
99.489
7. Alex Bowman
99.512
8. Daniel Suarez
99.557
9. Cole Custer
99.586
10. Carson Hocevar
99.647
11. Jesse Love
99.705
12. AJ Allmendinger
99.705
13. Chase Elliott
99.706
14. Austin Cindric
99.712
15. Zane Smith
99.723
16. William Byron
99.734
17. John Hunter Nemechek
99.738
18. Josh Berry
99.747
19. Tyler Reddick
99.772
20. Shane van Gisbergen
99.817
21. Ross Chastain
99.857
22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
99.866
23. Bubba Wallace
99.881
24. Chris Buescher
99.972
25. Erik Jones
100.008
26. Chase Briscoe
100.019
27. Christopher Bell
100.059
28. Austin Dillon
100.083
29. Riley Herbst
100.114
30. Brad Keselowski
100.133
31. Ty Dillon
100.219
32. Noah Gragson
100.223
33. Denny Hamlin
100.226
34. Joey Logano
100.367
35. Ty Gibbs
100.403
36. Ryan Preece
100.618
37. Cody Ware
101.471
