Chase Elliott wins the first-ever NASCAR Cup Series Grand Prix at COTA in Austin, Texas in a weather-shorten race on Sunday afternoon.
For the first time, Circuit of the Americas hosted a NASCAR Cup Series Event. A new circuit for teams to challenge themselves to understand. With this being a new test on the season, teams were granted practice and qualifying as preparation for Sunday’s race. Despite all of this, Sunday afternoon proved to be difficult for many.
Road-course master Chase Elliott wins a weather-shortened inaugural race at COTA in the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Texas Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
You can’t call a Chase Elliott victory on a road course ‘unexpected,’ but little else was predictable in the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas.
Kyle Busch conquers COTA for 98th NASCAR Xfinity Series Victory in the Pit Boss 250 in Austin, Texas on Saturday evening.
Essentially going to school Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Kyle Busch learned the Circuit of the Americas road course in preparation for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race there. The result, however, was that Busch absolutely schooled the field – earning an 11-second victory in the Pit Boss 250, NASCAR’s Xfinity Series debut on the famed Austin circuit.
Todd Gilliland wins the inaugural NASCAR Truck Series race at COTA in the Toyota Tundra 225 in Austin, Texas on Saturday afternoon.
Todd Gilliland was so fast and so determined out front in Saturday’s Toyota Tundra 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race his own team had to remind him to slow down and take care of his tires in the closing laps of the series debut at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) race.
COTA, Toledo NASCAR Weekend Preview is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Jay Husmann. Join us as we rev up NASCAR fans for the upcoming weekend of racing. Then, stick around for Hot Topics Sound Off with the Fan4Racing crew on Fan4Racing Radio!
Our guest on this episode is…
Jesse Love
NASCAR ARCA Menards Series driver with Venturini Motorsports talks about his season and the upcoming race this weekend at Toldeo Speedway – The first race of the Sioux Chief Showdown.
This episode centers around theCircuit of the Americasin Austin for the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series along with the ARCA Menards Series at Toledo Speedway. We’ll also give a few updates from the ARCA East and West Series as time permits.