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.
‘On the Hot Seat: Team Owners in the NASCAR Cup Series,’ is the next installment of a commentary series from writer Michael Orzel and may not necessarily represent the views of Fan4Racing Blog and Radio.
NOTE from Michael Orzel: This installment is a somewhat different article from typical ‘Hot Seat”’ commentary. Instead of looking at one specific driver, this edition of the series will examine team owners of NASCAR Cup Series. Unless specifically cited via linked articles, all conclusions are exclusively speculation of the author and should not be considered any sort of authoritative voice.
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.