NASCAR lineup and TV schedule for COTA (March 2026)

NASCAR lineup and TV schedule for COTA in March 2026. COTA starting grid and TV schedule for the NASCAR Cup Series.

The field is set for the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday following a round of qualifying at Circuit of the Americas (COTA). This marks the first race with a higher horsepower package on the Next Gen car.

View the NASCAR lineup and TV schedule for COTA below.

Tyler Reddick will start from the pole position in Sunday’s race. After winning the first two races of the season, he’ll now lead the field to the green flag in Austin, Texas.

Stages:
20/45

Laps:
95

Here’s the remaining events for the weekend:

Noon ET
FOX | Fox One

NASCAR Truck Series
Race
(St. Petersburg)

3:00pm ET
CW | PRN

NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Race
(COTA)

NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NOAPS Race

3:30pm ET
FOX | HBO Max | PRN

NASCAR Cup Series
Race
(COTA)

NASCAR.com
Press Pass: Post NCS Race

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Tyler Reddick
1:37.760

2. Ross Chastain
1:37.897

3. Chase Briscoe
1:37.913

4. Ryan Blaney
1:37.982

5. Chase Elliott
1:38.002

6. Michael McDowell
1:38.147

7. AJ Allmendinger
1:38.152

8. Christopher Bell
1:38.204

9. Ty Gibbs
1:38.259

10. William Byron
1:38.909

11. Zane Smith
1:38.408

12. Carson Hocevar
1:38.463

13. Shane van Gisbergen
1:38.464

14. Chris Buescher
1:38.497

15. Kyle Larson
1:38.514

16. Alex Bowman
1:38.542

17. Todd Gilliland
1:38.562

18. Cole Custer
1:38.602

19. Denny Hamlin
1:38.617

20. Joey Logano
1:38.935

21. Ty Dillon
1:38.801

22. Josh Berry
1:38.807

23. Daniel Suarez
1:38.836

24. Bubba Wallace
1:38.838

25. Connor Zilisch
1:38.895

26. Brad Keselowski
1:38.917

27. Jesse Love
1:38.996

28. Austin Cindric
1:39.00

29. Ryan Preece
1:39.082

30. Kyle Busch
1:39.160

31. John Hunter Nemechek
1:39.274

32. Riley Herbst
1:39.433

33. Austin Dillon
1:39.757

34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
1:39.781

35. Noah Gragson
1:39.858

36. Erik Jones
1:39.942

37. Cody Ware
1:40.064

Ahead of COTA

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points

1. Tyler Reddick
125 | 2 Wins

2. Bubba Wallace
-40

3. Chase Elliott
-44

4. Carson Hocevar
-51

5. Zane Smith
-54

6. Joey Logano
-57

7. Daniel Suarez
-58

8. Ryan Blaney
-58

9. Brad Keselowski
-64

10. Chris Buescher
-64

11. Ross Chastain
-74

12. Noah Gragson
-75

13. William Byron
-75

14. Ryan Preece
-76

15. Chase Briscoe
-80

16. Shane van Gisbergen
-80

17. Ty Dillon
-81

18. AJ Allmendinger
-82

19. John Hunter Nemechek
-82

20. Michael McDowell
-82

21. Kyle Larson
-83

22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
-85

23. Riley Herbst
-86

24. Kyle Busch
-89

25. Josh Berry
-91

26. Austin Cindric
-91

27. Denny Hamlin
-93

28. Cody Ware
-95

29. Erik Jones
-96

30. Cole Custer
-96

31. Christopher Bell
-100

32. Alex Bowman
-107

33. Ty Gibbs
-108

34. Austin Dillon
-108

35. Todd Gilliland
-109

36. Connor Zilisch
-111

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