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NASCAR Cup Series: COTA starting lineup with penalties applied

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson Sunday 2 March 2025 13:30 Updated: 22:41

NASCAR Cup Series: COTA starting lineup with penalties applied

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series continues today (Sunday, March 2) with the starting lineup for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) now fully set.

This Sunday's race represents a new challenge to all of the drivers this campaign, with COTA the first road course they have taken on so far in 2025.

As such, it could be that the order is massively shaken up, as highlighted by some very interesting finishes during Saturday's qualifying session.

Talking of Saturday's qualifying, it was an excellent session for 23XI Racing. Not only did Tyler Reddick secure the pole for Sunday's race, but his team-mate Bubba Wallace also came home in second, with the team therefore locking out the front row.

With a long race ahead, however, they will have to be at the top of their game to stay there, particularly with the likes of Shane van Gisbergen and Kyle Larson not lurking too far behind.

With all of that said, let's take a look at today's starting lineup in full, with any overnight penalties that may or may not have been applied included.

NASCAR COTA starting lineup

After qualifying on Saturday afternoon, here is the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA, also known as the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix.

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team	Manufacturer	Lap Time/Gap
1	Tyler Reddick	#45	23XI Racing	Toyota	1:38:076
2	Bubba Wallace	#23	23XI Racing	Toyota	-0.224
3	Chase Elliott	#9	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-0.282
4	Carson Hocevar	#77	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	-0.377
5	Daniel Suárez	#99	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.406
6	Shane van Gisbergen	#88	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.443
7	Kyle Larson	#5	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-0.503
8	Kyle Busch	#8	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	-0.513
9	Ross Chastain	#1	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.626
10	Todd Gilliland	#34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-0.642
11	Denny Hamlin	#11	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-0.664
12	AJ Allmendinger	#16	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	-0.709
13	Ty Gibbs	#54	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-0.772
14	Connor Zilisch	#87	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.852
15	William Byron	#24	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.022
16	Michael McDowell	#71	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.108
17	Noah Gragson	#4	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-1.129
18	Chase Briscoe	#19	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-1.134
19	Christopher Bell	#20	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-1.139
20	Zane Smith	#38	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-1.161
21	Alex Bowman	#48	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.163
22	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	#47	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.293
23	Joey Logano	#22	Team Penske	Ford	-1.350
24	Chris Buescher	#17	RFK Racing	Ford	-1.380
25	Ryan Blaney	#12	Team Penske	Ford	-1.414
26	Brad Keselowski	#6	RFK Racing	Ford	-1.465
27	Austin Dillon	#3	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	-1.474
28	Ryan Preece	#60	RFK Racing	Ford	-1.698
29	Justin Haley	#7	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.774
30	Cole Custer	#41	Haas Factory Team	Ford	-1.826
31	Riley Herbst	#35	23XI Racing	Toyota	-1.856
32	Erik Jones	#43	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	-1.915
33	John Hunter Nemechek	#42	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	-1.968
34	Ty Dillon	#10	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	-1.986
35	Josh Berry	#21	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	-2.215
36	Austin Cindric	#2	Team Penske	Ford	-2.626
37	Cody Ware	#51	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	-3.986

NASCAR Cup Series 23XI Racing Tyler Reddick Bubba Wallace Chase Briscoe

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