NASCAR fans, are you ready for today’s Cup Series race? Drivers will be racing at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA). This will be the first road course of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, taking place in Austin, Texas. Over the last several seasons, this track has had a different winner each race. In the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, Christopher Bell won at the COTA race.

Today, Tyler Reddick will be in the pole position for the second time in a row! Do you think he will be able to take home a three-time, back-to-back win? While Shane van Gisbergen (SVG) is a favorite here, he will start in Row 7, over 10 places further back than Reddick. This also puts SVG 5 places behind last year’s race winner at COTA, Bell.

NASCAR Cup Series at COTA Official Starting Lineup

1. #45 Tyler Reddick – 23XI Racing Toyota
2. #1 Ross Chastain – Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
3. #19 Chase Briscoe – Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
4. #12 Ryan Blaney – Team Penske Ford
5. #9 Chase Elliot – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6. #71 Michael McDowell – Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
7. #16 AJ Allmendinger – Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
8. #20 Christopher Bell – Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
9. #54 Ty Gibbs – Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
10. #24 William Byron – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
11. #38 Zane Smith – Front Row Motorsports Ford
12. #77 Carson Hocevar – Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
13. #97 Shane Van Gisbergen – Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
14. #17 Chris Buescher – Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
15. #5 Kyle Larson – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
16. #48 Alex Bowman – Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17. #34 Todd Gilliland – No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
18. #41 Cole Cluster – Haas Factory Team Ford
19. #11 Denny Hamlin – Joe Gibbs Racing
20. #22 Joey Logano – Team Penske Ford
21. #10 Ty Dillon – Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
22. #21 Josh Berry – Wood Brothers Racing Ford
23. #7 Daniel Suarez –Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
24. #23 Bubba Wallace – 23XI Racing Toyota
25. #88 Connor Zilisch – Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
26. #6 Brad Keselowski – Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
27. #33 Jesse Love – Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
28. #2 Austin Cindric – Team Penske Ford
29. #60 Ryan Preece – RFK Racing Ford
30. #8 Kyle Busch – Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
31. #42 John Hunter Nemechek – Legacy Motor Club Toyota
32. #35 Riley Herbst – 23XI Racing Toyota
33. #3 Austin Dillon – Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
34. #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
35. #4 Noah Gragson – Front Row Motorsports Ford
36. #43 Erik Jones – Legacy Motor Club Toyota
37. #51 Cody Ware – Rick Ware Racing Ford

Watching Today’s NASCAR Cup Series

For those who are unable to enjoy the race at COTA in person, there are multiple ways to enjoy today’s race! You can watch drivers push to try to make sure Reddick doesn’t win for the third time in a row, even if you are at home! Today’s COTA is a 2.4-mile-long track and will be covered on television by FOX.

Radio coverage of today’s race will be on PRN. For audio streaming, you can listen in on today’s NASCAR event on SiriusXM (if you have a subscription). For streaming, Fubo will once again have coverage of today’s race for free. If you have a subscription, you can also watch the race on the FOX One App, and HBO MAX has in-car camera coverage for subscribers as well. Of course, nothing really beats being there in person!

Will the Winner be Reddick Again?

So, what do you think? Will Reddick end up in Victory Lane for the race at COTA today? Do you think Wallace will make a comeback and reclaim what he almost had in his hands last week? No matter who you are rooting for today, a NASCAR race of any kind is never a dull one. Today’s track is longer than last week’s, but I still have my eyes set on a few drivers. Reddick may prove some wrong or prove some right today!