NASCAR at COTA 2026: Odds and more info
The NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Part Series Series head to Circuit of the Americas in Austin for the first weekend of road course racing in 2026.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will tackle the St. Petersburg Street Course in Florida.
NASCAR Cup Series’ DuraMAX Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas (COTA)
- Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (All times Eastern)
- 95 laps
- Stages end on laps 20, 45, 95
- Last year’s winner: Christopher Bell
With 37 entries for the race, all drivers will make the field. Jesse Love is the lone open entry in the Richard Childress Racing No. 33 Chevrolet.
NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Focused Health 250 at Circuit of the Americas (COTA)
- Saturday at 3 p.m.
- 65 laps
- Stages end on laps 20, 40, 65
- Last year’s winner: Connor Zilisch
With 40 drivers entered for Saturday, two will miss the field.
Highlighted on the entry list includes Alex Labbe (No. 0), Connor Zilisch (No. 1), Tyler Gonzalez (No. 5), Shane Van Gisbergen (No. 9), Brent Crews (No. 19), Batazar Leguizamon (No. 30), Ross Chastain (No. 32), Austin J. Hill (No. 35), J.J. Yeley (No. 42), Preston Pardys (No. 50), Sage Karam (No. 55), and Carson Kvapil (No. 91).
Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of the Americas
Shane van Gisbergen, who won five of six road course races last year in Cup, is the odds-on favorite to win the race, according to the Caesar’s Sportsbook as of Monday, Feb. 23.
COTA was the only road course event he did not win in 2025.
- Shane van Gisbergen +100
- Connor Zilisch +400
- Christopher Bell +1000
- Tyler Reddick +1400
- Chase Elliott +1800
- Kyle Larson +2000
- Chase Briscoe +2200
- A.J. Allmendinger, Chris Buescher, Michael McDowell +2500
- Ross Chastain, Ty Gibbs +2800
- Alex Bowman +3000
- Kyle Busch +3500
- Ryan Blaney, Daniel Suarez, Chase Briscoe +4500
- Austin Cindric, Ryan Precce +5000
- Bubba Wallace +6000
- Denny Hamlin, Carson Hocevar, Joey Logano +8000
- Zane Smith, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Todd Gilliland +35000
- Cole Custer, Austin Dillon, Noah Gragson, Erik Jokes, Jesse Love, John Hunter Nemechek +50000
- Josh Berry, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +100000
- Ty Dillon, Riley Herbst +150000
- Cody Ware +250000
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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