The 2026 DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 1, 2026, at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Contested over 95 laps on the road course, it was the third race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Tyler Reddick won the race. Shane van Gisbergen finished 2nd, and Christopher Bell finished 3rd. Ty Gibbs and Michael McDowell rounded out the top five, and Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, A. J. Allmendinger, and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.
On November 20, 2024, it was announced that the race would move to the layout.
On January 8, 2026, DuraMAX was announced as the title sponsor, replacing EchoPark Automotive.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Jesse Love (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Michael McDowell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 99.023 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99.023 87.253 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 99.091 87.193 3 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99.253 87.050Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:37.760 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:37.760 88.380 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:37.897 88.256 3 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:37.913 88.242 4 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:37.982 88.179 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:38.002 88.161 6 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:38.147 88.031 7 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:38.152 88.027 8 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:38.204 87.980 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:38.259 87.931 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:38.381 87.822 11 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:38.408 87.798 12 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:38.463 87.749 13 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:38.464 87.748 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:38.497 87.718 15 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:38.514 87.703 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:38.542 87.678 17 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:38.562 87.661 18 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 1:38.602 87.625 19 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:38.617 87.612 20 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:38.675 87.560 21 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:38.772 87.474 22 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:38.807 87.443 23 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:38.836 87.418 24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:38.829 87.416 25 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:38.895 87.365 26 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1:38.917 87.346 27 33 Jesse Love (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:38.996 87.276 28 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:39.009 87.265 29 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 1:39.082 87.201 30 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:39.160 87.132 31 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:39.274 87.032 32 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 1:39.433 86.893 33 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:39.757 86.610 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1:39.781 86.590 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:39.858 86.523 36 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:39.942 86.450 37 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 1:40.064 86.345Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 102 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 93 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 75 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 66 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 210 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 25
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 93 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 75 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 66 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 39 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 50
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 95 612 13 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 95 45 3 8 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 95 34 4 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 95 48 5 6 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 95 40 6 15 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 317 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 33 8 4 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 95 33 9 7 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 95 4310 19 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 95 2811 24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 95 31 12 30 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 95 25 13 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 26 14 25 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 95 23 15 20 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 95 22 16 21 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 95 21 17 31 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 95 2018 29 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 95 19 19 33 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 95 18 20 26 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 95 17 21 17 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 95 23 22 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 95 15 23 32 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 95 1424 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 95 20 25 23 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 95 20 26 22 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 95 11 27 27 33 Jesse Love (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 95 028 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 95 9 29 18 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 95 11 30 37 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 95 7 31 12 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 95 8 32 28 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 95 5 33 11 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 95 4 34 36 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 93 3 35 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 93 1336 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 89 5 37 3 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 62 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 14 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 10 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 58 minutes and 53 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little, Regan Smith, and Josh Sims handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan SmithJosh Sims Larry McReynolds
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Nick Yeoman Turn 1: Andrew KurlandTurns 2–6A: Doug TurnbullTurns 6B–15: Kyle RickeyTurns 16–20: Pat Patterson Wendy VenturiniBrett McMillanHeather Debeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Tyler Reddick 186 2 Bubba Wallace 116 (–70) 3 Chase Elliott 114 (–72) 4 4 Ryan Blaney 100 (–86) 11 5 Shane van Gisbergen 90 (–96) 6 Joey Logano 90 (–96) 7 Daniel Suárez 87 (–99) 10 8 A. J. Allmendinger 86 (–100) 11 9 Michael McDowell 83 (–103) 6 10 Carson Hocevar 82 (–104) 1 11 Chris Buescher 81 (–105) 3 12 Brad Keselowski 78 (–108) 13 William Byron 76 (–110) 9 14 Zane Smith 75 (–111) 6 15 Kyle Larson 73 (–113) 2 16 Ryan Preece 68 (–118)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 165 2 Chevrolet 104 (–61) 3 Ford 93 (–72)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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