Podium finishers
- P1 · Tyler Reddick · No. 45
- P2 · Shane van Gisbergen · No. 97
- P3 · Christopher Bell · No. 20
Tyler Reddick won at Circuit of the Americas. See how the race was decided and review the supplied result details below.
Race date
3:30 PM ET
Local time
Winner
Tyler Reddick
Car 45 · Toyota
Track
Circuit of the Americas
Austin, TX
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Podium finishers
Most laps led
Led 58 laps · finished P1.
Biggest mover
Started P30, finished P12 · gained 18.
Field report
4 listed as a retirement or non-running finish.
Race recap
Tyler Reddick led 58 of 95 laps at COTA and beat Shane van Gisbergen by 3.944 seconds, giving the No. 45 Toyota its third victory in the first three Cup races of 2026.
Reddick retained the lead on the Lap 79 restart, resisted van Gisbergen's pressure for the first half of the final run and then used superior drive off the corners to pull away.
Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR history to win the first three Cup races of a season and expanded his early points lead to 70.
Race outcome and turning point checked against NASCAR Cup Series race recap. The table below is maintained from the race results feed.
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Checkered flag
Started 1 · Led 58 laps · Earned 61 points
| Finish | Driver | Car | Mfr | Start | +/− | Laps | Led | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick 🏁 | 45 | Toyota | 1 | 0 | 95 | 58 | Running | 61 |
| 2 | Shane van Gisbergen | 97 | Chevrolet | 13 | +11 | 95 | 2 | Running | 45 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 20 | Toyota | 8 | +5 | 95 | 0 | Running | 34 |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | 54 | Toyota | 9 | +5 | 95 | 5 | Running | 48 |
| 5 | Michael McDowell | 71 | Chevrolet | 6 | +1 | 95 | 5 | Running | 40 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 5 | Chevrolet | 15 | +9 | 95 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevrolet | 5 | -2 | 95 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | Ford | 4 | -4 | 95 | 11 | Running | 33 |
| 9 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 | Chevrolet | 7 | -2 | 95 | 1 | Running | 43 |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 19 | +9 | 95 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 11 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | Toyota | 24 | +13 | 95 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 12 | Kyle Busch | 8 | Chevrolet | 30 | +18 | 95 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 13 | William Byron | 24 | Chevrolet | 10 | -3 | 95 | 1 | Running | 26 |
| 14 | Connor Zilisch | 88 | Chevrolet | 25 | +11 | 95 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 15 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 20 | +5 | 95 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | Ty Dillon | 10 | Chevrolet | 21 | +5 | 95 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | John Hunter Nemechek | 42 | Toyota | 31 | +14 | 95 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 18 | Ryan Preece | 60 | Ford | 29 | +11 | 95 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Chevrolet | 33 | +14 | 95 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | Ford | 26 | +6 | 95 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | Todd Gilliland | 34 | Ford | 17 | -4 | 95 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 22 | Noah Gragson | 4 | Ford | 35 | +13 | 95 | 0 | Running | 15 |
| 23 | Riley Herbst | 35 | Toyota | 32 | +9 | 95 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | Chris Buescher | 17 | Ford | 14 | -10 | 95 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 25 | Daniel Suarez | 7 | Chevrolet | 23 | -2 | 95 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 26 | Josh Berry | 21 | Ford | 22 | -4 | 95 | 0 | Running | 11 |
| 27 | Jesse Love | 33 | Chevrolet | 27 | 0 | 95 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 28 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 | Chevrolet | 34 | +6 | 95 | 0 | Running | 9 |
| 29 | Cole Custer | 41 | Chevrolet | 18 | -11 | 95 | 0 | Running | 11 |
| 30 | Cody Ware | 51 | Chevrolet | 37 | +7 | 95 | 0 | Running | 7 |
| 31 | Carson Hocevar | 77 | Chevrolet | 12 | -19 | 95 | 0 | Running | 8 |
| 32 | Austin Cindric | 2 | Ford | 28 | -4 | 95 | 0 | Running | 5 |
| 33 | Zane Smith | 38 | Ford | 11 | -22 | 95 | 0 | Running | 4 |
| 34 | Erik Jones | 43 | Toyota | 36 | +2 | 93 | 0 | 2 laps down | 3 |
| 35 | Ross Chastain | 1 | Chevrolet | 2 | -33 | 93 | 4 | 2 laps down | 13 |
| 36 | Alex Bowman | 48 | Chevrolet | 16 | -20 | 89 | 0 | 6 laps down | 5 |
| 37 | Chase Briscoe | 19 | Toyota | 3 | -34 | 62 | 8 | 33 laps down | 1 |
Starting grid
Car 45 · Toyota
Car 97 · Chevrolet
Car 20 · Toyota
Car 54 · Toyota
Car 71 · Chevrolet
Car 5 · Chevrolet
Car 9 · Chevrolet
Car 12 · Ford
Car 16 · Chevrolet
Car 11 · Toyota
Car 23 · Toyota
Car 8 · Chevrolet
Car 24 · Chevrolet
Car 88 · Chevrolet
Car 22 · Ford
Car 10 · Chevrolet
Car 42 · Toyota
Car 60 · Ford
Car 3 · Chevrolet
Car 6 · Ford
Car 34 · Ford
Car 4 · Ford
Car 35 · Toyota
Car 17 · Ford
Car 7 · Chevrolet
Car 21 · Ford
Car 33 · Chevrolet
Car 47 · Chevrolet
Car 41 · Chevrolet
Car 51 · Chevrolet
Car 77 · Chevrolet
Car 2 · Ford
Car 38 · Ford
Car 43 · Toyota
Car 1 · Chevrolet
Car 48 · Chevrolet
Car 19 · Toyota
Quick answers
The race is scheduled for Sunday, March 1, 2026. The green-flag time above converts automatically to your local timezone.
The listed start is 3:30 PM ET; use the automatically converted time at the top of this page for your location.
The current broadcast listing is FOX. Recheck near race day in case the network moves coverage.
The event is at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX. It is listed as a road course.
Tyler Reddick won the 2026 DuraMax Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne. The decisive sequence and result context are summarized in the race recap above.
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