NASCAR qualifying results, lineup set at COTA. Also: TV times, chanels

Guess who! Nope, not Shane van Gisbergen.

Tyler Reddick, fresh off back-to-back wins to start the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, won the pole Saturday for Sunday’s DureMAX Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

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Even after two wins and a pole, van Gisbergen is heavily favored on all of the odds boards, though COTA was the one road course where he didn’t win last year. Christopher Bell made COTA the second of his three straight victories early in 2025.

But beginning three months later at Mexico City, van Gisbergen took the first of what would be five straight road wins over the balance of the season.

COTA first appeared on the Cup Series schedule in 2021. Five different racers have won the five races there: Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Tyler Reddick, William Byron and Christopher Bell.

It’s a unique weekend of road-course racing for NASCAR, since all three of its major national series are racing on two different circuits. While the Cup and O’Reilly Series are in Austin, the Truck Series is joining IndyCar’s opening weekend on the streets of St. Petersburg.

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NASCAR lineup for Sunday race at COTA

1. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

2. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

3. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

4. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

5. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

6. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

7. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

8. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

9. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

10. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

11. Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

12. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

13. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

14. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

15. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

16. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

17. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

18. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford

19. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

20. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

21. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

22. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

23. Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

24. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

25. Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

26. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

27. Jesse Love, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

28. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

29. Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford

30. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

31. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

32. Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota

33. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet

35. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

36. Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet

37. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford