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NBC Sports
28-02-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
NASCAR Friday schedule at COTA Austin
The new NASCAR layout at Circuit of The Americas will get its first test Friday as Xfinity cars hit the track for practice and qualifying. A new 'National' course will be used for stock cars at the Austin, Texas, road course. The 20-turn, 2.4-mile layout will shorten the track's traditional circuit (which is used for Formula One) by about a mile and shave roughly a minute off lap times. Xfinity practice starts at 5 p.m. ET and rolls directly into qualifying shortly after 6 p.m. Coverage is available on the CW streaming app. The IMSA-sanctioned VP Racing SportsCar Challenge also will be in action at COTA with practice and qualifying. Circuit of The Americas Friday, Feb. 28 (All Times Eastern) Garage open Noon - 7:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series 1 - 6 p.m. — Cup Series Track activity 1- 1:40 p.m. — VP Racing SportsCar Challenge practice 3 - 3:40 p.m. — VP Racing SportsCar Challenge practice 5 - 5:50 p.m. — Xfinity practice (CW App streaming) 6:05 - 7 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (CW App streaming) 7:30 - 8:05 p.m. — VP Racing SportsCar Challenge qualifying Friday: Partly cloudy, high of 77 with a 2% chance of rain.
Axios
27-02-2025
- Automotive
- Axios
What to know about NASCAR in Austin
Race car fans will have a chance to catch NASCAR in Austin this weekend. Why it matters: NASCAR, which came to the Circuit of the Americas in 2021, faces an uncertain future in Austin. Driving the news: The rental agreement between Speedway Motorsports and COTA is set to expire this year, but both parties are likely to talk this weekend, COTA chairman Bobby Epstein told The Athletic. "I think so, you have to ask them," Epstein told The Athletic when asked if he expected NASCAR back in 2026. "I think we all want to continue working together." How it works: Attendees can watch practice and qualifying rounds for the Xfinity Series race and the IMSA-sanctioned VP Racing SportsCar Challenge on Friday and Saturday. The IMSA challenge features two 45-minute races between prototype cars racing GT-style cars. Sunday is the main event, with a pre-race concert by Corey Kent at 12:45pm before the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR Cup Series Race, which starts at 2:30pm. Zoom in: 37 drivers will face off in the Grand Prix, including 18-year-old Connor Zilisch from Trackhouse Racing who is making his Cup Series debut. The intrigue: There's a new track layout this year, which will shorten COTA's 3.41-mile circuit. The layout cuts turns 7 through 11, making the course 2.3 miles. The shortened track means more laps — nearly 100 — and more action for fans by eliminating long straightaways that can spread out the field. What to watch: The new course will be a key factor in whether Speedway Motorsports decides to renew their lease, Mike Burch, Speedway Motorsports chief operating officer, told The Athletic. "We'll take a look at ticket renewals, feedback from the fans who attended the race and the overall results before we talk with NASCAR about next year's schedule," Burch said. "One of the biggest factors will be how the drivers compete on the new National Course, a move we made to put more action and laps in front of the fans." 📍 If you go: Three-day packages start at $79 and are available online.
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
McLaughlin, Newgarden to test Penske Porsche at Sebring
NTT IndyCar Series drivers Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden will test the Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s in next week's IMSA-sanctioned test at Sebring International Raceway. 37 cars will attend the test from Tuesday to Thursday, Feb. 11-13. Fresh off his run with Trackhouse by TF Sport at Daytona, McLaughlin will drive the No. 6 Penske Porsche for the first time in an IMSA sanctioned test. His Penske IndyCar teammate Newgarden will be back aboard the No. 7 Porsche for the first time since he joined the winning team at the 2024 Rolex 24 At Daytona. The two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series champion also raced at the 2023 Petit Le Mans in a Porsche Penske Motorsport GTP car, but only drove short stints in either race versus the full-time Porsche factory drivers. The new Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH will also be testing ahead of its IMSA debut at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring next month. Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis were already announced as the full-time drivers of the No. 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Valkyrie, and they'll be joined at the Sebring test by Alex Riberas, who has a full-time ride in one of the FIA WEC Aston Martins. JDC-Miller MotorSports will also give 29-year-old English driver Sennan Fielding his first test in a Porsche 963. Fielding won the 2022 British GT Championship GT4 title and has spent the last two years driving LMP3s in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, for Steller Motorsport. Ten GTP cars are entered, with the absence of the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R due to accident damage sustained at Daytona, and the No. 63 Lamborghini Squadra Corse SC63. In LMP2, Honda factory driver Kaku Ohta will test the No. 18 Era Motorsport ORECA 07. Ohta tested with Era Motorsport in preparation for his GTP debut with Acura Meyer Shank Racing, and is expected to add select LMP2 races to his busy 2025 schedule. After making his VP Racing SportsCar Challenge debut at Daytona, Matias Perez Companc will test the No. 88 AF Corse ORECA alongside his father Luis. Jonny Edgar will test both AO Racing's 'Spike' and 'Rexy' cars, turning laps in the No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R in GTD PRO as well as the No. 99 ORECA LMP2. Provisionally, Ben Barker is expected to return to the cockpit of the No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3, after a collarbone injury sidelined him from Daytona. GT classes will run on Tuesday, then all four classes will run on Wednesday before closing with prototype-only tests on Thursday. Story originally appeared on Racer
