NASCAR Friday schedule at COTA Austin
02/28/2025 06:00 AM
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
Weather
Friday: Partly cloudy, high of 77 with a 2% chance of rain.
