The 2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR CUP Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Circuit of The Americas.
Sunday, March 24th, 2024
Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas
Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron turned in a steady and inspired drive to earn the NASCAR Cup Series victory from pole position in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas road course Sunday, holding off the field by less than a second but dominating the field when he needed to.
Answering his season-opening Daytona 500 win, the 26-year-old Charlotte native becomes the first driver to win multiple races this season. This is his 12th career NASCAR Cup Series victory and gives his Hendrick team a series all-time best 28th win on NASCAR road courses.
While at times Byron made it look easy – holding a nearly three-second advantage on the field with 10 laps remaining, his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet did have to fend off a hard-charging Christopher Bell who made up four positions in those closing laps and kept Byron honest in what was ultimately a .692-second margin of victory around the 20-turn, 3.41-mile circuit.
“I feel like I made a lot of mistakes in the last 10 laps, just micro errors and Christopher [Bell] was really fast there on the longer run,’’ Byron said. “This sport is so hard and so difficult week in and week out to show up and have fast cars. We’ve had a little bit of a rough stretch the last few weeks but put a lot of preparation in this past week and just thankful for the team I have around me and all the people back home as well.
“Just super thankful to have this opportunity. It’s just a lot of fun to win races and it’s really difficult too.’’
For his part, Bell, driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and a winner at Phoenix this season, acknowledged it simply came down to a good road course battle among good teams and talented drivers.
“Obviously once I got to him, it was going to be tough to pass him, I just needed a couple mistakes, but William has been really good on the road courses and he was flawless today,’’ Bell said.
Just behind the pair was Bell’s 21-year-old JGR teammate Ty Gibbs, who is having a stellar sophomore season in NASCAR’s Cup Series. Gibbs ran top five for the majority of the day and was running second to Byron until Bell passed him with only two laps remaining. The third-place effort marks his fifth top 10 finish in the season’s six races.
“We were just a little too loose in the right-handed corner,’’ Gibbs said. “I just wish we were a little tighter, but we did a really good job today. …. Good points day. We’ll just keep working hard.’’
In fact, the effort now brings Gibbs to second place in the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings, only five points behind his teammate Martin Truex Jr.
Byron’s Hendrick teammate Alex Bowman finished fourth followed by 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick, the 2023 COTA winner.
Unlike the previous day’s races at COTA with NASCAR’s other two national series, Sunday’s race had only two caution flags – both for scheduled stage breaks. It was a clean race that still featured seven leaders and 11 lead changes. But Byron led a dominant 43 of the 68 laps.
One of the sport’s best road course racers, A.J. Allmendinger finished sixth, followed by the 2022 COTA winner, Ross Chastain. Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch and Truex rounded out the top 10.
The two “road course ringers” as they are referred to, New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen and Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi had solid, if not stand-out days, finishing 21st and 30th, respectively.
Zane Smith was the highest finishing rookie in 20th.
Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.
DRIVER | ST | FIN | STATUS | PIT STOPS | AVG DRVR TIME | DRVR RANK | AVG CREW TIME | CREW RANK | AVG TTL TIME | TTL RANK | FST STOP | SLW STOP |
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Martin Truex Jr | 7 | 10 | Running | 6 | 16.553 | 1 | 12.317 | 27 | 28.870 | 1 | 0.000 | 47.449 |
Ryan Blaney | 28 | 12 | Running | 3 | 31.002 | 36 | 9.218 | 1 | 40.220 | 2 | 39.607 | 40.744 |
Kyle Busch | 16 | 9 | Running | 3 | 29.533 | 2 | 11.015 | 8 | 40.548 | 3 | 40.278 | 41.068 |
William Byron | 1 | 1 | Running | 3 | 30.377 | 17 | 10.298 | 2 | 40.674 | 4 | 40.217 | 41.257 |
Corey Lajoie | 5 | 25 | Running | 4 | 30.311 | 16 | 10.385 | 3 | 40.696 | 5 | 40.217 | 41.466 |
Daniel Suarez | 19 | 32 | Running | 4 | 29.976 | 7 | 10.752 | 4 | 40.728 | 6 | 39.942 | 42.122 |
Harrison Burton | 29 | 31 | Running | 4 | 29.962 | 6 | 10.877 | 6 | 40.839 | 7 | 40.375 | 41.053 |
Alex Bowman | 17 | 4 | Running | 3 | 30.383 | 18 | 10.809 | 5 | 41.193 | 8 | 40.112 | 42.525 |
Denny Hamlin | 8 | 14 | Running | 3 | 29.996 | 8 | 11.200 | 11 | 41.195 | 9 | 40.123 | 41.828 |
Joey Logano | 35 | 11 | Running | 3 | 30.174 | 13 | 11.065 | 10 | 41.239 | 10 | 40.128 | 43.394 |
Ty Gibbs | 2 | 3 | Running | 3 | 30.389 | 19 | 11.032 | 9 | 41.421 | 11 | 40.749 | 42.706 |
Chase Briscoe | 32 | 13 | Running | 3 | 30.462 | 25 | 10.987 | 7 | 41.449 | 12 | 40.786 | 42.431 |
Tyler Reddick | 3 | 5 | Running | 3 | 30.248 | 15 | 11.278 | 13 | 41.526 | 13 | 40.695 | 42.443 |
Chris Buescher | 20 | 8 | Running | 3 | 30.041 | 10 | 11.511 | 15 | 41.551 | 14 | 41.008 | 42.101 |
Chase Elliott | 9 | 16 | Running | 3 | 29.936 | 5 | 11.656 | 19 | 41.592 | 15 | 39.491 | 43.349 |
Brad Keselowski | 36 | 34 | Running | 4 | 30.391 | 20 | 11.278 | 12 | 41.669 | 16 | 40.159 | 43.235 |
Kyle Larson | 15 | 18 | Running | 2 | 30.402 | 22 | 11.495 | 14 | 41.897 | 17 | 40.782 | 43.012 |
Todd Gilliland | 26 | 27 | Running | 2 | 30.051 | 11 | 11.928 | 22 | 41.979 | 18 | 41.274 | 42.683 |
Ross Chastain | 6 | 7 | Running | 3 | 30.394 | 21 | 11.622 | 16 | 42.016 | 19 | 41.066 | 43.558 |
Justin Haley | 13 | 17 | Running | 3 | 30.454 | 24 | 11.633 | 17 | 42.086 | 20 | 40.254 | 43.803 |
Michael McDowell | 27 | 39 | Steering | 1 | 29.859 | 4 | 12.279 | 26 | 42.138 | 21 | 42.138 | 42.138 |
Austin Cindric | 11 | 19 | Running | 2 | 30.484 | 27 | 11.711 | 20 | 42.194 | 22 | 42.115 | 42.273 |
Daniel Hemric | 33 | 38 | Running | 3 | 30.599 | 30 | 11.834 | 21 | 42.432 | 23 | 41.673 | 43.134 |
Noah Gragson | 39 | 35 | Running | 3 | 30.865 | 35 | 11.645 | 18 | 42.510 | 24 | 41.901 | 43.506 |
Josh Berry | 31 | 36 | Running | 3 | 30.483 | 26 | 12.167 | 25 | 42.650 | 25 | 40.978 | 43.499 |
Erik Jones | 38 | 33 | Running | 3 | 30.013 | 9 | 12.868 | 29 | 42.880 | 26 | 40.551 | 46.724 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 30 | 29 | Running | 3 | 30.563 | 29 | 12.458 | 28 | 43.021 | 27 | 41.887 | 45.263 |
Ryan Preece | 24 | 24 | Running | 3 | 31.192 | 37 | 12.011 | 23 | 43.203 | 28 | 40.787 | 45.341 |
Zane Smith | 34 | 20 | Running | 3 | 30.507 | 28 | 12.891 | 30 | 43.398 | 29 | 41.903 | 45.325 |
Bubba Wallace | 10 | 15 | Running | 3 | 30.071 | 12 | 13.391 | 32 | 43.462 | 30 | 40.890 | 45.752 |
Shane van Gisbergen | 12 | 21 | Running | 3 | 31.608 | 39 | 12.156 | 24 | 43.764 | 31 | 40.955 | 45.634 |
Carson Hocevar | 18 | 23 | Running | 3 | 30.734 | 34 | 13.412 | 33 | 44.146 | 32 | 40.958 | 49.256 |
AJ Allmendinger | 14 | 6 | Running | 3 | 30.668 | 33 | 13.623 | 34 | 44.292 | 33 | 43.198 | 45.445 |
Kaz Grala | 23 | 28 | Running | 2 | 30.612 | 31 | 13.780 | 35 | 44.391 | 34 | 43.655 | 45.127 |
John Hunter Nemechek | 22 | 22 | Running | 3 | 30.453 | 23 | 13.979 | 36 | 44.432 | 35 | 42.120 | 45.670 |
Kamui Kobayashi | 25 | 30 | Running | 3 | 31.502 | 38 | 13.031 | 31 | 44.533 | 36 | 43.388 | 46.775 |
Christopher Bell | 4 | 2 | Running | 2 | 29.628 | 3 | 16.348 | 38 | 45.976 | 37 | 42.620 | 49.332 |
Austin Dillon | 21 | 26 | Running | 2 | 30.246 | 14 | 16.166 | 37 | 46.412 | 38 | 43.888 | 48.935 |
Timmy Hill | 37 | 37 | Running | 1 | 30.665 | 32 | 18.083 | 39 | 48.748 | 39 | 48.748 | 48.748 |
Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.
DRIVER | LDR LAP | DRV LAP | DRV TIME | CREW TIME | TOT TIME | TYPE |
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AJ Allmendinger | 45 | 45 | 30.453 | 12.745 | 43.198 | 4-wheel change |
AJ Allmendinger | 12 | 11 | 30.885 | 13.347 | 44.232 | 4-wheel change |
AJ Allmendinger | 27 | 26 | 30.667 | 14.778 | 45.445 | 4-wheel change |
Brad Keselowski | 61 | 60 | 29.983 | 10.176 | 40.159 | 4-wheel change |
Brad Keselowski | 31 | 31 | 30.618 | 9.876 | 40.494 | 4-wheel change |
Brad Keselowski | 16 | 16 | 30.840 | 11.946 | 42.786 | 4-wheel change |
Brad Keselowski | 51 | 50 | 30.122 | 13.113 | 43.235 | 4-wheel change |
Denny Hamlin | 50 | 49 | 29.679 | 10.444 | 40.123 | 4-wheel change |
Denny Hamlin | 12 | 11 | 30.257 | 11.378 | 41.635 | 4-wheel change |
Denny Hamlin | 31 | 31 | 30.051 | 11.777 | 41.828 | 4-wheel change |
Joey Logano | 25 | 24 | 30.019 | 10.109 | 40.128 | 4-wheel change |
Joey Logano | 11 | 10 | 29.984 | 10.210 | 40.194 | 4-wheel change |
Joey Logano | 45 | 44 | 30.518 | 12.876 | 43.394 | 4-wheel change |
Kyle Busch | 44 | 43 | 29.534 | 10.744 | 40.278 | 4-wheel change |
Kyle Busch | 12 | 11 | 29.388 | 10.911 | 40.299 | 4-wheel change |
Kyle Busch | 27 | 26 | 29.678 | 11.390 | 41.068 | 4-wheel change |
Martin Truex Jr | 0 | 0 | -10.977 | 10.977 | 0.000 | 4-wheel change |
Martin Truex Jr | 0 | 0 | -10.977 | 10.977 | 0.000 | 4-wheel change |
Martin Truex Jr | 0 | 0 | 30.251 | 10.977 | 41.228 | 4-wheel change |
Martin Truex Jr | 31 | 31 | 30.018 | 12.177 | 42.195 | 4-wheel change |
Martin Truex Jr | 12 | 11 | 31.204 | 11.144 | 42.348 | 4-wheel change |
Martin Truex Jr | 50 | 50 | 29.798 | 17.651 | 47.449 | 4-wheel change |
Michael McDowell | 21 | 21 | 29.859 | 12.279 | 42.138 | 4-wheel change |
Austin Dillon | 16 | 16 | 30.141 | 13.747 | 43.888 | 4-wheel change |
Austin Dillon | 43 | 42 | 30.351 | 18.584 | 48.935 | 4-wheel change |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 16 | 16 | 30.470 | 11.417 | 41.887 | 4-wheel change |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 27 | 26 | 30.470 | 11.443 | 41.913 | 4-wheel change |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 48 | 47 | 30.749 | 14.514 | 45.263 | 4-wheel change |
Timmy Hill | 47 | 46 | 30.665 | 18.083 | 48.748 | 4-wheel change |
Kyle Larson | 12 | 11 | 30.438 | 10.344 | 40.782 | 4-wheel change |
Kyle Larson | 43 | 42 | 30.366 | 12.646 | 43.012 | 4-wheel change |
Alex Bowman | 27 | 26 | 30.373 | 9.739 | 40.112 | 4-wheel change |
Alex Bowman | 43 | 43 | 30.097 | 10.844 | 40.941 | 4-wheel change |
Alex Bowman | 12 | 11 | 30.680 | 11.845 | 42.525 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Blaney | 50 | 50 | 31.566 | 8.041 | 39.607 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Blaney | 31 | 31 | 30.274 | 10.036 | 40.310 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Blaney | 11 | 10 | 31.167 | 9.577 | 40.744 | 4-wheel change |
Corey Lajoie | 54 | 53 | 30.040 | 10.177 | 40.217 | 4-wheel change |
Corey Lajoie | 23 | 22 | 30.009 | 10.242 | 40.251 | 4-wheel change |
Corey Lajoie | 12 | 11 | 30.573 | 10.277 | 40.850 | 4-wheel change |
Corey Lajoie | 31 | 31 | 30.622 | 10.844 | 41.466 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Elliott | 12 | 11 | 29.881 | 9.610 | 39.491 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Elliott | 46 | 45 | 29.858 | 12.077 | 41.935 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Elliott | 27 | 26 | 30.069 | 13.280 | 43.349 | 4-wheel change |
Chris Buescher | 25 | 24 | 29.966 | 11.042 | 41.008 | 4-wheel change |
Chris Buescher | 11 | 10 | 30.167 | 11.378 | 41.545 | 4-wheel change |
Chris Buescher | 43 | 43 | 29.989 | 12.112 | 42.101 | 4-wheel change |
Erik Jones | 49 | 48 | 29.841 | 10.710 | 40.551 | 4-wheel change |
Erik Jones | 26 | 25 | 29.856 | 11.510 | 41.366 | 4-wheel change |
Erik Jones | 12 | 11 | 30.341 | 16.383 | 46.724 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Preece | 43 | 42 | 30.544 | 10.243 | 40.787 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Preece | 11 | 10 | 32.204 | 11.278 | 43.482 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Preece | 31 | 31 | 30.828 | 14.513 | 45.341 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Suarez | 58 | 57 | 29.832 | 10.110 | 39.942 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Suarez | 24 | 23 | 29.749 | 10.443 | 40.192 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Suarez | 16 | 16 | 30.212 | 10.444 | 40.656 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Suarez | 43 | 42 | 30.111 | 12.011 | 42.122 | 4-wheel change |
Ross Chastain | 27 | 27 | 30.489 | 10.577 | 41.066 | 4-wheel change |
Ross Chastain | 12 | 12 | 30.480 | 10.944 | 41.424 | 4-wheel change |
Ross Chastain | 44 | 44 | 30.214 | 13.344 | 43.558 | 4-wheel change |
Bubba Wallace | 20 | 19 | 30.179 | 10.711 | 40.890 | 4-wheel change |
Bubba Wallace | 44 | 43 | 29.964 | 13.781 | 43.745 | 4-wheel change |
Bubba Wallace | 1 | 0 | 30.071 | 15.681 | 45.752 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Hemric | 16 | 16 | 30.528 | 11.145 | 41.673 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Hemric | 51 | 49 | 31.046 | 11.444 | 42.490 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Hemric | 31 | 31 | 30.222 | 12.912 | 43.134 | 4-wheel change |
William Byron | 27 | 27 | 30.374 | 9.843 | 40.217 | 4-wheel change |
William Byron | 44 | 44 | 30.172 | 10.377 | 40.549 | 4-wheel change |
William Byron | 12 | 12 | 30.584 | 10.673 | 41.257 | 4-wheel change |
Tyler Reddick | 11 | 11 | 30.418 | 10.277 | 40.695 | 4-wheel change |
Tyler Reddick | 26 | 26 | 30.263 | 11.178 | 41.441 | 4-wheel change |
Tyler Reddick | 46 | 46 | 30.064 | 12.379 | 42.443 | 4-wheel change |
Justin Haley | 27 | 26 | 30.281 | 9.973 | 40.254 | 4-wheel change |
Justin Haley | 11 | 10 | 30.723 | 11.479 | 42.202 | 4-wheel change |
Justin Haley | 44 | 44 | 30.357 | 13.446 | 43.803 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 12 | 11 | 30.743 | 11.377 | 42.120 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 51 | 50 | 30.091 | 15.415 | 45.506 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 31 | 31 | 30.524 | 15.146 | 45.670 | 4-wheel change |
Christopher Bell | 48 | 48 | 29.576 | 13.044 | 42.620 | 4-wheel change |
Christopher Bell | 23 | 23 | 29.680 | 19.652 | 49.332 | 4-wheel change |
Kaz Grala | 26 | 25 | 30.876 | 12.779 | 43.655 | 4-wheel change |
Kaz Grala | 46 | 45 | 30.347 | 14.780 | 45.127 | 4-wheel change |
Austin Cindric | 45 | 44 | 30.671 | 11.444 | 42.115 | 4-wheel change |
Austin Cindric | 25 | 24 | 30.296 | 11.977 | 42.273 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Briscoe | 44 | 43 | 30.276 | 10.510 | 40.786 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Briscoe | 27 | 26 | 30.625 | 10.506 | 41.131 | 4-wheel change |
Chase Briscoe | 12 | 11 | 30.486 | 11.945 | 42.431 | 4-wheel change |
Harrison Burton | 59 | 58 | 29.831 | 10.544 | 40.375 | 4-wheel change |
Harrison Burton | 26 | 25 | 30.047 | 10.877 | 40.924 | 4-wheel change |
Harrison Burton | 11 | 10 | 30.127 | 10.875 | 41.002 | 4-wheel change |
Harrison Burton | 43 | 42 | 29.842 | 11.211 | 41.053 | 4-wheel change |
Noah Gragson | 23 | 22 | 30.924 | 10.977 | 41.901 | 4-wheel change |
Noah Gragson | 12 | 11 | 30.611 | 11.512 | 42.123 | 4-wheel change |
Noah Gragson | 53 | 52 | 31.060 | 12.446 | 43.506 | 4-wheel change |
Zane Smith | 27 | 26 | 30.091 | 11.812 | 41.903 | 4-wheel change |
Zane Smith | 12 | 11 | 30.586 | 12.379 | 42.965 | 4-wheel change |
Zane Smith | 47 | 46 | 30.844 | 14.481 | 45.325 | 4-wheel change |
Josh Berry | 52 | 50 | 30.401 | 10.577 | 40.978 | 4-wheel change |
Josh Berry | 31 | 31 | 30.362 | 13.111 | 43.473 | 4-wheel change |
Josh Berry | 12 | 11 | 30.686 | 12.813 | 43.499 | 4-wheel change |
Ty Gibbs | 27 | 27 | 29.972 | 10.777 | 40.749 | 4-wheel change |
Ty Gibbs | 12 | 12 | 30.765 | 10.043 | 40.808 | 4-wheel change |
Ty Gibbs | 45 | 45 | 30.429 | 12.277 | 42.706 | 4-wheel change |
Todd Gilliland | 12 | 11 | 30.363 | 10.911 | 41.274 | 4-wheel change |
Todd Gilliland | 31 | 31 | 29.739 | 12.944 | 42.683 | 4-wheel change |
Carson Hocevar | 27 | 26 | 30.514 | 10.444 | 40.958 | 4-wheel change |
Carson Hocevar | 12 | 11 | 30.746 | 11.478 | 42.224 | 4-wheel change |
Carson Hocevar | 45 | 44 | 30.943 | 18.313 | 49.256 | 4-wheel change |
Shane van Gisbergen | 24 | 24 | 29.579 | 11.376 | 40.955 | 4-wheel change |
Shane van Gisbergen | 12 | 11 | 32.857 | 11.845 | 44.702 | 4-wheel change |
Shane van Gisbergen | 49 | 49 | 32.388 | 13.246 | 45.634 | 4-wheel change |
Kamui Kobayashi | 26 | 25 | 31.276 | 12.112 | 43.388 | 4-wheel change |
Kamui Kobayashi | 52 | 51 | 30.758 | 12.679 | 43.437 | 4-wheel change |
Kamui Kobayashi | 12 | 11 | 32.473 | 14.302 | 46.775 | 4-wheel change |