Results

The 2023 Echopark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR CUP Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Circuit of The Americas race.

Echopark Automotive Grand Prix

Sunday, March 26th, 2023

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

  • 19 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 24 - Liberty University Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Brian Campe
  • William Byron won the Busch Light Pole Award for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix with a lap of 130.76 seconds, 93.882 mph.
  • This is his ninth pole in 186 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Circuit of The Americas. William Byron becomes the first driver in the NASCAR Cup Series to win a pole at four different road courses - Charlotte Roval (2019), Road America (2021), Indianapolis Road Course (2021) and Circuit of The Americas (2023).
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2023 and his third in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Austin Cindric (third) posted his third top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fourth in six races this season.
  • Noah Gragson (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, March 26th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Tyler Reddick wins first race with 23XI Racing at Circuit of The Americas

Tyler Reddick prevailed in three overtime re-starts to claim his first trophy of the year – and first with his new team, 23XI Racing, with a 1.411-second victory over two-time series champion Kyle Busch in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix – the NASCAR Cup Series’ first road course race of the season.

It was a field of international champions and NASCAR’s very best at the famed Circuit of The Americas course but for most of the race the outcome looked to be decided in a good ole Texas duel between the two fastest cars all weekend driven by Reddick and Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron. The pair exchanged the lead, lap after exciting lap for most of the afternoon.

And on the final two-lap restart Reddick was able to put his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota out front exiting Turn 1 - a tight left-hander - and power forward to the lead; while Busch and third-place finisher Alex Bowman, fourth-place finisher – and defending race winner - Ross Chastain and fifth-place Byron fought door-to-door bumper-to-bumper as they chased after him.

“I’ve been wanting to win here in a Cup car for a long time," the 27-year-old Californian Reddick said, who now has four NASCAR Cup Series wins, but noted this was his first as a Toyota driver and with his 23XI Racing Team – co-owned by fellow competitor Denny Hamlin and NBA superstar Michael Jordan.

“It means the world," said Reddick, who sat down on the track and leaned against his car with a bag of ice after winning to cool down on the typically Texas-hot afternoon. “This whole 23XI team has been working hard all winter long to make the road course program better and was extremely motivated to come in here and improve performance. Just so proud of this Monster Energy team and TRD (Toyota Racing Development). All the resources they’ve put in to turn around the road course program means a lot.”

As often happens late in a road course race, patience lags and urgency increases. That was certainly the case Sunday with three different overtime restarts deciding the outcome. Reddick and Byron’s No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet combined to lead 69 of the race’s 75 laps with Reddick out front a race best 41 of those, most of them after hard-fought challenges and back-and-forth corner after corner with the race polesitter Byron.

“It feels good to get a top five, but we had a top-two race car really with the 45, he was really better than everybody, but I thought we were a close second," said Byron, a two-race winner already in 2023, whose fifth-place finish at COTA was his career best on a road course. “We’ll keep building on it."

Busch’s runner-up effort was an impressive comeback. He had been mid-pack for most of the afternoon but gambled on fuel strategy to move forward during some late race cautions in regulation.

“Even if we were on equal tires, they were lights out," said Busch, driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.

“Overall, for as much effort as we put into coming here and focusing on this place and all the testing we did in the offseason, we’re coming out of here with a good finish. Tyler’s obviously a really good road course racer."

In addition to the NASCAR stars, the field that raced Sunday included four big names from other racing genres including IMSA champion Jordan Taylor, who drove the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for injured former COTA winner Chase Elliott; a pair of former Formula One champions in Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen and popular IndyCar Series regular Conor Daly.

Among these four, the Englishman Button – the 2009 Formula One champion – claimed the top finishing position, 18th in the No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford. Taylor, a two-time winner at COTA in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Series finished 24th but made a huge impression in his debut after qualifying fourth.

Raikkonen, the 2007 F1 World Champion from Finland, finished 29th but ran as high as fourth place late in the race. Daly only got 16 laps into the race before his team had to take his No. 50 The Money Team Racing Chevrolet behind the wall for extended repairs. He finished 36th.

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson didn’t even get a full lap of green flag racing in only his second start of the 2023 season. The owner-driver of the No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet was collected in a multi-car accident that eliminated his Chevrolet and left him 38th in the standings.

Team Penske's Austin Cindric, 2023 DAYTONA 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr., RFK Racing's Chris Buescher, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs and Front Row Motorsports’ Todd Gilliland rounded out the top-10.

Chastain takes over the championship lead by 19 points over Busch. Ty Gibbs, who finished ninth, continues to lead the Sunoco Rookie of the Year points standings.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 68
  • Laps Actual: 75 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 01.411 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 30 Minutes 32 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 72.886
  • Cautions: 8 for 17 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,110 (53.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix
  • Race Winner: Tyler Reddick
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 45 - Monster Energy Toyota
  • Owner: 23XI Racing
  • Crew Chief: Billy Scott
  • Tyler Reddick won the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, his fourth victory in 116 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Kyle Busch (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Alex Bowman (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Ty Gibbs (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • This is the fourth win for 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series - Talladega (2021), Kansas-1 (2022), Kansas-2 (2022), Austin (2023).
Tyler Reddick celebrates in victory lane
Austin, Texas - March 26, 2023 : Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas.
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Echopark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
34 7 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 11 3 8 0 60 0 0 3 0 Accident
30 39 10 Aric Almirola Ford 7 7 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 Running
35 30 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 2 2 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Driveshaft
16 21 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 21 21 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
38 31 84 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DVP
28 15 22 Joey Logano Ford 9 9 0 0 75 1 1 0 0 Running
13 29 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 31 24 7 0 75 0 0 0 4 Running
2 9 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 39 35 4 0 75 0 0 7 0 Running
17 25 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 20 20 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
12 20 34 Michael McDowell Ford 33 25 8 0 75 0 0 0 3 Running
33 28 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 13 4 9 0 62 0 0 0 2 Accident
7 18 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 35 30 5 0 75 0 0 0 6 Running
14 13 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 27 23 4 0 75 0 0 0 7 Running
3 6 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 41 34 7 0 75 0 0 4 0 Running
21 38 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 16 16 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
11 27 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 26 26 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
39 34 77 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Accident
8 32 17 Chris Buescher Ford 35 29 6 0 75 1 1 0 5 Running
23 8 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 17 14 3 0 75 0 0 0 8 Running
32 26 41 Ryan Preece Ford 6 5 1 0 68 0 0 10 0 Accident
27 5 99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 15 10 5 0 75 1 1 6 0 Running
25 37 51 Cody Ware Ford 12 12 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
4 12 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 39 33 6 0 75 0 0 5 0 Running
37 11 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 Accident
5 1 24 William Byron Chevrolet 43 32 10 1 75 28 6 1 0 Running
26 33 78 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
1 2 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 56 40 10 6 75 41 6 0 1 Running
19 23 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
31 14 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 8 6 2 0 73 1 1 9 0 Accident
6 3 2 Austin Cindric Ford 40 31 9 0 75 2 1 2 0 Running
15 19 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 24 22 2 0 75 0 0 0 9 Running
22 16 21 Harrison Burton Ford 15 15 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
20 10 42 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 18 17 1 0 75 0 0 0 10 Running
9 17 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 28 28 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
10 36 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 27 27 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
36 35 50 Conor Daly Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 Transmission
29 22 91 Kimi Raikkonen Chevrolet 8 8 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
18 24 15 Jenson Button Ford 19 19 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 Running
24 4 9 Jordan Taylor Chevrolet 16 13 3 0 75 0 0 8 0 Running

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Michael McDowell Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Jimmie Johnson Commitment Line Violation Garage Tail End 1 0 Yellow
Ty Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 1 0 Yellow
Joey Logano Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 7 7 Green
Denny Hamlin Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 7 8 Green
Corey Lajoie Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 8 9 Green
Michael McDowell Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 9 10 Green
Corey Lajoie Speeding on pit road Tail End 11 15 Yellow
Ty Gibbs Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 31 32 Green
Kyle Larson Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 31 32 Green
Ty Gibbs Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 33 34 Green
Josh Bilicki Speeding on pit road Tail End 42 43 Yellow
Ty Gibbs Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box Tail End 42 43 Yellow
Ryan Preece Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 48 48 Green
Ryan Preece Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 48 49 Green
Harrison Burton Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 58 58 Yellow
Denny Hamlin Unspecified Short cut course Tail End 59 61 Yellow
AJ Allmendinger Unspecified Short cut course Tail End 59 61 Yellow
Austin Dillon Unspecified Short cut course Pass Thru 63 63 Green
Austin Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 64 0 Yellow
Ryan Blaney Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 68 70 Yellow
Ryan Preece Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 68 0 Yellow
Kevin Harvick Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 68 70 Yellow
Daniel Suarez Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 71 73 Yellow
Kimi Raikkonen Unspecified Short cut course- 30 Second Post Race Penalty Other - See Notes 75 75 Green