2023 NASCAR, ARCA schedules

By Dustin LongJan 2, 2023, 12:00 PM EST

The start of the 2023 racing season moves closer with each passing day.

Here are the Cup, Xfinity and Truck schedules (playoff races in bold), along with the ARCA, ARCA East and ARCA West schedules for the upcoming season:

2023 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule

Date	Race / Track	Network	Start Time (ET)	Radio
Sunday, February 5	Clash (L.A. Memorial Coliseum)	FOX	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Thursday, February 16	Duel at Daytona	FS1	7:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, February 19	DAYTONA 500	FOX	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, February 26	Auto Club	FOX	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 5	Las Vegas	FOX	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 12	Phoenix	FOX	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 19	Atlanta	FOX	3:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, March 26	COTA	FOX	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 2	Richmond	FS1	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 9	Bristol Dirt	FOX	7:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 16	Martinsville	FS1	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 23	Talladega	FOX	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, April 30	Dover	FS1	2:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 7	Kansas	FS1	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 14	Darlington	FS1	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 21	NASCAR All-Star Race (North Wilkesboro)	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, May 28	Charlotte	FOX	6:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, June 4	World Wide Technology Raceway	FS1	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, June 11	Sonoma	FOX	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, June 25	Nashville Superspeedway	NBC	7:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 2	Chicago Street Race	NBC	5:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 9	Atlanta	USA	7:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 16	New Hampshire	USA	2:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 23	Pocono	USA	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, July 30	Richmond	USA	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 6	Michigan	USA	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 13	Indianapolis Road Course	NBC	2:30 p.m.	IMS/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 20	Watkins Glen	USA	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 26	Daytona	NBC	7:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, September 3	Darlington	USA	6:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, September 10	Kansas	USA	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 16	Bristol	USA	7:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, September 24	Texas	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 1	Talladega	NBC	2:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 8	Charlotte Roval	NBC	2:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 15	Las Vegas	NBC	2:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 22	Homestead-Miami	NBC	2:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, October 29	Martinsville	NBC	2:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, November 5	Phoenix	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM

2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Schedule

Date	Location	Network	Start Time	Radio
Saturday, February 18	Daytona	FS1	5:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, February 25	Auto Club	FS1	5:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 4	Las Vegas	FS1	4:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 11	Phoenix	FS1	4:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 18	Atlanta	FS1	5:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 25	COTA	FS1	5:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 1	Richmond	FS1	1:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 15	Martinsville	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 22	Talladega	FS1	4:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 29	Dover	FS1	1:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 13	Darlington	FOX	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 27	Charlotte	FS1	1:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 3	Portland	FS1	4:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 10	Sonoma	FS1	8:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 24	Nashville Superspeedway	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 1	Chicago Street Race	USA	5:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 8	Atlanta	USA	8:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 15	New Hampshire	USA	3:00 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 22	Pocono	USA	5:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 29	Road America	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 5	Michigan	NBC	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 12	Indianapolis Road Course	USA	5:30 p.m.	IMS/SiriusXM
Saturday, August 19	Watkins Glen	USA	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, August 25	Daytona	USA	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 2	Darlington	USA	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 9	Kansas	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, September 15	Bristol	USA	7:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 23	Texas	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 7	Charlotte Roval	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 14	Las Vegas	USA	3:30 p.m.	PRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 21	Homestead-Miami	NBC	3:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 28	Martinsville	USA	3:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, November 4	Phoenix	USA	7:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM

2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Schedule

Date	Location	Network	Start Time	Radio
Friday, February 17	Daytona	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, March 3	Las Vegas	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 18	Atlanta	FS1	2:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, March 25	COTA	FS1	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 1	Texas	FS1	4:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, April 8	Bristol Dirt	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, April 14	Martinsville	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 6	Kansas	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, May 12	Darlington	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, May 20	North Wilkesboro	FOX	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, May 26	Charlotte	FS1	8:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, June 3	World Wide Technology Raceway	FS1	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, June 23	Nashville Superspeedway	FS1	8:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 8	Mid-Ohio	FS1	1:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 22	Pocono	FS1	12:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, July 29	Richmond	FS1	7:30 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, August 11	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Sunday, August 27	Milwaukee	FS1	4:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, September 8	Kansas	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Thursday, September 14	Bristol	FS1	9:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, September 30	Talladega	FS1	1:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Saturday, October 21	Homestead-Miami	FS1	12:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM
Friday, November 3	Phoenix	FS1	10:00 p.m.	MRN/SiriusXM

2023 ARCA Menards Series Schedule

Broadcast schedule, including event start times, will be released at a later date.

Feb. 18	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona Beach, FL
March 10	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, AZ
April 22	Talladega Superspeedway	Talladega, AL
May 6	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, KS
May 26	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Concord, NC
June 17	Berlin Raceway	Marne, MI
June 24	Elko Speedway	Elko, MN
July 7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, OH
July 15	Iowa Speedway	Newton, IA
July 21	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, PA
Aug. 4	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, MI
Aug. 11	Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park	Brownsburg, IN
Aug. 18	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, NY
Aug. 20	Illinois State Fairgrounds	Springfield, IL
Aug. 27	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, WI
Sept. 3	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds	DuQuoin, IL
Sept. 8	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, KS
Sept. 14	Bristol Motor Speedway	Bristol, TN
Sept. 30	Salem Speedway	Salem, IN
Oct. 7	Toledo Speedway	Toledo, OH

2023 ARCA Menards Series East Schedule

March 25 Five Flags Speedway Pensacola, Fla.

April 28 Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Del.

May 13 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville, Tenn.

May 20 Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock, Mich.

July 15 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa

Aug. 11 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Ind.

Aug. 27 The Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisc.

Sept. 14 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn.

2023 ARCA Menards Series West Schedule

March 10 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

April 1 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, Calif.

April 22 Kern County Raceway Park Bakersfield, Calif.

June 2 Portland International Raceway Portland, Ore.

June 9 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.

July 1 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, Calif.

July 29 Shasta Speedway Anderson, Calif.

Aug. 19 Evergreen Speedway Evergreen, Wash.

Sept. 30 All-American Speedway Roseville, Calif.

Oct. 13 The Bullring at LVMS Las Vegas, Nev.

Oct. 21 Madera Speedway Madera, Calif.

Nov. 3 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Each ARCA Menards Series East and West stand-alone race will be streamed live on FloRacing and televised on a delayed basis on USA Network. Race start times, as well as broadcast details for combination races with the ARCA Menards Series will be announced at a later date.

Dr. Diandra: With Chase Elliott out, these are the best Next Gen road racers

By Diandra Leslie-PeleckyMar 23, 2023, 11:00 AM EDT

The Next Gen racecar is the ideal vehicle for road course racers. With none of the asymmetry of previous car generations — vehicles optimized for only turning left — the new car upended the road course pecking order.

Road course ace Chase Elliott will watch this season’s first road course race from the sideline while recovering from a fractured left leg.

Elliott has won seven of the 25 Cup Series road courses races he’s run, giving him a win rate of 28.0%. That’s a little more than one win in every four races. He posts top-10 finishes 68.0% of the time.

In 2022, Elliott:

led the most laps (121) at road courses
led four of the six road course races
led the most laps at three of the six road course races

But he didn’t win any of them.

Tyler Reddick won on two road courses, including his first Cup Series win on the way to a three-win season. Ross Chastain, Daniel Suárez, Kyle Larson, and Christopher Bell each won one race.

Winning isn’t everything… but it’s a start

The unusually high number of spins and tire/wheel issues last year means that finishes don’t always reflect how well a driver ran.

For example: Elliott led most of the first two stages at Sonoma but had to back up during a mid-race pit stop to retighten a wheel. His average running position was 2.2 before the glitch and 15.9 after. He finished eighth.

Despite not winning in 2022, Elliott still tied for the best average finishing position on road courses. The graph below shows all drivers with average finishing positions below 12 in 2022.

Of last year’s road course winners, only Reddick and Bell make the graph.

Three finishes outside the top 20 drop Chastain’s average finish to 16.7.
Sonoma winner Suárez had three top-five finishes and three finishes of 24th and worse for an average finish of 16.5.
Although Larson finished third at Road America and won Watkins Glen, his other four finishes were 29th or worse. That averages out to 19.7.

That’s not to say these drivers aren’t contenders for a win at any road course race. But I’m more interested in the most consistent Next Gen road course racers.

Only four drivers have average finishing positions under 10: Elliott, Reddick, Chris Buescher and Austin Cindric. Michael McDowell is fifth on the list, 1.3 positions back from Reddick. Bell is 0.7 positions behind McDowell.

Going beyond averages

To gain insight, I examined driver finishes by track, as shown in the graph below. Average positions are represented by gray bars, with symbols showing individual race finishes.

A scatter plot showing 2022 road course finishes by race for 2022's best Next Gen road racers — Symbols overlaps when a driver had two finishes in the same place. For example, Tyler Reddick won twice, so the two symbols are overlaid.

This graph shows, for example, that Elliott had four top 10s and two finishes out of the top 15. Buescher had the same average finishing position but had five top 10s and one 21st-place finish.

Given the issues the new car introduced, this graph suggested that I give each driver a mulligan. So I also calculated the average of each driver’s best five road course races and summarized them in the table below.

Let’s look a little deeper into three of these drivers.

Chris Buescher

Buescher won the fall Bristol race and his name always comes up when talking superspeedways.

But the Next Gen car improved Buescher’s average road course finish by 3.1 positions relative to 2021. Buescher not only matches Chase Elliott’s average finish but beats Elliott in number of top-10 finishes.

If we throw out both drivers’ worst finishes — a 21st-place at COTA for Buescher and Elliott’s P20 at the Roval — Buescher beats Elliott in average finish position.

Austin Cindric

Cindric won four road courses in the Xfinity Series and posted the third-best average finish at road courses in his first Cup Series season. His 2022 performance included four top-10 finishes on the first four road courses of the season.

But even excluding his 21st-place finish at the Roval, Cindric remains ranked behind Elliott and Buescher.

Like Buescher, Cindric’s average running position is significantly higher than his average finishing position. That raises the interesting question of whether drivers advancing last year did so because they were better in the Next Gen car, or because other drivers had trouble.

Tyler Reddick

Reddick finished 35th at Sonoma last year, 13 laps down. He had been running consistently in the top six before requiring a brake repair.

But Sonoma was Reddick’s only misstep. His other five road course finishes were all top 10s, including two wins. Excluding the Sonoma finish gives Reddick a 4.4 average finishing position for 2022 road courses — the best of any driver.

Reddick’s move from Richard Childress Racing to 23XI raises some questions about how his 2023 road course performance will compare with 2022. Excepting last week at Atlanta where an ailing Reddick finished fifth, Reddick has finished the same or worse than last year. And that’s with an additional year of experience in the Next Gen car.

It’s just as hard to predict winners this year as it was last year. But if you’re looking for drivers who can reliably finish in the top 10, these are the best choices.

NASCAR weekend schedule for Circuit of the Americas

By Mike HembreeMar 23, 2023, 7:00 AM EDT

NASCAR’s three major series return to the road this weekend with races scheduled Saturday and Sunday at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series races are Saturday, and the Cup Series is scheduled to race Sunday afternoon.

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Joey Logano, winner of last Sunday’s Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, has led laps in both COTA races and will be among the favorites Sunday.

As the first road course of the year, COTA will begin a new approach by NASCAR to stage racing on road circuits. There will no longer be a caution to end stages, but points will be awarded for the finish order. In another change, the “choose” rule will be in effect on road courses.

A look at the weekend schedule:

Circuit of the Americas (Cup, Xfinity and Truck)

Weekend weather

Friday: Thunderstorms in the morning, sun later in the day. High of 86. 80% chance of rain.

Saturday: Sunny. High of 83.

Sunday: Partly cloudy. Temperature of 81 degrees with a 15% chance of rain at the start of the race.

Friday, March 24

(All times Eastern)

Garage open

11 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. — Cup Series
11:30 a.m. .- 6:30 p.m. — Truck Series
1:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series

Track activity

2:05 – 2:55 p.m. — Cup practice (No live broadcast; tape-delayed version airing at 8 p.m. on FS1)
4:30 – 5 p.m. — Truck practice (No live broadcast)
5 – 6 p.m. — Truck qualifying (No live broadcast; tape-delayed version airing at 9 p.m. on FS1)
6:30 – 7 p.m. — Xfinity practice (FS1)
7 – 8 p.m. — Xfinity qualifying (FS1)

Saturday, March 25

Garage open

8 a.m. – 1 p.m. — Cup Series
10:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. — Truck Series
2 – 10:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series

Track activity

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (FS1)
1:30 p.m. — Truck race (42 laps, 143 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
5 p.m. — Xfinity race (46 laps, 156 miles; FS1, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

Sunday, March 26

Garage open

12:30 – 10 p.m. — Cup Series

Track activity

3:30 p.m. — Cup race (68 laps, 231.88 miles; Fox, Performance Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

North Wilkesboro’s worn surface will prove challenging to drivers

By Dustin LongMar 22, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Three Cup drivers got their first chance to experience North Wilkesboro Speedway’s worn racing surface Tuesday and said tires will play a key role in the NASCAR All-Star Race there on May 21.

Chris Buescher, Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick took part in a Goodyear tire test Tuesday. That test was to continue Wednesday.

The verdict was unanimous about how important tire wear will be.

“This place has got a lot of character to it,” Reddick said. “Not a lot of grip and it’s pretty unforgiving. It’s a really fun place.”

Dillon said: “If you use up your tire too early, you’re going to really be in trouble. You really got to try to make those four tires live.”

Buescher said: “The surface here was so worn out already that we expect to be all over the place. The speeds are fairly slow just because of the amount of grip here. It’s hard to get wide open until you’re straight.”

Reddick noted the drop in speed over a short run during Tuesday’s test. That will mean a lot of off-throttle time.

“I think we were seeing a second-and-a-half falloff or so over even 50 laps and that was kind of surprising for me we didn’t have more falloff,” he said. “But, one little miscue, misstep into Turn 1 or Turn 3, you lose a second sliding up out of the groove and losing control of your car.”

“That’s with no traffic. Maybe with more traffic and everything, the falloff will be more, but certainly we’re out of control from I’d say Lap 10 on. You have to really take care of your car. … It’s really hard 30-40 laps into a run to even get wide open.”

*Chris Buescher runs laps during a Goodyear tire test at North Wilkesboro Speedway, while Austin Dillon is on pit road. (Photo: Dustin Long)*

One thing that stood out to Dillon was how the facility looks.

While the .625-mile racing surface remains the same since Cup last raced there in 1996, most everything else has changed.

In some cases, it is fresh red paint applied to structures but other work has been more extensive, including repaving the infield and pit road, adding lights for night racing, adding SAFER barriers, the construction of new suites in Turn 4 and new stands along the backstretch.

“It’s cool to see how much they’ve done to the track, the suites, the stands that they’re putting in,” Dillon said. “To me, the work that is going in here, we’re not just coming for one race. We’re coming here for a while. I’m excited about that.”

#NASCAR … A look at the progress at North Wilkesboro Speedway pic.twitter.com/wT9vhOjZ6j

— Dustin Long (@dustinlong) March 21, 2023

Drivers to watch in NASCAR Cup race at COTA

By Mike HembreeMar 22, 2023, 7:00 AM EDT

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, has attracted an entry list that includes talent beyond that of the tour regulars.

Jordan Taylor, who is substituting in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 9 Chevrolet for injured Chase Elliott, brings a resume that includes 31 IMSA class wins, two 24 Hours of Daytona overall wins and two IMSA wins at COTA.

MORE: NBC Driver Rankings: Christopher Bell is No. 1

Jenson Button won the Formula One championship in 2009 and has five F1 starts at COTA. He is scheduled to be a driver for the NASCAR entry in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Kimi Raikkonen, entered by Trackhouse Racing as part of its Project 91 program, won the 2007 F1 championship and has eight F1 starts at the Austin track.

They will draw attention at COTA this weekend, along with these other drivers to watch:

FRONTRUNNERS

Brad Keselowski

Points position: 5th
Best seasonal finish: 2nd (Atlanta I)
Past at COTA: 19th and 14th in two career starts

Keselowski hasn’t been a star in road course racing, but his 2023 season has started well, and he figures to be in the mix at the front Sunday. He led the white-flag lap at Atlanta last Sunday before Joey Logano passed him for the win.

AJ Allmendinger

Points position: 17th
Best seasonal finish: 6th (Daytona 500)
Past at COTA: 5th and 33rd in two starts

The Dinger is a road course expert. Last year at COTA, he was involved in tight racing on the final lap with Ross Chastain and Alex Bowman before Chastain emerged with the victory.

Ross Chastain

Points position: 3rd
Best seasonal finish: 3rd (Auto Club)
Past at COTA: Two straight top fours, including a win

Chastain lifted Trackhouse Racing’s profile by scoring his — and the team’s — first Cup victory at COTA last season. He’s not shy about participating in the last-lap bumping and thumping that often mark road course races.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Chris Buescher

Points position: 13th
Best seasonal finish: 4th (Daytona 500)
Past at COTA: 13th and 21st in two starts

Buescher has never led a lap at COTA and is coming off a 35th-place finish at Atlanta after being swept up in a Lap 190 crash. Although he has shown the power to run near the front this year, he has four consecutive finishes of 13th or worse.

Alex Bowman

Points position: 20th
Best seasonal finish: 3rd (Las Vegas I)
Past at COTA: Two straight top 10s

Bowman’s four-race run of consistent excellence (finishes of fifth, eighth, third and ninth) ended at Atlanta as he came home 14th and failed to lead a lap. At COTA, he is one of only four drivers with top-10 finishes in both races.

William Byron

Points position: 28th
Best seasonal finish: 1st (Las Vegas I, Phoenix I)
Past at COTA: 11th and 12th in two starts

Involvement in an accident at Atlanta ended Byron’s two-race winning streak. He’ll be looking to lead a lap at COTA for the first time.

2023 NASCAR Cup Series Schedule

2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Schedule

2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Schedule

2023 ARCA Menards Series Schedule

2023 ARCA Menards Series East Schedule

2023 ARCA Menards Series West Schedule

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Circuit of the Americas (Cup, Xfinity and Truck)

Weekend weather

Friday, March 24

(All times Eastern)

Saturday, March 25

Sunday, March 26

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FRONTRUNNERS

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

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