Starting from 2nd place Car 45 Tyler Reddick Monster Energy Toyota won the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, his 4th win in 116 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 2023. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Circuit of The Americas. This is the 4th win for 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series – Talladega (2021), Kansas-1 (2022), Kansas-2 (2022), Austin (2023). 2nd Car 8 Kyle Busch Netspend Chevrolet, started from 9th place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his 4th Top 10 finish in 2023. 3rd Place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 6th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 3 races at Circuit of The Americas.
4th Place Car 1 Ross Chastain Worldwide Express Chevrolet, started from 12th place followed by 5th place Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet, started from pole. 6th Place Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford, started from 3rd place followed by 7th place Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Blue Buffalo Chevrolet, started from 18th place. 8th Place Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford, started from 32nd place followed by 9th place Car 54 Ty Gibbs He Gets Us Toyota, started from 17th place was the highest finishing rookie. Lastly in the Top was Car 38 Todd Gilliland Ruedebusch Ford, in 10th place, started from 36th place.
The race had 8 Cautions for 17 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 3 for #6, 17, 38, 77, 84 Incident Turns 19 and 20. 2nd Caution on lap 13 for #5, 11 Crash on the Frontstretch. 3rd Caution on lap 42 for Debris Turn 9. 4th Caution on lap 58 for #6 Stopped Turn 7. 5th Caution on lap 61 for #1 Stopped Turn 1. 6th Caution on lap 66 for Debris From #3. 7th Caution on lap 69 for Debris From #12. 8th Caution on lap 72 for Debris From #99.
The race had 16 Lead Changes among 7 drivers; W. Byron 1-5; A. Cindric 6-7; T. Reddick 8-12; W. Byron 13-23; T. Reddick 24-31; C. Buescher 32; W. Byron 33-38; T. Reddick 39-41; W. Byron 42; J. Logano 43; W. Byron 44-46; T. Reddick 47-57; D. Suarez 58; C. Bell 59; T. Reddick 60-61; W. Byron 62-63; T. Reddick 64-75.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 24, 2, 16, 48, 1, 99, 8, 9, 20, 41
Stage 2 Top 10: 45, 3, 34, 4, 17, 47, 5, 43, 14, 42
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 6
Race Results for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix – Sunday, March 26, 2023
Circuit of The Americas – Austin, TX – 3.41 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 75 Laps – 255.75 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 2. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Monster Energy Toyota 75 Running 2. 9. Car 8 Kyle Busch Netspend Chevrolet 75 Running 3. 6. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 75 Running 4. 12. Car 1 Ross Chastain Worldwide Express Chevrolet 75 Running 5. 1. Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 75 Running 6. 3. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 75 Running 7. 18. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Blue Buffalo Chevrolet 75 Running 8. 32. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 75 Running 9. 17. Car 54 Ty Gibbs # He Gets Us Toyota 75 Running 10. 36. Car 38 Todd Gilliland Ruedebusch Ford 75 Running 11. 27. Car 7 Corey LaJoie OpTic Gaming Chevrolet 75 Running 12. 20. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 75 Running 13. 29. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Mobil 1 Ford 75 Running 14. 13. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 75 Running 15. 19. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 75 Running 16. 21. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Interstate Batteries Toyota 75 Running 17. 25. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 75 Running 18. 24. Car 15 Jenson Button Mobil 1 Ford 75 Running 19. 23. Car 31 Justin Haley Celsius Chevrolet 75 Running 20. 10. Car 42 Noah Gragson # Black Rifle Coffee Company Chevrolet 75 Running 21. 38. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Knauf Ford 75 Running 22. 16. Car 21 Harrison Burton Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 75 Running 23. 8. Car 43 Erik Jones Allegiant Chevrolet 75 Running 24. 4. Car 9 Jordan Taylor UniFirst Chevrolet 75 Running 25. 37. Car 51 Cody Ware PublicSq Ford 75 Running 26. 33. Car 78 Josh Bilicki(i) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 75 Running 27. 5. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 75 Running 28. 15. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 75 Running 29. 22. Car 91 * Kimi Raikkonen Onx Homes/iLOQ Chevrolet 75 Running 30. 39. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 74 Running 31. 14. Car 20 Christopher Bell DeWalt Toyota 73 Accident 32. 26. Car 41 Ryan Preece HaasTooling.com Ford 68 Accident 33. 28. Car 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet 62 Accident 34. 7. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Farmsmart Chevrolet 60 Accident 35. 30. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Wyndham Rewards Ford 56 Driveshaft 36. 35. Car 50 * Conor Daly BitNile.com Chevrolet 16 Transmission 37. 11. Car 23 Bubba Wallace MoneyLion Toyota 10 Accident 38. 31. Car 84 * Jimmie Johnson Club Wyndham Chevrolet 0 DVP 39. 34. Car 77 Ty Dillon Ferris Commercial Mowers Chevrolet 0 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: Nos. 34 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 30 Mins, 32 Secs. Average Speed: 72.886 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.411 Seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 17 laps. Lead Changes: 16 among 7 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 2, 2023 – Richmond Raceway
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