How to watch 2026 NASCAR at COTA, Full Weekend TV Schedule, Start-Times

How to watch 2026 NASCAR Live at COTA, full weekend schedule, start-times, channel, streaming..

NASCAR is ready for the upcoming action at Circuit of the Americas, marking the third official race weekend of the 2026 Cup Series season. In 2025, Christopher Bell beat William Byron for his second victory of the year. Meanwhile, the NASCAR Truck Series goes to the streets of St. Petersburg. You don't want to miss the action in either location!

Below, you can find more details about the on-track action at COTA and St. Petersburg this weekend!

NASCAR live today: Circuit of the Americas, St. Petersburg, weekend tv schedule, start-times for every race, channel, streaming

Here are the upcoming practice, qualifying, and race times for the current race weekend on the NASCAR schedule (all ET).

Friday, February 27

4:00 p.m.: Truck Series Practice - St. Petersburg (FS2) - Watch FREE on Fubo

5:00 p.m.: O'Reilly Series Practice - COTA (The CW App)

5:05 p.m.: Truck Series Qualifying (FS2) - Watch FREE on Fubo

6:05 p.m.: O'Reilly Series Qualifying (The CW App)

Saturday, February 28

10:00 a.m.: Cup Series Practice - COTA (Prime)

11:10 a.m.: Cup Series Qualifying (Prime)

Noon: Truck Series Race - OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 (FOX) - Watch FREE on Fubo

3:00 p.m.: O'Reilly Series Race - Focused Health 250 (The CW) - Watch FREE on 

Fubo

Sunday, March 1

3:30 p.m.: Cup Series Race - DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix (FOX) - Watch FREE on 

Fubo

3:30 p.m.: NASCAR Driver Cam - DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix (Max) - Watch 

NASCAR Driver Cam on Max

  

Here’s everything you need to know for the 2026 DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Grand Prix:

What time does the Cup series race at COTA start?

The DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix starts on Sunday, 1st March at 3:30 p.m. (2:30 pm local) ET at Austin Motor Speedway.

What TV channel is the Cup race at COTA on?

Fox is broadcasting the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix and has a pre-race show beginning at 3 p.m. ET. (2 p.m. local) Fox Sports 1 (FS1) has an earlier pre-race show at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. local).

Will there be a live stream of the Cup race at COTA?

The EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix can be live streamed on the FoxSports website and on the FoxSports app.

How many laps is the Cup race at Austin?

Who won the most recent 2025 race at COTA?

2026 NASCAR DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix entry list at COTA, full drivers lineups

NASCAR Cup Series entry list, Circuit of the Americas (March 2026)

1—No. 1 Ross Chastain

2—No. 2 Austin Cindric

3—No. 3 Austin Dillon

4—No. 4 Noah Gragson

5—No. 5 Kyle Larson

6—No. 6 Brad Keselowski

7—No. 7 Daniel Suarez

8—No. 8 Kyle Busch

9—No. 9 Chase Elliott

10—No. 10 Ty Dillon

11—No. 11 Denny Hamlin

12—No. 12 Ryan Blaney

13—No. 16 A. J. Allmendinger

14—No. 17 Chris Buescher

15—No. 19 Chase Briscoe

16—No. 20 Christopher Bell

17—No. 21 Josh Berry

18—No. 22 Joey Logano

19—No. 23 Bubba Wallace

20—No. 24 William Byron

21—No. 33 Jesse Love

22—No. 34 Todd Gilliland

23—No. 35 Riley Herbst

24—No. 38 Zane Smith

25—No. 41 Cole Custer

26—No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek

27—No. 43 Erik Jones

28—No. 45 Tyler Reddick

29—No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

30—No. 48 Alex Bowman

31—No. 51 Cody Ware

32—No. 54 Ty Gibbs

33—No. 60 Ryan Preece

34—No. 71 Michael McDowell

35—No. 77 Carson Hocevar

36—No. 88 Connor Zilisch

37—No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen  

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