Starting Lineup for NASCAR’s COTA Race with Tyler Reddick on the Pole

Tyler Reddick is having one of the hottest starts to the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, opening with back-to-back wins in the Daytona 500 and then last weekend at Atlanta. Next up is the DuraMax Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, and Reddick had the fastest car in qualifying, delivering him the pole for Sunday’s race. 

The DuraMax Texas Grand Prix at COTA is set for Sunday, March 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, and it will be streamed on FOXSports.com, FOX One and the FOX Sports App. 

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Following qualifying on Saturday, Reddick will lead the field to green on Sunday alongside Ross Chastain on the front row. Here’s a look at the complete starting lineup for NASCAR’s COTA race Sunday. 

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1. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota 
2. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
3. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 
4. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford 
5. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 
6. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 
7. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 
8. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota  
9. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
10. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
11. Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford 
12. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 
13. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 
14. Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
15. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 
16. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford 
18. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 
19. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford 
21. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 
22. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
23. Daniel Suárez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
24. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota 
25. Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
26. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
27. Jesse Love, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
28. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
29. Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
30. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 
31. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
32. Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
33. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet 
35. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
36. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota 
37. Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet