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Michael McDowell and the No. 34 Ford Mustang Dark Horse prepare to turn left and right at the Circuit of the Americas this weekend in Austin, TX. This will be the first road course of the season for the NASCAR Cup Series.

Best finish yet: John Hunter Nemechek posted his career-best NASCAR Cup Series finish last weekend at Bristol.

NASCAR heads to its first road course of the season as the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series take on the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas.

52 and Counting. Hamlin enters the race at COTA as the most recent winner in NASCAR’s top series. He brought home the win in Sunday’s race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, the 52nd of his career, which puts him alone in 13th on the all-time Cup Series win list.

Kaulig Racing has made five NCS starts at COTA and has earned one top five and three top-20 finishes

Preece’s most recent road-course outing resulted in an 11th-place finish last October on the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Roval and he is poised to navigate both right and left turns again this weekend at COTA.

After alternating weeks off, the NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will once again join the NASCAR Cup Series circuit for a tripleheader this weekend at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX.

Truex is coming off his first top-five finish of the season with his runner-up result last weekend at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, where he led eight times for a total of 54 laps. On the season, Truex has two other top-10 finishes in the five points-paying races contested.

As an organization, RFK has made 256 starts on road courses in the Cup Series with five wins, 90 top-10s and 41 finishes inside the top five with a 17.4 average finish.

The EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Sunday at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, is the first of five road-course races on the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.