NASCAR Cup PR

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford Mustang -- Finished 6th - “It was a hot day for sure. We got done with the first stage and it was hot."

d) drove through the field to a top-five finish, despite battling steering issues, to lead Toyota in the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday evening.

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford Mustang -- YOU HAD A BUSY DAY, HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF THE QUALIFYING EFFORT TODAY? “Yeah, this is a nice media center. I have never been in here."

DANIEL SUAREZ, NO. 99 COMMSCOPE CAMARO ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Circuit of The Americas. Press Conference Transcript:

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kurt Busch was made available to media prior to the Circuit of the Americas race this Friday:

NASCAR on FOX broadcaster Michael Waltrip, a two-time Daytona 500 winner, and EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix VIP promotional winner Rocky Forrester will serve as co-Grand Marshals for Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas (COTA).

All three of NASCAR’s national series will head to Austin, Texas, this weekend, where Circuit of The Americas (COTA) will be the host of the first road course event of the 2022 season.

Kaulig Racing has one top-10 finish at a non-superspeedway/ non-road course track, which came at Auto Club Speedway (Hemric, ninth)

RCR has one previous start at the 3.41-mile, 20-turn road course in Austin, Texas. Tyler Reddick won the pole for the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas, his first-ever Cup Series pole award.

A.J. ALLMENDINGER, NO. 16 ACTION INDUSTRIES CAMARO ZL1, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series weekend at Circuit of The Americas. Teleconference Transcript: