The NASCAR season continues with its first road course event. Two national series will compete at Circuit of the Americas.
The trip to Texas will feature Xfinity Series teams on Saturday and Cup Series teams on Sunday. They will compete on the shorter, 2.3-mile, 20-turn National Course that eliminates roughly 1 mile of the backstretch.
Truck Series teams are off for the first time this season, but competitors from another series will replace them. IMSA's VP Racing SportsCar Challenge will take on the road course with a pair of Saturday races.
Circuit of the Americas forecast and schedule
Friday forecast: The WeatherUnderground forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in the morning. A high of 74 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of Xfinity Series practice and qualifying.
Saturday forecast: The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high of 77 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity Series race.
Sunday forecast: The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a slight chance of rain. A high of 74 degrees and a 24% chance of rain at the start of the Cup Series race.
Friday, Feb. 28, schedule (Eastern Time)
- 12 - 7:30 p.m. -- Xfinity Series garage hours
- 1 - 6 p.m. -- Cup Series garage hours
- 1 - 1:40 p.m. -- IMSA practice
- 3 - 3:40 p.m. -- IMSA practice 2
- 5 - 5:50 p.m. -- Xfinity Series practice (CW)
- 6 - 7 p.m. -- Xfinity Series qualifying (CW)
- 7:30 - 7:45 p.m. -- IMSA qualifying (GSX entries)
- 7:50 - 8:05 p.m. -- IMSA qualifying (P3 entries)
Saturday, March 1 schedule (Eastern Time)
- 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. -- Cup Series garage hours
- 9:40 - 10:25 a.m. -- IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge race (45 minutes)
- 11:30 a.m. -- Xfinity Series garage hours
- 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -- Cup Series practice (Prime Video)
- 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. -- Cup Series qualifying (Prime Video)
- 2:30 p.m. -- Xfinity Series race (65 laps, 156 miles. CW, Radio coverage on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
- 6 - 6:45 p.m. -- IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge race (45 minutes)
Sunday, March 2, schedule (Eastern Time)
- 12:30 p.m. -- Cup Series garage hours
- 3:30 p.m. -- Cup Series race (95 laps, 228 miles. Fox, in-car cameras on Max, Radio coverage on PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)