NASCAR Echopark Texas Grand Prix at COTA - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Circuit of The Americas where William Byron earned pole position for the race.

25 Mar 2023

2023 COTA Echopark Texas Grand Prix - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
2	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota
3	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
4	Jordan Taylor	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
5	Daniel Suarez	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
6	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
7	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
8	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet
9	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
10	Noah Gragson	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet
11	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota
12	Ross Chastain	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
13	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
14	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
15	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
16	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
17	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
19	Chase Briscoe	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
20	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
21	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
22	Kimi Raikkonen	TrackHouse Racing	Toyota
23	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
24	Jenson Button	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
25	Martin Truex Jr	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
26	Ryan Preece	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
27	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
28	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
29	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
30	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
31	Jimmie Johnson	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet
32	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford
33	Josh Bilicki	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet
34	Ty Dillon	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
35	Conor Daly	TMT Racing	Chevrolet
36	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
37	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
38	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
39	Aric Almirola	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford

William Byron earned his 9th career pole today at Circuit of The Americas, topping a talented field of drivers in qualifying. Byron turned a lap of 93.882 mph around the 3.41-mile road course in Austin, Texas. He will be joined on the front row by Tyler Reddick, who was the fastest driver in the first round but wasn't able to duplicate his success in the final round.

"We made big improvements with the car overnight," Byron said. "I thought that practice helped us to get a little bit better and get the back of the car settled down. It’s really fun to get the first pole of the year. Obviously, we’ve been on a good stretch here of late. Tomorrow is what pays, so we've just got to be there at the end."

Row 2 features two very talented road course drivers in Austin Cindric and Jordan Taylor. Subbing for the injured Chase Elliott, Taylor was brilliant in his first NASCAR outing. The IMSA champion was second-fastest in the first round of qualifying, and will start his first race from the 4th position tomorrow. Taylor's run was the best qualifying performance by a driver in their first Cup start since Boris Said qualified on the front row at Watkins Glen in 1999.

Jenson Button, Jordan Taylor, Jimmie Johnson

Daniel Suarez and Alex Bowman will start from Row 3 while AJ Allmendinger and Erik Jones share Row 4. Kyle Busch and Noah Gragson rounded out the ten drivers that advanced to the final round of qualifying. It was a strong showing by Legacy Motor Club's two full-time drivers, while Chevrolet took eight of the top ten spots, including pole position.

Bubba Wallace and defending race winner Ross Chastain just missed out on advancing and will start from Row 6 tomorrow. Kyle Larson (13th), Christopher Bell (14th), and Ty Gibbs (17th) will all have some ground to make up tomorrow but should be in the mix for the race win.

Formula One World Champions Kimi Raikkonen (22nd) and Jenson Button (24th) had decent qualifying performances and will start near each other on Sunday. Both have raced on this circuit many times in F1, with Raikkonen winning the 2018 race with Ferrari.

Previous COTA winners

2022: Ross Chastain

2021: Chase Elliott