Have you ever been having fun with these of NASCAR motion?
It has been two straight weeks, opening the 2025 season, of high-speed, heavy-traffic motion and and theatrics related to it. And never simply on Sundays, but in addition with the preliminary motion from the Vans and Xfinity Collection, each at Daytona and Atlanta.
Been thrilling, hasn’t it?
Properly, it is throughout. For now, anyway.
This week delivers such a distinct animal, you may not acknowledge it. After two weeks of high-banked ovals (of a form), the racers should adapt to a technical structure with 20 turns and, right here and there, a number of locations the place it pays to really try a cross.
TWO-WHEEL ROOTS:
Sure, it is time for the most recent episode of Austin Metropolis Limits within the Texas capital, on a distinct structure than NASCAR employed in earlier visits to the Circuit of the Americas.
COTA can make the most of a few completely different layouts, and this 12 months, NASCAR is transferring from the three.4-mile course to at least one roughly a mile shorter however nonetheless with 20 turns, which needs to be fascinating for viewers and plenty of work for the drivers.
This is the best way to test it out over the weekend.
Friday: Xfinity Collection apply and qualifying, and there is an app for that
5 p.m.: Xfinity Collection apply (CW app).
6 p.m.: Xfinity Collection qualifying (CW app).
Saturday: Xfinity race caps the day at COTA
11 a.m.: Cup Collection apply (Amazon Prime).
12:30 p.m.: Cup Collection qualifying (Amazon Prime).
2:30 p.m.: Xfinity Collection, Centered Well being 250 (CW).
Sunday: NASCAR Cup Collection race at COTA in Austin
3:30 p.m.: Cup Collection, EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Fox).