2025 COTA NASCAR Race Results, Christopher Bell Victorious

Byron, who won this year’s Daytona 500, finished second to claim the championship points lead after three races in the 2025 schedule.

“I feel like the battle between (Bell) and Busch, I was just sitting there waiting for one of them to bobble or slide their tires,” Byron shared after the race. “Bell got by him and I felt like once he got by him and clear, his car was super loose and it kind of gave me a couple of shots at him. I just couldn’t ever get beside him. We have always raced really well together, so I didn’t want to move him blatantly.

“A lot of races ahead and hopefully we can just keep bringing this speed.”

Polesitter and 2023 race winner Reddick finished third after a late race charge through the field. Chase Elliott, who spun in the opening corner of the race from contact with Ross Chastain, climbed back up to fourth. Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.

Shane Van Gisbergen, Chris Buescher, Noah Gragson, Alex Bowman and Todd Gilliland completed the top 10 finishers.

AJ Allmendinger was fighting for the win toward the end of the race, but fell out of the top five and dropped to 30th. Stage 2 winner Ryan Preece ran out of fuel and dropped to 33rd at the end. Connor Zilisch made his Cup Series debut with Trackhouse Racing and after winning yesterday’s Xfinity Series race crashed out after colliding with teammate Daniel Suárez to finish 37th, last on the grid.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Phoenix Raceway for its first visit west for the Shriners Children’s 500 (312 laps, 312 miles). Coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on Mar. 9 with FS1, MRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

NASCAR Cup Series Race Results
EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix
Circuit of The Americas
March 2, 2025

1. 20, Christopher Bell, winner

2. 24, William Byron, -0.433 sec.

3. 45, Tyler Reddick, -0.578 sec.

4. 9, Chase Elliott, 5.274 sec.

5. 8, Kyle Busch, 5.943 sec.

6. 88, Shane Van Gisbergen (#), 8.559 sec.

7. 17, Chris Buescher, 8.620 sec.

8. 4, Noah Gragson, 9.826 sec.

9. 48, Alex Bowman, 10.245 sec.

10. 34, Todd Gilliland, 11.276 sec.

11. 71, Michael McDowell, 11.645 sec.

12. 1, Ross Chastain, 11.883 sec.

13. 77, Carson Hocevar, 13.033 sec.

14. 19, Chase Briscoe, 14.067 sec.

15. 6, Brad Keselowski, 14.160 sec.

16. 7, Justin Haley, 16.396 sec.

17. 35, Riley Herbst (#), 18.738 sec.

18. 47, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 21.441 sec.

19. 12, Ryan Blaney, 21.599 sec.

20. 23, Bubba Wallace, 23.251 sec.

21. 11, Denny Hamlin, 23.286 sec.

22. 42, John Hunter Nemechek, 23.348 sec.

23. 41, Cole Custer, 23.534 sec.

24. 22, Joey Logano, 23.901 sec.

25. 2, Austin Cindric, 24.009 sec.

26. 21, Josh Berry, 24.332 sec.

27. 43, Erik Jones, 25.854 sec.

28. 10, Ty Dillon, 26.103 sec.

29. 38, Zane Smith, 30.883 sec.

30. 16, AJ Allmendinger, 33.880 sec.

31. 51, Cody Ware, 34.388 sec.

32. 5, Kyle Larson, 47.170 sec.

33. 60, Ryan Preece, 47.497 sec.

34. 54, Ty Gibbs, 84.694 sec.

35. 3, Austin Dillon, OUT (accident)

36. 99, Daniel Suárez, OUT (accident)

37. 87, Connor Zilisch (i), OUT (accident)

(#) denotes rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for championship points