2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix

The 2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 24, 2024, at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Contested over 68 laps on the 3.426-mile (5.514 km) road course, it was the sixth race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. William Byron won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top five, and A.J. Allmendinger, Ross Chastain, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top ten.

Background
Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a 3.426 mi road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.

Entry list

 * (R) denotes rookie driver.
 * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice
William Byron was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 2:09:626 seconds and a speed of 94.703 mph.

Qualifying
William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 2:09.636 and a speed of 94.696 mph.

Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 15

Stage Two Laps: 15

Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 38

Race statistics

 * Lead changes: 7 among 4 different drivers
 * Cautions/Laps: 2 for 4 laps
 * Red flags: 0
 * Time of race: 3 hours, 47 minutes and 15 seconds
 * Average speed: 85.224 mph

Television
Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Manufacturers' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.