2025 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix


The 2025 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 2, 2025, at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Contested over 95 laps on the road course, it was the third race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Christopher Bell won the race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Tyler Reddick finished 3rd. Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five, and Shane van Gisbergen, Chris Buescher, Noah Gragson, Alex Bowman, and Todd Gilliland rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

Circuit of the Americas is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a 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.
On November 20, 2024, it was announced that the race would move to the layout.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

First practice

Shane van Gisbergen was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 1:38.855 seconds and a speed of.

Final practice

Shane van Gisbergen was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 1:38.846 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:38.076 and a speed of.

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One
Laps: 20
Stage Two
Laps: 45

Final Stage Results

Stage Three
Laps: 95

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 20 among 9 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 4 for 15 laps
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 7 minutes and 20 seconds
  • Average speed:

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Regan Smith, Josh Sims, and Kaitlyn Vincie handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.

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
PosManufacturerPoints
11Toyota115
12Chevrolet110
3Ford93

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