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NASCAR returns to Austin's Circuit of the Americas on February 28-March 2. If you've never been to a NASCAR race, here's what to know.

In Sunday\"s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, John Hunter Nemechek will start to get the true measure of his performance. Nemechek and Ryan Blaney are the only two drivers to score top-10 finishes at both Daytona International Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway this season.

With a lap time of 98.076 seconds, Tyler Reddick earns his 10th career Cup Series pole for Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas. His second pole at the Austin, Texas road course led a career-first front row appearance for 23XI Racing history with Bubba Wallace (98.

The NASCAR Cup Series will shift its focus to one-mile Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona for the running of the Shriners Children's 500 on Sunday, March 9 (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Bell is the defending race winner.

For the first time this season, the NASCAR Cup Series will see its drivers (intentionally) turn right, as the best stock drivers in the world head to the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix.

Team Penske's Ryan Blaney obtained a starting position of 25th after qualifying for this week's Echopark Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. This marks the third consecutive race in Blaney's Cup career where he will start outside of the top 10 at the site.

You can watch the race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, starting at 3:30 p.m. ET on Fox, fubo TV (FREE trial), Sling TV (discount) and DirecTV Stream (FREE trial and discount). Reddick’s teammate Bubba Wallace will start second, making it a front-row lockout for 23XI Racing with teammate Bubba Wallace starting second.