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NASCAR at COTA & St. Pete: TV Schedule & 2026 Race Guide

NASCAR Weekend TV Schedule: COTA, and St. Petersburg This weekend features NASCAR action on two different road courses. The NASCAR Cup Series and O’Reilly Series will compete at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, while the…

NASCAR at COTA & St. Pete: TV Schedule & 2026 Race Guide

NASCAR Weekend TV Schedule: COTA, and St. Petersburg

This weekend features NASCAR action on two different road courses. The NASCAR Cup Series and O’Reilly Series will compete at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, while the NASCAR Truck Series heads to St. Petersburg, Florida. Here’s a complete TV schedule for all the on-track action.

St. Petersburg / COTA TV Schedule – February 27-29, 2026

Friday, February 27, 2026

  • 4:00 PM ET – FS2: NASCAR Truck Series Practice (St. Petersburg)
  • 5:00 PM ET – CW App: NASCAR O’Reilly Series Practice (COTA)
  • 5:05 PM ET – FS2: NASCAR Truck Series Qualifying (St. Petersburg)
  • 6:05 PM ET – CW App: NASCAR O’Reilly Series Qualifying (COTA)

Saturday, February 28, 2026

  • 10:00 AM ET – Prime Video / PRN: NASCAR Cup Series Practice (COTA)
  • 11:10 AM ET – Prime Video / PRN: NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying (COTA)
  • 12:00 PM ET – FOX / Fox One: NASCAR Truck Series Race (St. Petersburg)
  • 3:00 PM ET – CW / PRN: NASCAR O’Reilly Series Race (COTA)

Sunday, February 29, 2026

  • 3:30 PM ET – Fox One / HBO Max / PRN: NASCAR Cup Series Race (COTA)

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NASCAR Cup Series Point Standings (February 26, 2026)

Pos Driver Wins Points
1 Tyler Reddick 2 125
2 Bubba Wallace -40
3 Chase Elliott -44
4 Carson Hocevar -51
5 Zane Smith -54
6 Joey Logano -57
7 Daniel Suarez -58
8 Ryan Blaney -58
9 Brad Keselowski -64
10 Chris Buescher -64
11 Ross Chastain -74
12 Noah Gragson -75
13 William Byron -75
14 Ryan Preece -76
15 Chase Briscoe -80
16 Shane van Gisbergen -80
17 Ty Dillon -81
18 AJ Allmendinger -82
19 John Hunter Nemechek -82
20 Michael McDowell -82
21 Kyle Larson -83
22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr -85
23 Riley Herbst -86
24 Kyle Busch -89
25 Josh Berry -91
26 Austin Cindric -91
27 Denny Hamlin -93
28 Cody Ware -95
29 Erik Jones -96
30 Cole Custer -96
31 Christopher Bell -100
32 Alex Bowman -107
33 Ty Gibbs -108
34 Austin Dillon -108
35 Todd Gilliland -109
36 Connor Zilisch -111

Links: Circuit of the Americas | NASCAR

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