SportsLine's Mike McClure gives his top NASCAR Fantasy picks for Sunday's 2025 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Austin

After five years at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, NASCAR made a few changes that are expected to benefit fans. The length of the racetrack has been cut from roughly 3.5 miles down to 2.5 miles. “That’s quite a bit more times you get to see the race cars go down into turn one,

There have been four Cup Series races at COTA. Hendrick Motorsports has won twice (Chase Elliott, 2021 and William Byron, 2024). Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain won the event in 2022 and 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick won in 2023.