Entry List

The official 2024 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Circuit of The Americas, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix

Sunday, March 24th, 2024

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas

  • 15 Chevrolet
  • 15 Ford
  • 9 Toyota

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 26
  • Team : No. 24 - RaptorTough.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
  • William Byron won the Pole Award for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix with a lap of 129.636 seconds, 94.696 mph.
  • This is his 13th pole in 222 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2024.
  • This is his second pole in four races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2024 and his first in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Tyler Reddick (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his third in six races this season.
  • Carson Hocevar (18th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

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William Byron takes the checkered flag at the Circuit of The Americas

Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron turned in a steady and inspired drive to earn the NASCAR Cup Series victory from pole position in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas road course Sunday, holding off the field by less than a second but dominating the field when he needed to.

Answering his season-opening Daytona 500 win, the 26-year-old Charlotte native becomes the first driver to win multiple races this season. This is his 12th career NASCAR Cup Series victory and gives his Hendrick team a series all-time best 28th win on NASCAR road courses.

While at times Byron made it look easy – holding a nearly three-second advantage on the field with 10 laps remaining, his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet did have to fend off a hard-charging Christopher Bell who made up four positions in those closing laps and kept Byron honest in what was ultimately a .692-second margin of victory around the 20-turn, 3.41-mile circuit.

“I feel like I made a lot of mistakes in the last 10 laps, just micro errors and Christopher [Bell] was really fast there on the longer run,’’ Byron said. “This sport is so hard and so difficult week in and week out to show up and have fast cars. We’ve had a little bit of a rough stretch the last few weeks but put a lot of preparation in this past week and just thankful for the team I have around me and all the people back home as well.

“Just super thankful to have this opportunity. It’s just a lot of fun to win races and it’s really difficult too.’’

For his part, Bell, driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota and a winner at Phoenix this season, acknowledged it simply came down to a good road course battle among good teams and talented drivers.

“Obviously once I got to him, it was going to be tough to pass him, I just needed a couple mistakes, but William has been really good on the road courses and he was flawless today,’’ Bell said.

Just behind the pair was Bell’s 21-year-old JGR teammate Ty Gibbs, who is having a stellar sophomore season in NASCAR’s Cup Series. Gibbs ran top five for the majority of the day and was running second to Byron until Bell passed him with only two laps remaining. The third-place effort marks his fifth top 10 finish in the season’s six races.

“We were just a little too loose in the right-handed corner,’’ Gibbs said. “I just wish we were a little tighter, but we did a really good job today. …. Good points day. We’ll just keep working hard.’’

In fact, the effort now brings Gibbs to second place in the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings, only five points behind his teammate Martin Truex Jr.

Byron’s Hendrick teammate Alex Bowman finished fourth followed by 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick, the 2023 COTA winner.

Unlike the previous day’s races at COTA with NASCAR’s other two national series, Sunday’s race had only two caution flags – both for scheduled stage breaks. It was a clean race that still featured seven leaders and 11 lead changes. But Byron led a dominant 43 of the 68 laps.

One of the sport’s best road course racers, A.J. Allmendinger finished sixth, followed by the 2022 COTA winner, Ross Chastain. Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch and Truex rounded out the top 10.

The two “road course ringers” as they are referred to, New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen and Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi had solid, if not stand-out days, finishing 21st and 30th, respectively.

Zane Smith was the highest finishing rookie in 20th.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 68
  • Margin of Victory: 0.692 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 43 Minutes 15 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 85.224
  • Cautions: 2 for 4 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,775 (43.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix
  • Race Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 26
  • Team : No. 24 - RaptorTough.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
  • William Byron won the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, his 12th victory in 222 Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in 2024.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Christopher Bell (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2024.
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Zane Smith (20th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 5 points over Ty Gibbs.
Tyler Reddick celebrates in victory lane
Austin, Texas - March 26, 2023 : Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Monster Energy Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas.
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ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM
CREW CHIEF

1
13
Los Gatos, CA
Dec 16, 1981
42
Chevrolet
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
2
6
Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 12, 1984
40
Ford
Castrol 125 Years Forward
3
11
Chesterfield, VA
Nov 18, 1980
43
Toyota
Interstate Batteries
4
22
Middleton, CT
May 24, 1990
33
Ford
Shell Pennzoil
5
8
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 1985
38
Chevrolet
Mark III Employee Benefits
6
19
Mayetta, NJ
Jun 29, 1980
43
Toyota
Bass Pro Shops
7
34
Phoenix, AZ
Dec 21, 1984
39
Ford
Love's Travel Stops
8
3
Lewisville, NC
Apr 27, 1990
33
Chevrolet
Get Bioethanol
9
47
Olive Branch, MS
Oct 2, 1987
36
Chevrolet
Palmolive
10
66
Port Tobacco, MD
Feb 25, 1993
31
Ford
Amptricity
11
5
Sacremento, CA
Jul 31, 1992
31
Chevrolet
HendrickCars.com
12
48
Tuscon, AZ
Apr 25, 1993
30
Chevrolet
Ally
13
12
High Point, NC
Dec 31, 1993
30
Ford
Menards\Jack Links
14
7
Kannapolis, NC
Sep 25, 1991
32
Chevrolet
Gainbridge
15
9
Dawsonville, GA
Nov 28, 1995
28
Chevrolet
NAPA Auto Parts
16
17
Prosper, TX
Oct 29, 1992
31
Ford
Fastenal
17
43
Byron, MI
May 30, 1996
27
Toyota
Family Dollar
18
41
Berlin, CT
Oct 25, 1990
33
Ford
HaasTooling.com
19
99
Monterrey, Mexico
Jan 7, 1992
32
Chevrolet
Freeway Insurance
20
1
Alva, FL
Dec 4, 1992
31
Chevrolet
Worldwide Express
21
23
Mobile, AL
Oct 8, 1993
30
Toyota
Mobil 1
22
31
Kannapolis, NC
Jan 27, 1991
33
Chevrolet
Cirkul
23
24
Charlotte, NC
Nov 29, 1997
26
Chevrolet
RaptorTough.com
24
45
Corning, CA
Jan 11, 1996
28
Toyota
The Beast Unleashed
25
51
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
24
Ford
TBA
26
42
Mooresville, NC
Jun 11, 1997
26
Toyota
Romco Equipment Co.
27
20
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
29
Toyota
DEWALT
28
15
Boston, MA
Dec 29, 1998
25
Ford
TBA
29
2
Columbus, OH
Sep 2, 1998
25
Ford
Discount Tire
30
14
Mitchell, IN
Dec 15, 1994
29
Ford
Mahindra Tractors
31
21
Huntersville, NC
Oct 9, 2000
23
Ford
Motorcraft\Quick Lane
32
10
Las Vegas, NV
Jul 15, 1998
25
Ford
Rush Truck Centers
33
71
Huntington Beach, CA
Jun 9, 1999
24
Chevrolet
Focused Health
34
4
Hendersonville, TN
Oct 22, 1990
33
Ford
Overstock.com
35
54
Charlotte, NC
Oct 4, 2002
21
Toyota
Monster Energy
36
38
Sherrills Ford, NC
May 15, 2000
23
Ford
Ruedebusch
37
77
Portage, MI
Jan 28, 2003
21
Chevrolet
Delaware Life
38
16
Aucklund, New Zealand
May 9, 1989
34
Chevrolet
WeatherTech
39
50
Amagaski, Japan
Sep 13, 1986
37
Toyota
Mobil 1