AT A GLANCE
WHAT: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 250; IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge (two 45-minute races)

WHERE: Circuit of The Americas (COTA) – 17-turn, 2.4-mile National Course

WHEN: Friday (Feb. 27) & Saturday (Feb. 28)

MARQUEE COMPANION EVENT: NASCAR Cup Series DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne – Sunday, March 1

RACE DISTANCES
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 250: 65 laps | 156 miles | 251.058 km

IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge: Two 45-minute timed races

SUPPORT SERIES BROADCAST INFORMATION (All times Central)

FRIDAY

IMSA practice #1 | 12:00-12:40 p.m.
IMSA practice #2 | 2:00-2:40 p.m.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice | 4:00-4:50 p.m. | CW App
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying | 5:05-6:00 p.m. | CW App
IMSA Qualifying | 6:30-7:05 p.m.

SATURDAY

IMSA Race #1 | 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | TV – Peacock, IMSA YouTube channel | Radio – IMSA Radio on IMSA.com
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 250 | 2 p.m. | TV: CW | Radio: PRN, SiriusXM
IMSA Race #2 | 5:30-6:15 p.m. | TV: Peacock, IMSA YouTube channel | Radio: IMSA Radio on IMSA.com

ENTRY LISTS
Click HERE for the Focused Health 250 preliminary entry list.

Click HERE for the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge preliminary entry list.

2025 FOCUSED HEALTH 250 RACE RECAP
AUSTIN, Texas (March 1, 2025) – The pursuit of a dream weekend at Circuit of The Americas continued for Connor Zilisch as he dominated the field to win Saturday’s Focused Health 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race for his second victory in just seven career NXS races.

After starting from the pole and leading most of Stage One, a pit road penalty relegated the 18-year-old JR Motorsports driver to the rear of the field to start the second stage. With a balance of patience and aggression, the Mooresville, N.C. native carved up the field, moving up to third to start the final stage. Late-race contact with Corey Heim of Sam Hunt Racing threatened to end the rookie’s charge to the front, but ultimately got around teammate Carson Kvapil to reclaim the lead with nine laps to go.

With the victory, Zilisch became just the second full-time NXS driver to win in five years of the Focused Health 250. For the fourth time in five years, the polesitter went on to take the checkered flag.

Kvapil cut a tire late, relinquishing second place to Daytona 500 winner William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports and ultimately finishing 23rd. Sam Mayer of Haas Factory Team finished third, a personal best at COTA. Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill, the series points leader, and Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger rounded out the top five.

FOCUSED HEALTH 250 – RACE & POLE WINNERS

NOTEWORTHY
Race Notes –  This will be the sixth running of the Focused Health 250 and second on the 17-turn, 2.4-mile National Course that debuted last year. The event was previously held on the 20-turn, 3.41-mile Full Course. … Fans from 47 states and 10 foreign countries as far away as Australia will visit NASCAR at COTA this weekend (Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, England, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Australia, Netherlands). … The Focused Health 250 race winner has come from the pole position four out of the five years. The exception came in 2022 when Ty Gibbs earned the pole and AJ Allmendinger, who started fourth, took the win. … The race has produced four different race winners and five different polesitters in the five races. … All three Trackhouse Racing Cup Series drivers – Shane van Gisbergen, Connor Zilisch and Ross Chastain – will be competing for O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams in the Focused Health 250. Van Gisbergen will be driving the No. 9 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports while Zilisch, the defending race winner, will be behind the wheel of the No. 1 entry for the organization. Chastain will be driving the No. 32 Chevrolet for Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport. SVG made one previous series start at COTA in 2024, starting second, leading 20 laps and finishing 27^th. Zilisch also has one start as well, winning the 2025 race from the pole while leading 26 of the 65 laps. Chastain has made three O’Reilly Auto Parts Series starts at NASCAR at COTA with one top-10 finish, an eighth-place effort last year for JR Motorsports. He has been a solid qualifier, starting second in all three races. … Zilisch’s win last season with JR Motorsports pushed Chevrolet’s winning streak to four in the Focused Health 250. … Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing co-shares the lead for most top-five finishes (3) in the Focused Health 250 with AJ Allmendinger. He finished runner-up in 2022 and ’24, and was fourth last season. … Sam Mayer of the Haas Factory Team has produced top-10 finishes in all four of his starts in the Focused Health 250. He is coming off a best of third in last season’s race. His top-10 total is tied for the most with Allmendinger. … Jesse Love of Richard Childress Racing has finished sixth in his two starts in the Focused Health 250 (2024, ’25).  … Among drivers with multiple starts at COTA, William Byron has the best average finishing position at 2.0. Allmendinger is second at 3.5 while Love and Mayer are tied for third at 6.0. Chastain leads for averaging starting position at 2.0. He has started second in all three of his starts. … Only four drivers have completed all 862.73 miles of the five Focused Health 250 races. They are Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports, Brandon Jones of Joe Gibbs Racing, Ryan Sieg of RSS Racing and Jeremy Clements of Jeremy Clements Racing. … J.J. Yeley will be representing NASCAR at COTA’s new Cup Series entitlement sponsor – DuraMAX – in the Focused Health 250. Yeley will be sponsored by DuraMAX in the No. 42 Chevrolet for Young’s Motorsports. Yeley, with 393 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series starts across 21 years, will be making his first series start of the season. …The No. 88 JR Motorsports entry will feature all four Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Cup Series drivers along with Rajah Caruth throughout the season. Caruth will get the call for the Focused Health 250 after competing in the season-opening race at Daytona and then last weekend at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta. Byron will take over at Phoenix Raceway on March 7. … Carson Kvapil, scheduled for 29 starts with JR Motorsports, also is making five appearances with DGM Racing, beginning with the Focused Health 250. … Veteran Alex Labbe will make his season debut in the Focused Health 250 for SS-GreenLight Racing. Labbe is scheduled to drive all of the road course events this season in the No. 0 Chevrolet. Last season, he finished 14^th in the Focused Health 250. … Argentine driver Baltazar Leguizamón also will make his season debut in the Focused Health 250. He is running a partial schedule in the No. 30 Chevrolet entry for Barrett-Cope Racing. … Road-course competitor Austin J Hill will begin his partial season schedule for Joey Gase Motorsports in the No. 35 Chevrolet this weekend.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Notes – Austin Hill of Richard Childress Racing won the season opener at Daytona from the pole while Sheldon Creed of Haas Factory Team captured his first career series victory this past weekend at Atlanta’s EchoPark Speedway. … Hill sits atop the series standings by 22 points over Rajah Caruth of JR Motorsports. Creed and Jesse Love of Richard Childress Racing are tied for third (-24) and Parker Retzlaff rounds out the top five (-30). … Caruth and Love are the only two drivers with top-10 finishes in the first two races. Caruth was 10^th at Daytona and eighth at Atlanta while Love was ninth and fifth, respectively. … Retzlaff finished second at EchoPark Speedway, matching his career-best finish set at Rockingham Speedway last season. … Hill is the series leader for laps led with 112, and is followed by Love (58) and Caruth (23).

IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge – This is the second consecutive season that the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge is part of the NASCAR at COTA race weekend. All three classes – P3, GTDX and GSX – will be competing together in two timed races Saturday on the National Course. COTA’s mix of tight corners, heavy braking and aero‑dependent sections suits LMP3 machinery, often producing close battles and strategic passing windows. … Toyota enters COTA with a 15‑race GSX win streak, but formidable competition from BMW, Porsche and Mercedes-AMG will make things challenging for the Supras in Texas. … It is the series’ second event of the season, following January’s Roar Before The Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Oscar Tunjo swept both LMP3 races in the VP Racing SportsCar Challenge season-opening weekend at Daytona International Speedway with dominant pace in the No. 1 Gebhardt Duqueine D08. He now returns to COTA seeking redemption after last year’s late fuel miscalculation cost him a likely win. … Danny Soufi (No. 11 PINAXIS – ZONE 4 Racing Duqueine) opened the LMP3 season with a strong Daytona podium – his best start yet –and now races at home in Austin with added momentum. … Brady Golan (No. 30 Gebhardt Young Driver Academy) and Lincoln Day (No. 95 Toney Driver Development) both scored podiums at Daytona in brand‑new Ligier JS P325s, proving immediate adaptability and speed. Golan also will be competing in his hometown of Austin. … Veteran Brian Thienes claimed both Daytona Bronze Cup wins with consistent, mistake‑free runs in his No. 77 Forte Racing Ligier JS P320, positioning him as a reliable podium threat at COTA. … Westin Workman dominated the GSX opener aboard the No. 8 RAFA Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 – a straightforward Saturday win followed by a last‑to‑first Sunday comeback — pushing Toyota’s GSX win streak to 15.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE (All times Central)

FRIDAY

IMSA practice #1 | 12:00-12:40 p.m.
IMSA practice #2 | 2:00-2:40 p.m.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice | 4:00-4:50 p.m.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying | 5:05-6:00 p.m.
IMSA Qualifying | 6:30-7:05 p.m.

SATURDAY

NASCAR Cup Series practice | 9:00-10:00 a.m.
NASCAR Cup Series qualifying | 10:10-11:00 a.m.
IMSA Race #1 | 12:30-1:15 p.m.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 250 | 2 p.m.
IMSA Race #2 | 5:30-6:15 p.m.

SUNDAY

DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne | 2:30 p.m.

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