Short tempers, crucial pit stops at COTA | Extended Highlights from the NASCAR Cup Series

Recap all the highlights from the NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA including multiple drivers getting spun and crucial pit stops that impacted the race win in this week's Extended Highlights.
#nascar #cota #kylebusch #christopherbell #williambyron #shanevangisbergen #alexbowman
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00:00:00 - Green flag at COTA
00:02:25 - Replay of Corey LaJoie, Bubba Wallace and Martin Truex Jr. contatct
00:03:00 - Pit Stops lap 14- Ty Gibbs lockup
00:03:26 - Bell wins Stage 1
00:03:54 - Start of Stage 2
00:04:19 - Lap 20, Byron passes Bell for the lead
00:04:52 - Brad Keselowski makes contact with Bubba Wallace in Stage 2
00:05:23 - Larson spins out in Stage 2
00:05:46 - Kamui Kobayashi and Ricky Stenhouse contact
00:06:49 - Denny Hamlin wins Stage 2
00:07:06 - Ross Chastain and William Byron lead the field at the Start of Stage 3
00:08:05 - Chase Elliott penalty
00:08:55 - Bell spins Kyle Busch in Stage 3
00:09:23 - William Byron takes the lead from Ross Chastain with 25 to go
00:10:01 - Leaders pit, Byron leads off, Gibbs passed by Bowman on track
00:10:59 - William Byron holds off Christopher Bell for the win at COTA

[@mustavogaia2655]

Drivers: "What are the track limits?" Race directions: "Just dont reach Oklahoma or the Gulf and you are within track limites"

[@spartan5713]

At least Nascar drivers don’t need DRS in order to make a pass. Also, it’s bigger news in F1 if a certain driver DOESN’T win (see Australia).

[@remaster1981]

The fact these guys are asking about "track limits" is honestly ridiculous. If they can't keep their car between the lines they shouldn't be here imo.

[@MoterSport33]

​@@remaster1981then you should not be here then.

[@MrMartyPlays]

So true. It makes the sport look very unprofessional

[@lawception1283]

@@remaster1981 They race on what NASCAR gives them, not the drivers fault 👍

[@NathansVideos46]

I was at turn 19! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@NKPlayz_to2025]

I was at turn one

[@Loftin27]

Turn 1, section 5

[@NKPlayz_to2025]

@@Loftin27 I was at turn one section 6 row 2

[@roberthevern6169]

I was in bed! .....alone!

[@roberthevern6169]

Some peoples kids.... Good for you! My first Nascar race in 95 was at Sonoma! Sr passed Mark Martin 2-3 laps from the end to take his first road course win!!

[@jamiegivan7765]

Good racing and good job Byron

[@roberthevern6169]

Willy B is looking really good so far!! He doubtless adding a new garage at home for his championship Corvette ZR1 mid engine 700hp!!

[@tk800k]

love seeing Stenhouse try to bully the new driver and and it immediately backfire lmao

[@seanmcnulty3249]

I've been failing at this track all week in iRacing. It's nice to see the pro's having a tough time too!

[@kennethcole1886]

Hell using custom set ups, down force, etc etc, i struggle at this track in Heat 5, Iracing, AND F1 2023. Using a racing setup, or a controller.

[@MMAGurusMom-zm3tn]

its an amazing race track, i love the decision by nascar to put it on the calendar. Don't sweat, I tried to get the perfect lap about a thousand times, no chance

[@seanmcnulty3249]

@@MMAGurusMom-zm3tn I agree! I should probably add that I'm not such a great race car driver. 😆

[@la2toronto789]

lol I’ve been also trying my best to complete one lap ahahahahah

[@ESowder24]

Ok this just ended not that long ago ! Impressed with the speedy upload ! Over all was a good race was getting nervous there at the end! Great to see my favorite driver win on my Birthday!

[@andic8979]

Same dude im Hendrick motorsports fan awesome win for byron a shame Bowman dropped off at the end on older tires, well done William 👏 👌🏁

[@gianthand8130]

Happy Birthday!

[@chriswiseman5118]

Happy birthday

[@remaster1981]

Don't like HMS at all, but Happy Birthday buddy. Hope your day was the best! 😊

[@LiviaDunn]

Happy Birthday!

[@icey123A]

Byron is gonna have a great season man, already got the daytona and all that

[@simonpoe2223]

byron is the new jeff gordon

[@icey123A]

yeah @@simonpoe2223

[@QF_Dan72]

The commentator said Kerfuffle and the rest were confused lol

[@AdiraJosh]

Hello dan

[@chrisw443]

Those 24 and 20 drivers were driving the wheels off those cars in the last two laps. That was awesome. I love road course racing! Amazing performance by the pit crews today being a BIG FACTOR, same with that tire wear!

[@donluepkes5695]

William Byron Congratulations Only Way To Roll People's, Keep on Kickin'Tails 🏁💪🇺🇸😎

[@Sr.Watermelon_Cat_the_III]

Turn 12, great to see yall

[@la2toronto789]

The best day of my life 😍 hearing them roar, it truly was something i won’t forget. COTA 2025 I’ll be back. 🥰

[@ESowder24]

I got a Jeff Gordon card from when he won on my 10th birthday back on 3/24/96 will need to add a card from this race !

[@Johnnyonthespot1]

Well happy damn birthday that's today lmao

[@JackLikesTrackhouse]

That race was okay. Was nice seeing some battles for the lead and the different strategies, but Byron dominated that. Not my favourite race of the year but still decent.

[@gianthand8130]

Fair enough.

[@la2toronto789]

Was better in person, good racing usually means boring races. Byron had a great race day..

[@Dupontman627]

Byron and Bell gave me childhood memories of Gordon and Stewart in both numbers

[@Unavaiable]

Neither one has any sort of personality

[@JimmyHines-uc8li]

Another badass driver in that Hendrick 24 car baby!!!

[@ChicagoStreetCourseFan]

What A Fun Race

[@roberthevern6169]

Harvick is soo good! I shouln't be surprised! He and Jr just bought the Cars Tour!!

[@abcjelly]

nascar racing on road course race tracks is funny 😄

[@mike_p941]

anybody but the 11 or 54 👍👍

[@tvtheroracer]

@@LiviaDunnGibbs isn’t that bad anymore, he’s hated for dumping his teammate at Martinsville for the win a couple years ago, Hamlin’s understandable though

[@LiviaDunn]

@@tvtheroracer Oh

[@LiviaDunn]

@@tvtheroracer Thank you for letting me know. I was just confused

[@tvtheroracer]

@@LiviaDunn np

[@Spanner249]

COTA is a fun track

[@gianthand8130]

Find it odd that Kamui Kobayashi only ran two races. And the two races, Rocky Stenhouse got involved.

[@masonpyle3182]

If ur not meant to drive on it then make it gravel

[@spencerb311]

Spinhouse confirmed racist?

[@robertparker6654]

Wrecky Spinhouse , I hate it when he's near any driver I like.

[@Brett_Trego]

Wrecky Stenhouse

[@roberthevern6169]

I wonder if the 'Melon Man' has ever had a seed spitting contest? Pretty sure I could take him!!!

[@jaseysmith1629]

Byron is a beast I mean he didn’t have the fastest car but what a wheel man!

[@smardongaming]

ken got that from living too close to Canada 😂😂

[@SteveZilliox-vq9xp]

Fourteen of my favorite drivers beat your guy today in Cup.

[@ray.shoesmith]

So the 'track' at COTA is actually more of a suggested line?

[@CorrosionFn]

They don’t have enough downforce to take turns at high speeds they would need to slow way down

[@wiffgam15]

I was there very cool

[@vijilant]

I don't feel like the NASCAR commentators really understand the dynamics of circuit racing all that well. Comparing this to the commentary on a v8 supercars race for example. On the other hand I really like the stages. It's the same effect as a safety car, and those are always good. I think they need to firm up the rules on track limits though. Even on the esses the officiating is random.

[@TheTopGun920]

The cars seemed slow. Did they knock down the horsepower again?!?

[@robertparker6654]

Only on the Fords it seems.

[@satyawattiesingh1511]

Nascar must be kicking themselves in the butt putting all these road courses in their schedule thinking that their favorite driver was going to be the road course king, but chase Elliott has not won these types of races in a long time. Kyle Larson has definitely spooked him since joining Hendricks. My congratulations to willie b on a great win.

[@jasonsacchi]

Not a single caution flag is out.

[@moparedtn]

Billy Byron and Chris Bell - at least, that's what they'd have been called back before these days of everyone insisting on using full given names.

[@buttorr]

they be racing in Houston with these track limits

[@laktosefrei]

I miss races without stages 😢

[@Joe-em3iw]

Judge Judy says kerfuffle

[@roberthevern6169]

Chase Elliott: I coulda been snowboarding at Vail, instead, I'm gettin' spun out by some yaywho!!

[@munafo13]

Glad I went hiking today…

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

Glad I watched paint drying today...

[@TowMater603]

Byron is not my 1st choice , but as long as Hendrick wins that is all that matters.

[@tvtheroracer]

I wanted bowman to win so bad

[@adriananderson76]

Next Time On NASCAR Cup Series 2024! Episode 8: " The Virginia Is For Richmond; Can A Hometown Hero Can Pull It Off For The Win?!"

[@pepsiguy52883]

Fox always has a hard on for Toyota when a Chevy dominated this race

[@shiftygirl6434]

Good, esp the last laps, but also boring? No battles, no awesome passes, just cars spinning out. Or maybe too hyped after that xfinity race

[@thejayjoint5713]

I name turn 8 "Tornado".

[@SuperChevy-bg6ip]

I really think that the track limit rule shouldn’t apply when ur car is about to wreck, like wat happened to Elliott, and some more guys all over the week, that is such a bad rule, NASCAR plz fix this for next year.

[@kingofkingsmoonpie4075]

Only limits at the S turns. Could land you a 30 sec penalty 🤔 🙄

[@johnwalker6977]

There is too much talent in the Xfinity Series and I see three seats that should be open next year. Austin Dillon has to face facts that he doesn't have it. It's not just this year, last year as well was awful. Austin Hill would be a great replacement for him. Harrison Burton has never done anything in the Cup series, he barely did anything in the Xfinity series. Many possibilities of who can go in that car next year. Ryan Preece is proving he doesn't belong and the guy he replaced won the Xfinity Championship last year and has a great chance of doing it again this year, the ride should go back to him.

[@milsimgameplays]

This race needs track limits, it just looks ridiculous at this point. Comical that they harp on one turn in the esses, but let them go out miles on every other turn lol

[@thekansasjayhawk3504]

Nascar just doesn't do it for me the way it did back in the late 90s and 2000s. Smh.

[@MrShowbizguy]

Please keep these drivers away from circuit gilles villeneuve

[@RARDingo]

Track limit rules are totally stupid. If you're not good enough to race between the ripple strips for the WHOLE track then what's the point?

[@remaster1981]

You nailed it. Couldn't agree more. If these supposed "best drivers in the world" can't keep it between the lines, they shouldn't be here. It's a joke.

[@MoterSport33]

Whats wrong with you this is nascar stupids

[@matthewkrahn3]

Track is built for F1 cars. These things don't have the downforce to race the track in the limits at a interesting speed ...

[@remaster1981]

@@matthewkrahn3 exactly. I've been saying this for a long time.

[@nickb2049]

not having track limits makes the racing more exciting, it allows them to carry more speed and opens up some more passing opportunities.

[@randyk636]

I thought they decided a while back that even though they are doing (the stupid) stages, they weren’t going to throw the caution for them. Stage racing sucks

[@michaelmiguelicutti2829]

They did last year but it made the road courses too boring. They put cautions back for this year and…still boring. I hate road courses.

[@LiviaDunn]

@@michaelmiguelicutti2829 Just try to find the good

[@la2toronto789]

It’s better to have the stage cautions in road courses…… Let them risk losing their position at the caution it makes it a little more fun…. But Byron was just too good. Race was amazing in person. Had an amazing time.

[@chrislovesky5402]

Why is NASCAR trying to do more and more races like this? The track isn't for these cars and these cars aren't for this track. There are circuits out there that would work, but this isn't one of em. I mean the majority of drivers don't even look forward to these tracks. I've loved NASCAR my whole life but I just don't see how these kind of races are the way forward... maybe I'm just buggin lol

[@P_Camps]

In their current state. I agree. These cars aren't meant for this type of racing. Although... they could fit them with bigger front and rear spoilers for races like these where downforce is needed.

[@ChadamFriedland]

Network team knows it's gonna be a snooze fest from the get go

[@michaelmiguelicutti2829]

It seemed like tire wear was a non factor today. Which is too bad because the extreme tire wear from last week made for great action and racing. Please bring the Bristol tire from last week to Richmond Easter weeked!

[@Jimmy-gg1vs]

Yes it was, fresh tire and worn tire has 3 seconds difference lap speed!!

[@roastum1usa206]

About as an exciting race as watching paint dry on tv!!

[@PoderOsoRojo]

Putting nascar drivers on an actual racetrack and they’re all over the place looking like amateurs.

[@JariVasarainen]

Why doesn't NASCAR respect track limits and dish out penalties for four tires out of bounds? The black part is the track and if all four tires are off, that's a no-brainer.

[@nickb2049]

if it's paved, why not use it?

[@lawception1283]

They use different track limits, and they do dish out penalties; the xfinity race was full of track limit penalties.

[@JariVasarainen]

@@nickb2049 Well, if there are no rules then why not. If the race is classified as unlimited then who cares about the track? I mean, if the track boundaries are not respected then why not race in the desert? Why do you need a track at all if it doesn't mean anything? Like for instance in Green Hell, if you don't respect the track, you will end up crashing to the walls at extreme speeds.

[@nickb2049]

@@JariVasarainen when you say "Green Hell" I assume you mean the Nurburgring? notice on the nordschleife there isn't miles of paved runoff, the limit is the grass and gravel. thats where the limit is for NASCAR when they go to road courses, if a track has lots of pavement before the grass and gravel, they are going to use it.

[@JariVasarainen]

@@LiviaDunn That's the real problem for a spectator, we don't know. If the rules state that something is prohibited, then it should be shown clearly that the driver got the penalty and if that persists, a black flag. I mean as long as there's good safety areas to drive out that's good but what if we are talking about really difficult and dangerous tracks where there are no such safeties around? Who will finish the race, the overconfident one or the humble one, both being equally fast in lap times? Additionally, NASCAR oval races seem nowadays to concentrate on everything else than racing. It's all about beer, snacks and crashes. Not about who overtakes who at the limit of traction.

[@sphinx9517]

So are there no track limits? This looks terrible lol

[@omerbalikci3565]

only in the esses, apart from that you can send it

[@codeforces_hero2409]

NASCAR cars can turn in both sides in the one race?

[@togwilson]

So dumb how they all go off the track and it’s fine

[@davidjohnson2269]

That road course completely sucks.

[@JohnDoes620]

It’s just a bad track for these cars. Better for open wheels

[@horsefly1020]

I wish they would race at road Atlanta. Much better road course.

[@jonbutton3259]

This is an F1 track. Not really well suited for these cars.

[@johnnyporter7655]

Boring race of the year,I wouldn't even want to call it a race

[@Firelight210]

It's is a race if you don't like it don't watch

[@la2toronto789]

lol so you want a wreck fest then? That’s not a race. It was a really good race with no cautions apart from the end of the stages. William was just too good, his car was too good.

[@ELECTRIKDOOM77]

WILLY B WINNING!!!!🏁

[@TheDuck632]

Am I alone in not getting people's love for this. It's boring.

[@LiviaDunn]

It's not for everyone

[@TheDuck632]

@LiviaDunn I know, and I'm not trying to be a butt or make anyone feel like I'm attacking them for what they like. I've never like the road races going back to the 80's

[@LiviaDunn]

@@TheDuck632 You didn't come across that way. I understand 👍

[@grampafpv]

Even the highlights video was boring. Less roadcourse racing please.

[@natureofnow]

Just a bunch of dudes spinning eachother out pretending it’s racing.

[@Firelight210]

Oh, then dale Earnhardt, Ricky rudd rusty Wallace, Richard petty are dudes that love spinning and pretending to race then. Lol

[@Acp3PO]

Guess svg doesn't own nascar.. sheesh