Goodyear Tire Test Day at Circuit of the Americas

COTA has been the home for Formula 1 and MotoGP races and on May 23 the track will host its first NASCAR race.

AUSTIN, Texas - The Circuit of the Americas (COTA) has been the home for Formula 1 and MotoGP races and on May 23 the track will host its first NASCAR race. That's still a couple of months away but it all feels a bit more real now after Goodyear Tire Test Day.

The event was held in preparation for the upcoming EchoPark Automotive Texas Grand Prix.

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Drivers Bard Kaeslowski, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex took spins around the track for what will be a road course race, which as NASCAR fans know, can be far different and maybe a little more entertaining than oval track races.