NASCAR Green Flag Time Today: When will the 2025 Circuit of the Americas Cup Series race kick off?

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has arrived at Circuit of the Americas for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. The season's third race will be contested by 37 drivers for 95 laps at the 2.356-mile-long road course.

Last year, Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron took the checkered flag at the Circuit of the Americas after beating Christopher Bell. The #24 Chevrolet driver will look to win back-to-back EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix and will start 15th on Sunday’s (March 2) main event.

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What is the green flag time for the NASCAR race today?

The green flag for the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at COTA is set to wave at 3:49 pm ET on Sunday.

The live-action of the road course event can be viewed on FOX and MAX, while radio coverage will be available at PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio in the United States.

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Tyler Reddick is on the pole for the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at COTA

23XI Racing driver and 2023 COTA winner Tyler Reddick took the early upper hand by winning the pole to lead the field to the green flag for Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. He scored the pole with a time of 98.076 and a speed of 88.095 mph during Saturday's qualifying session.

His teammate Bubba Wallace will start alongside him in the front row on Sunday (March 2).

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NASCAR EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix starting lineup:

Here's the NASCAR Cup Series COTA lineup:

1. #45 - Tyler Reddick
2. #23 - Bubba Wallace
3. #9 - Chase Elliott
4. #77 - Carson Hocevar
5. #99 - Daniel Suarez
6. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen #
7. #5 - Kyle Larson
8. #8 - Kyle Busch
9. #1 - Ross Chastain
10. #34 - Todd Gilliland
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin
12. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
13. #54 - Ty Gibbs
14. #87 - Connor Zilisch * (i)
15. #24 - William Byron
16. #71 - Michael McDowell
17. #4 - Noah Gragson
18. #19 - Chase Briscoe
19. #20 - Christopher Bell
20. #38 - Zane Smith
21. #48 - Alex Bowman
22. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
23. #22 - Joey Logano
24. #17 - Chris Buescher
25. #12 - Ryan Blaney
26. #6 - Brad Keselowski
27. #3 - Austin Dillon
28. #60 - Ryan Preece
29. #7 - Justin Haley
30. #41 - Cole Custer
31. #35 - Riley Herbst #
32. #43 - Erik Jones
33. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
34. #10 - Ty Dillon
35. #21 - Josh Berry
36. #2 - Austin Cindric
37. #51 - Cody Ware