With five laps left and common sense politely excused from the building, Shane van Gisbergen dove four-wide into Turn 1 at Circuit of the Americas and turned a restart into a coronation.
The inaugural downtown throwdown for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at St. Petersburg had everything: sunshine, concrete walls and a fuel light blinking like a cheap motel sign.
NASCAR TV THIS WEEK
Saturday, February 28
– NCS Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, PRN, SiriusXM at 10 a.m. ET)
– NCTS Race: OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 at St. Petersburg (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 12 p.m. ET)
– NOAPS Race: Focused Health 250 (The CW, PRN, SiriusXM at 3 p.m. ET) Sunday, March 1
– NCS Race: DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne (FOX, PRN, SiriusXM at 3:30 p.m. ET)
DuraMax Grand Prix
Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX
Date: Sunday, March 1, 2026 TV: FOX Green Flag: 3:30 PM ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM Laps: 95 Miles: 225 Track: 2.400 mile road course 2024 Winner: Christopher Bell
Winner: Tyler Reddick Average Speed of Race Winner: 117.865 MPH Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 32 Mins, 27 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.164 Seconds Caution Flags: 10 for 67 laps Lead Changes: 57 among 14 drivers Stage 1 Top 10: 2,23,5,24,9,45,8,22,88,12 Stage 2 Top 10: 23,24,19,45,9,77,60,12,6,1 Fastest Lap: #41 lap 246/29.715