Connor Zilisch is on the pole for Saturday's Focused Health 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Zilisch led Friday's practice by a half-second over second place Jesse Love,

After two weeks at high-speed Daytona and Atlanta, NASCAR goes to the tricky road course in Austin (COTA) for something completely different.

The 20-turn, 2.4-mile layout will shorten the track's traditional circuit (which is used for Formula One) by about a mile and shave roughly a minute off lap times.The shorter track length also will allow for more laps as the race will be increased to 95 laps after a 65-lap distance from 2021-24.