ROT Rally returns for 2021 event at COTA The 2020 ROT Rally was cancelled due to COVID-19. The 2021 event will be held at the Circuit of the Americas instead of the Travis County Expo Center. Author: Paul Livengood Updated: 10:10 AM CDT June 9, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: The video published above is from the ROT Rally 2019 event. According to the ROT Rally website, county officials informed event organizers that they could not hold the 2021 event at the Expo Center as it was being used as a COVID-19 vaccine distribution center. Organizers then worked to find a new location, securing COTA as the site for the 2021 event.