Coca-Cola 600 Christopher Bell lands victory
Coca-Cola 600 Christopher Bell lands victory
In the 14th NASCAR Cup Series race of the season, the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led a race-high 90 laps and won the second stage.
After Corey LaJoie spun in Turn 2 on Lap 229, Bell managed to hold off Darlington winner Brad Keselowski during a 10-lap run, which proved to be the pivotal moment in the Memorial Day Weekend race.
Bell and Keselowski lined up side by side at the head of the field for the subsequent Lap 236 restart. Bell prevailed, racing out to a lead of almost six car lengths before NASCAR issued the seventh caution due to lightning in the area.
Heavy rain followed the lightning, and although NASCAR made an effort to dry the track as soon as the storm stopped, high humidity made it difficult to do so on time. Consequently, Bell won his eighth race of his career and his second of the season—his first on the 1.5-mile Charlotte oval.
Coca-Cola 600 Christopher Bell lands victory
Bell, who had placed outside the top 10 in five of his previous six races, was relieved to get the victory.
Bell remarked, “Man, it feels so good—to win or lose—just to have a great race to start with.” “An event in which we lead laps. We managed to overtake vehicles. There were occasions when we fell behind and managed to catch up.
Keselowski believed he had the fastest vehicle, as he finished third for the third time this season.
The driver of the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford, who kept pressure on Bell throughout the last 10-lap run until the weather intervened, stated, “We just didn’t have time for it to play out.”
William Byron, the winner of the first stage, finished third behind Keselowski and Bell. Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin came in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Ty Gibbs, the winner of the pole, led 74 laps, including the first 42 of the race, and came in sixth. Chase Elliott placed seventh, ahead of Josh Berry, Alex Bowman, Ross Chastain, and Chase Elliott.
Coca-Cola 600 Christopher Bell lands victory
Just before inclement weather prompted the stoppage, Kyle Larson arrived to Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he had finished eighteenth in his Indianapolis 500 debut. Rain caused the Indianapolis 500 to be postponed, so Justin Allgaier started the race at Charlotte, and Larson planned to take over his No. 5 Chevrolet.
When the race was called, Allgaier was in 13th place, and Larson was never given the opportunity to take the wheel.
After 143 laps, the defending race winner and current series champion Ryan Blaney pulled out of the competition after slamming into the outside wall in the second stage.
We need to check to see if I struck anything or I’m not sure,” Blaney remarked. “I just accelerated into Turn 3 and punctured a tire, colliding with the fence.” Our night comes to a terrible end. That is awful.
“We just want to work on your things all night and we’re not even halfway there. I didn’t get a shot, but I believed we were making some progress here and there.
The Enjoy Illinois 300, the next race in the Cup Series, will take place at World Wide Technology Raceway on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN Radio, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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