Christopher Bell made it a clean sweep for Joe Gibbs Racing in the first three races of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
Bell surged to victory Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, taking the checkered flag after a blistering restart with four laps remaining in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race . Bell joined teammates Chase Briscoe, who won the playoff opener at Darlington Raceway, and Denny Hamlin, who won last weekend at World Wide Technology Raceway, in the Round of 12 of the NASCAR playoffs.
Bell took the lead in Turn 2 of the restart from Carson Hocevar and held off a hard charge from RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski on the final lap to earn his first career victory at Bristol and his fourth of the 2025 season. Bell edged Keselowski by 0.343 seconds.
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