Kyle Larson edged Christopher Bell at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway finish line to become the first driver locked into NASCAR’s championship race. The 2021 Cup champion earned the first of four spots in the Nov. 5 title-deciding finale with his win Sunday.
Drivers make pit stops during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in Las Vegas. Christopher Bell leads drivers into Turn One during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in Las Vegas. Drivers make pit stops during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in Las Vegas. Drivers make pit stops during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in Las Vegas.
But he made a run at Larson over the final handful of laps, closing the gap each time by the flagstand. As they closed in on the checkered flag, Bell gave it one furious push inside of Larson but couldn’t beat Larson to the line. “I could see him coming in my mirror, for sure,” Larson said of Bell’s closing rate. “Luckily, Christopher has always raced me clean. It could have gotten crazy there coming to the start/finish line.”“I don’t know what else I could have done,” a dejected Bell said. “I feel like that was my moment. That was my moment to make the final four and didn’t capture it. It would have been nice to lock in.”
The next five spots went to playoff drivers as Ryan Blaney was sixth in a Ford from Team Penske, and followed by Larson teammate William Byron, Tyler Reddick in a Toyota for 23XI Racing, JGR drivers Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin. Chris Buescher, in a Ford for RFK Racing, was the lowest-finishing playoff driver in 11th.
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