20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to pit road for tires. What had been an orderly race for 103 laps descended into chaos after NASCAR called the third caution of the race on for debris in Turn 6, ending a 50-lap green-flag run. (Crew chief) Johnny (Klausmeier) pumped them way up to qualifying pressures, let me go attack, have the ball in my hands.” We had so much fresher tires than anybody. I saw the 2 (Cindric) wreck, I thought maybe there’s still a chance. “I had no idea we were even going to have a shot (on the final restart). Crazy at the end of these races, especially the road-course races, how much can change so quickly.
Still, I thought we had a really good shot of making it in. To be easily in, then that debris caution comes out (on Lap 104). “It took every bit of it there at the end. “Yeah, man, what a wild day,” Briscoe said. 99 Chevrolet after his power steering failed during the third stage and came home 36th, leaving him nine points behind Briscoe for the final transfer spot.īriscoe restarted outside the top 20 on Lap 111 and took advantage of Cindric‘s spin, his own aggression and a block from Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Cole Custer, who held up cars Briscoe needed to pass on the final lap. Cindric spun entering the backstretch chicane after the final restart on Lap 111 and finished 21st, missing the Round of 8 by 13 points. I let the team down a number of times this year, and let them down in a big way today.”Īustin Cindric and Daniel Suárez also suffered elimination. Ultimately cost us an opportunity to go chase another championship. “I just made way too many mistakes all year long,” Larson said. We rolled the dice, gambled, and it paid off for us.”Ī chagrined Larson blamed himself for his ouster. We obviously weren’t in position to win (before taking tires). No secret that road courses have not been our strength this year. “I keep watching all these races where the fastest car doesn’t always win.
“Man, you‘ve just got to be there at the end of these things,” said Bell, who entered the race 45 points below the cut line for the Round of 8. After spinning in the backstretch chicane on Lap 107, Chase Briscoe recovered to finish ninth on fresh tires and grabbed the eighth and final berth in the Round of 8 by the two-point margin over Larson.īell didn‘t have the fastest car on Sunday, but he and crew chief Adam Stevens took advantage of two late cautions to make the winning move. Larson finished five laps down in 35th and was ousted from the playoffs by two points. RELATED: Official results | At-track photos 5 Chevrolet to pit road on Lap 98 after hitting the wall and breaking the right-rear toe link on his car.
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With the victory, Bell transferred to the Round of 8 and simultaneously eliminated reigning series champion Kyle Larson, who brought his No. On fresh tires, thanks to a strategic pit stop under caution on Lap 105, Bell passed Kevin Harvick to the outside through Turns 1 and 2 after a restart on Lap 111 and pulled away to win Sunday‘s Bank of America Roval 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course. In a turn of events that bordered on the unbelievable, Christopher Bell found his only path to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Christopher Bell nets clutch, playoff-saving victory at Charlotte RovalĬONCORD, N.C.
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