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Christopher Bell Sits Third in Points After Quiet Third-Place Finish
Although Christopher Bell has not been as dominant as in previous years, he's having arguably his most consistent season with a series-best 11.4 average finish. Those trends continued in yesterday's race at Las Vegas as he never led in a race where his teammate Chase Briscoe won the pole and his other teammate Denny Hamlin won the race while he finished third, but he consistently ran in the to ten for nearly the entire race and his average running position of 7th was not much worse than Hamlin or Briscoe's. Bell has arguably been a little too complacent this year in going for consistency over wins in a championship format where he will likely need to win at Phoenix to win the championship. However, he's definitely had a knack for clutch victories when he has a significant opportunity to win. Because he had no bad luck while other drivers did, he sits third in points, 20 ahead of William Byror for the final transfer spot in the Championship Round. With no bad luck (which is definitely a questionable thing to say entering Talladega), he should likely advance but it's by no means guaranteed.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference
