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Christopher Bell Finishes as the Runner-Up in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte
Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing finished as the runner-up in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bell started the race from 17th and was improving to a top-10 running position until midway through the stage, when he had an equipment interference penalty on pit road. The No. 20 Toyota driver could not recover from this penalty in the first stage and ended up 31st without any stage points. In the second stage, Bell made his recovery and took advantage of pitting late into the stage for fresher tires than the leaders. This allowed him to make it back up to sixth by the end of the stage for his first batch of stage points. Bell repeated the strategy in the third stage, and it paid off even more, as he went on to win the third stage by passing his teammate Denny Hamlin a few laps before the end of the stage. In the final stage, Bell continued to run inside the top five through most of the stage, but failed to take the lead from Daniel Suarez in the closing laps before the race was called early due to weather. Bell ended up in second for his best finish of the season and now moves to eighth in the regular season standings after 13 Cup races.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com
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