Christopher Bell Advances to Round of 8 With Charlotte ROVAL Win
Christopher Bell entered Sunday’s race in a nearly must-win scenario to advance in the NASCAR Cup playoffs, and used pit strategy and late-race chaos to go to victory lane.
Christopher Bell entered Sunday’s race in a nearly must-win scenario to advance in the NASCAR Cup playoffs, and used pit strategy and late-race chaos to go to victory lane.
Joey Logano earned his 25th career NASCAR Cup Series pole at the Charlotte ROVAL.
The team will still have Stephen Doran as its crew chief this weekend.
The National Motorsports Panel of Appeals heard Hendrick Motorsports’ appeal and amended the penalty given to William Byron following his on-track actions at Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR announced Oct. 6. Byron was originally fined $50,000 and docked 25 driver and owner points for aggressive driving at Texas, after he retaliated on Denny Hamlin for an …
Kevin Harvick will lose his crew chief for four races, should the team not appeal.
Justin Haley will also return in the No. 31 in the Cup Series.
Noah Gragson will fill in for Alex Bowman again.
Ware is still recovering from a crash at Texas.
Thirty-nine cars are entered for the Round of 12 finale, with one driver — Conor Daly — making his series debut.
Michael McDowell’s third-place finish at Talladega Superspeedway continued a career season for the Front Row Motorsports driver.
A last-lap move from Chase Elliott sent him past the dominant Ryan Blaney, to the win and to a Round of Eight berth at Talladega Superspeedway.
Noah Gragson will fill in.
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