[autotag]Christopher Bell[/autotag] won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and clearly had the best car. Bell won Stage 2 and would’ve won Stage 1 without a late caution. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was also leading in the Final Stage; however, a spin by Ty Gibbs came at a bad time with the fuel window shorter than the amount of laps remaining.
In the final green-flag run, Bell and all of the leaders came down pit road; however, Joey Logano stayed out and tried to do the unthinkable. Well, Logano found a way as Bell charged from 20-plus seconds back to within one second on the final lap. With one more lap, Bell would’ve blown by Logano to clinch a spot in the Championship 4.
Below, you can listen to Bell’s radio in the moment he came up short of winning at Las Vegas. The driver of the No. 20 car was very upset, and couldn’t believe he was one lap away from winning.
They did all they could do. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/0ei2yKqxS1
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 20, 2024
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