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Christopher Bell is the 14th New Hampshire winner of the year

Christopher Bell earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season with a late surge to the front, shaking up the playoff picture on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Christopher Bell is the 14th New Hampshire winner of the year

Christopher Bell earned his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season with a late surge to the front, shaking up the playoff picture Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota car overtook the No. 9 Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and set the pace for the final 42 laps of 301 in the "Ambetter 301." It is Bell's second career win.

Elliott led 13 laps and came home second, 5s767 seconds behind at the checkered flag. Bubba Wallace finished third with pole Martin Truex Jr. fourth and Kevin Harvick taking the final spot in the top five.

Truex won the first two stages, leading 160 of the first 185 laps, but his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota got bogged down in traffic after a pit stop on the final stage. He led 172 laps in total, but was taken to the playoff bubble by Bell, who became the 14th winner this season.

A multi-car accident left four drivers out with only four laps complete, knocking out Alex Bowman, Ty Dillon, Josh Bilicki and BJ McLeod. The green flag was delayed about 20 minutes because of mid-afternoon rain and lightning in the area.

Race standings:

POSPILOTCARBRANDLAPSGRIDPOINTSBONUSPENALTY KICK
1Christopher Bell20Toyota301504770
2Chase Elliott9Chevrolet3012050150
3Bubba Wallace23Toyota3014044100
4Martin Truex Jr.19Toyota3011053200
5Kevin Harvick4Ford30110046140
6Denny Hamlin11Toyota3011403210
7Brad Keselowski6Ford301903000
8Ross Chastain1Chevrolet3011802900
9Daniel Suarez99Chevrolet3011902800
10Kurt Busch45Toyota301303690
11William Byron24Chevrolet301602600
12Kyle Busch18Toyota3011702500
13Austin Cindric2Ford3012802400
14Kyle Larson5Chevrolet301802300
15Chase Briscoe14Ford3012902200
16AJ Allmendinger16Chevrolet301200000
17Chris Buescher17Ford3011602000
18Ryan Blaney12Ford3011101900
19Erik Jones43Chevrolet3012201800
20Justin Haley31Chevrolet3012501700
21Tyler Reddick8Chevrolet3011301600
22Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47Chevrolet3012401500
23Austin Dillon3Chevrolet3013001400
24Joey Logano22Ford3011201300
25Todd Gilliland38Ford3012601200
26Harrison Burton21Ford3013101100
27Cole Custer41Ford3012301000
28Michael McDowell34Ford301150900
29J.J. Yeley15Ford301330000
30Cody Ware51Ford301360700
31Aric Almirola10Ford30170600
32Corey LaJoie7Chevrolet301210500
33Ty Dillon42Chevrolet301350400
34Josh Bilicki77Chevrolet301340000
35Alex Bowman48Chevrolet301270200
36B.J. McLeod78Ford301320000