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 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:
POS | PILOT | CAR | BRAND | LAPS | GRID | POINTS | BONUS | PENALTY KICK | |
1 | Christopher Bell | 20 | Toyota | 301 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 0 |
2 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Chevrolet | 301 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 15 | 0 |
3 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | Toyota | 301 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 10 | 0 |
4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | Toyota | 301 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 20 | 0 |
5 | Kevin Harvick | 4 | Ford | 301 | 10 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 0 |
6 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 301 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | Ford | 301 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Ross Chastain | 1 | Chevrolet | 301 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Daniel Suarez | 99 | Chevrolet | 301 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Kurt Busch | 45 | Toyota | 301 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 0 |
11 | William Byron | 24 | Chevrolet | 301 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 301 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Austin Cindric | 2 | Ford | 301 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Kyle Larson | 5 | Chevrolet | 301 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Chase Briscoe | 14 | Ford | 301 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
16 | AJ Allmendinger | 16 | Chevrolet | 301 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Chris Buescher | 17 | Ford | 301 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | Ford | 301 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Erik Jones | 43 | Chevrolet | 301 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Justin Haley | 31 | Chevrolet | 301 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Tyler Reddick | 8 | Chevrolet | 301 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 | Chevrolet | 301 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Chevrolet | 301 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 301 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Todd Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 301 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Harrison Burton | 21 | Ford | 301 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Cole Custer | 41 | Ford | 301 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Michael McDowell | 34 | Ford | 301 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
29 | J.J. Yeley | 15 | Ford | 301 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Cody Ware | 51 | Ford | 301 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Aric Almirola | 10 | Ford | 301 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | Chevrolet | 301 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Ty Dillon | 42 | Chevrolet | 301 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Josh Bilicki | 77 | Chevrolet | 301 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Alex Bowman | 48 | Chevrolet | 301 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
36 | B.J. McLeod | 78 | Ford | 301 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |