Christopher Bell held off Austin Cindric to win the NASCAR Cup race at the Daytona road course on Sunday.
Hamlin had powered to the lead with five of 60 laps to go but Bell had made his way to second at the start of the final lap. As the duo entered Turns 3 and 4, Bell first dove low, then high to get around Hamlin and held off Austin Cindric by 0.113 seconds for the win. “It feels good,” said Bell . “These (superspeedway) races, I don’t know what to make of them. I’ve always said these races are 100 percent luck and I know that’s not true.
But it seems like we’ve struggled to get to the end of it and I’ve been a common denominator in a lot of wrecks. “It feels good to do everything right today.” Hamlin ended up third, John Hunter Nemechek was fourth and Harrison Burton rounded out the top five. Kaz Grala, driving a third entry for Front Row Motorsports, rallied on the final lap to pass B.J. McLeod and claim the final spot in the field for Sunday’s 500. Completing the top-10 were Zane Smith, who recovered from a pit road speeding penalty, Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Chase Briscoe and Justin Hale
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