Christopher Bell
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
Through June 21, 2026 · 294 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver — Joe Gibbs Racing
Coverage (6 articles)
Elliott Wins Texas Again. He Said He Didn't Like the Place.
Chase Elliott won his second Texas Cup race Sunday by 0.407 seconds over Denny Hamlin, with a final-restart side-draft push from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman clearing him through Turn 2. Bowman finished P3, Tyler Reddick took P4 on a two-tire stop, and Connor Zilisch quietly logged his best Cup oval finish (P16) in the JRM development car. Hendrick has now won four of the last six Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Dover Hosts the All-Star Race for the First Time. The Format Is the Story.
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time in the event's forty-one-year history this Sunday. The format is three segments, 75 / 75 / 200 laps, with no All-Star Open and a Pit Crew Challenge that doubles as Saturday qualifying. Seventeen drivers are already locked into the 26-driver final segment.
Kyle Busch Wins His Fifth Dover Truck. Dystany Spurlock Took the Green Flag and Made History.
Kyle Busch won his record fifth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Friday, leading 147 of 200 laps in the Spire Motorsports No. 7 Chevrolet and sweeping both stages. The bigger moment came at the green flag: Dystany Spurlock, 34, became the first Black woman ever to start a NASCAR national series race. Kaden Honeycutt rallied from a penalty to finish fourth and protect his Truck Series points lead.
North Wilkesboro Speedway: They Built It Crooked, Left It for Dead, and It's Getting a Points Race Anyway
North Wilkesboro Speedway was built crooked in 1946, hosted Cup races for 49 years, sat abandoned for 26 more, and came back from the dead. On July 19, 2026, it hosts its first points race in 30 years.
The Monster Mile Gets Its Moment: Dover Hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the First Time
Dover Motor Speedway hosts the NASCAR All-Star Race for the first time Sunday, May 17 — the first time in the event's 41-year history the race comes to the Northeast. John Speedway breaks down the full three-day weekend at the Monster Mile.
Michigan's Off-Track Weekend: A YouTuber Doing Double Duty, an F1 Driver Headed to a Navy Base, and a Movie Dropping Friday
Cleetus McFarland pulls double duty as driver and grand marshal Saturday, ex-F1 driver Kevin Magnussen joins Trackhouse PROJECT91 for the inaugural San Diego race, and NASCAR's Navy mini film "Race the Base" drops Friday on Prime Video. Three off-track storylines worth knowing before Michigan.