NASCAR Cup Series
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Sep 12, 2025
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Christopher Bell capitalized on a late caution and held off Brad Keselowski to win the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night.
With fresh tires at his disposal, Bell stormed to the lead on a lap 497 restart. Then, Bell maintained the top spot despite contact from Keselowski in the final corner of the race.
With the win, Bell now has four wins in the NASCAR Cup Series this season and 13 in his career.
Keselowski finished second, followed by Zane Smith, Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano.
The Bass Pro Shops Night Race marked the final race in the Round of 16 for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Bell's win gave Joe Gibbs Racing a sweep of the round, as Chase Briscoe won the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and Denny Hamlin won at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, Shane van Gisbergen and Josh Berry were eliminated from championship contention in the cutoff race.
The Round of 12 continues next Sunday, September 21 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the Mobil 1 301. Coverage of the event will be on USA Network, the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
-Photo credit: Lesley Ann Miller, Lumen Digital Agency for Toyota Gazoo Racing
Fin | No | Driver | Laps | Delta |
1 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | 500 | --- |
2 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 500 | 0.343 |
3 | 38 | * Zane Smith | 500 | 1.522 |
4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 500 | 2.622 |
5 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 500 | 2.716 |
6 | 67 | * Corey Heim(i) | 500 | 2.823 |
7 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 500 | 3.240 |
8 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | 500 | 3.514 |
9 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | 500 | 4.953 |
10 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 500 | 5.054 |
11 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 500 | 6.568 |
12 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 500 | 7.867 |
13 | 7 | Justin Haley | 500 | 12.365 |
14 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 499 | 1 lap |
15 | 45 | * Tyler Reddick (P) | 499 | 1 lap |
16 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 499 | 1 lap |
17 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 499 | 1 lap |
18 | 35 | * Riley Herbst # | 499 | 1 lap |
19 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | 499 | 1 lap |
20 | 43 | Erik Jones | 499 | 1 lap |
21 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 499 | 1 lap |
22 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 499 | 1 lap |
23 | 4 | * Noah Gragson | 498 | 2 laps |
24 | 34 | * Todd Gilliland | 498 | 2 laps |
25 | 33 | * Austin Hill(i) | 497 | 3 laps |
26 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen # (P) | 497 | 3 laps |
27 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 497 | 3 laps |
28 | 3 | Austin Dillon (P) | 496 | 4 laps |
29 | 51 | Cody Ware | 496 | 4 laps |
30 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | 496 | 4 laps |
31 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | 495 | 5 laps |
32 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 495 | 5 laps |
33 | 41 | Cole Custer | 488 | 12 laps |
34 | 23 | * Bubba Wallace (P) | 487 | OUT |
35 | 66 | * Chad Finchum | 458 | OUT |
36 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 408 | OUT |
37 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 364 | OUT |
38 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | 311 | OUT |
39 | 21 | Josh Berry (P) | 75 | OUT |