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Christopher Bell passed Kyle Larson on the last round to win overtime on Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The yellow flag flew with Bell just in front of Carson Hocevar, who had a best second place before Larson before Larson.
Bell, 30, set his first win on a Superspeedway (Atlanta, Daytona and Talladega) in his 28th start on such types of tracks.
It was the tenth career victory in the cup for the no. 20 Toyota Driver, which only led the final round on the 1.54 mile oval-the last of 15 leaders responsible for an lead of the track record.
“I’ll tell you what, there’s just what you dream about, to restart a green-white controlled on a highway on the first or second row,” Bell told Fox’s Jamie Little. “You never know how these things are going to play, but I’ll be the first one to tell you, I like Superspeedway.
That’s what drivers talked about after Sunday’s Nascar Cup race on Atlanta Motor Speedway.
‘This style of racing has always been some struggle for me, and by the beginning of the day we were of course just on the back. (Crew) Adam (Stevens) and these boys here, they did an incredible job to correct this thing to where I could just hold my foot. That’s what it’s all about. You must be able to stay in the gas speed, and the last half of the race we were at our best. “
With Bell pushing him out of the second row, Larson chose the outside for the last Restart with two rounds and took the lead over Ross Chastain. But Bell first rose to the outside on the outside of Hocevar, which slipped in the middle lane in front of Larson while the final yellow was flying.
“I don’t know what I did wrong or right,” Larson told Fox, which ended a streak of six consecutive races in Atlanta. “I thought that (Bell) might pick me up. He is going to push me and come into (turn) 1 anyway. I think it worked out well. And I just didn’t get the warning to get out late enough until I returned to the inside to the inside (to take the lead). Got a little short, but proud of the effort today. Eventually ends in Atlanta and eventually has to run. “
Ryan Blaney, who fell back from the fall of the 23rd after being flooded by Hocevar with 22 rounds, finished fourth for fourth place, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Was fifth.
Hocevar was confronted by Blaney and eighth place Ross Chastain for animated discussions in which the Cup veterans were issued with the second-year manager for Spire Motorsports.
“I will leave it to myself,” Hocevar said when asked about the discussions by Fox’s Regan Smith. ‘Larson and Hms and Mr. H and everyone apologizes. They helped us a lot, I didn’t realize that we didn’t rush to the line again. The last two nights were kind of the way, and I hit (Bell) to get him out of the way and fill the waist. A little longer, maybe we win the race.
“I usually drive in and run last and try to get a decent finish. For how bad we were with Daytona, it wasn’t driven. There are a few things I need to learn and clean up, but I feel like we’ve put ourselves in the perfect opportunity to try to win a race. I’ve never had the opportunity. Especially on a superspeedway. Just thank you to everyone at Spire Motorsports. They deserve all the praise. I just have to hold the wheel and run open and try to put myself in a decent place. Unfortunately, it was only one place short. “
The race went beyond the distance of 400 miles when Larson Austin Cindric pushed into the Turn 2 wall while taking the lead on the round 258. Cindric spun the track and collected William Byron, which crashed after he was in position was to win after collecting his second consecutive Daytona 500 win last week.
“Not clear. Awesome, ”Cindric said his team sarcastically after the no. 2 Ford stopped.
“(Cindric) got there faster than I thought,” Larson said. “I haven’t seen the repetition yet, but I’m sure it was my fault.”
Phase 1 winner: Josh Berry
Phase 2 winner: Kyle Larson
Next: Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, March 2, 15:30 ET, Fox
