Toyota left Darlington Raceway on Sunday night looking less like a manufacturer in good form and more like one tightening its grip on the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Christopher Bell won the Cook Out Southern 500 to break through a maddening runner-up streak and reassert himself as a championship heavyweight. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs finished second as he continues to show why he’s a serious title threat. Daytona 500 winner and 23XI Racing ally Tyler Reddick came home third, washing away a summer of squalor to remind us all who he is. And when the points were sorted afterward, season standout Denny Hamlin still led the standings...
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