DARLINGTON, S.C. — Christopher Bell is finally second-to-none this season.
Bell’s crazy, frustrating season of seven second-place finishes without a victory at last came to an end with a win at the Southern 500 on Sunday night.
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The Joe Gibbs Racing driver passed defending NASCAR champion Kyle Larson with 18 laps left at Darlington Raceway and held on to win the Chase-opening race and break a winless stretch of 33 races dating to Bristol last September.
“Darlington is the epitome of NASCAR,” Bell said. “This is better than a dream come true.”
It was his first win in 15 career Cup races at Darlington and pushed him into second...
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