Christopher Bell made history as the first NASCAR Cup Series driver to win three consecutive races in the Next Gen era. A tight 0.049-second margin separated Bell from Denny Hamlin at the Phoenix finish line — it was the second-closest finish in the track’s history.

Bell’s 12th career victory and his second straight in the Phoenix spring race came by a mere 0.049-second, making it the second closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history at the one-mile track. It also made the Oklahoma native the first driver to win three consecutive races in the current Cup car since it was introduced in 2022.

The NASCAR Cup Series season is four races old and Christopher Bell has already accomplished something no Cup driver has done in five seasons. Bell won his third straight race of 2025 when he beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin in a two-lap sprint to the finish.

Bell's win didn't come easy in the closing moments as a series of late race cautions set up multiple restarts and Bell defending against his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin. Joe Gibbs would earn its first 1-2 of the season with Bell and Hamlin.

Christopher Bell took the lead with six laps left and went on to win Sunday’s Cup race at Circuit of the Americas. Bell becomes the first driver since Kevin Harvick in 2018 to win two of the first three races of the season. Tyler Reddick placed third and was followed by Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch, who led a race-high 42 laps.

Kevin Harvick, Kaitlyn Vincie, and Mamba Smith break down all the action from Circuit of the Americas, including Christopher Bell’s second straight Cup Series victory and his battle with Kyle Busch and William Byron.

Christopher Bell won at Atlanta and on a road course in Austin in consecutive weeks. He's looking to get another checkered flag this weekend.