Christopher Bell snapped a 33-race winless streak, claiming his first victory of the year in Sunday night’s Cook Out Southern 500, coming after a record-breaking mark of seven runner-up efforts on the season. And the timing of his trophy hoist could not have been better for the perpetual championship contender.Bell’s...

Short on fuel in the late going, but with no dearth of tenacity, Preece won Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway in overtime to force his way into the NASCAR Cup Series Chase.

And at the end of the final green-flag run on Sunday night at Darlington Raceway, Chase Briscoe was a back-to-back winner and a guaranteed participant in the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.