For A Few Laps at Pocono, Christopher Bell Had NASCAR’s Best Bad Idea
Christopher Bell and the No. 20 team rolled the fuel-strategy dice and for one glorious stretch at Pocono looked like the smartest people in the garage.
Christopher Bell and the No. 20 team rolled the fuel-strategy dice and for one glorious stretch at Pocono looked like the smartest people in the garage.
Reddick charged late and salvaged a runner-up. But Denny Hamlin took the trophy and another bite out of the standings.
Three straight wins have turned NASCAR’s old man into its newest problem.
They were racing for position until the track decided to remind everyone what 200 mph really looks like when it all goes wrong.
Sent to the rear before the green flag, Denny Hamlin charged through a record 11-caution Michigan race and won by more than 11 seconds for his third victory of 2026.
A day that began with a stage victory and championship momentum ended in smoke, wrecked sheet metal, and Tyler Reddick’s first DNF of 2026.
Connor Zilisch is learning valuable lessons.
Denny Hamlin overcame a penalty, survived 11 cautions and outlasted a night of exploding brake rotors and battered race cars to win NASCAR’s wildest race of the season.
Bubba Wallace’s third DNF of the season came after another wreck he didn’t start, but that may not stop him from becoming the target of criticism once again.
Trackhouse couldn’t catch a break—sorry—a brake, Sunday night.