Chase Briscoe edged teammate Christopher Bell by 0.029 seconds to win the 400‑mile NASCAR Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, pushing the event into the season’s tightest finish.
The narrow gap ranked Briscoe’s victory as the second‑tallest close finish in the track’s Cup history, only trailing the 0.027‑second duel between Jimmie Johnson and Bobby Labonte in the 2005 Coke 600.
Driver results and standings
Ryan Blaney secured third for Ford, followed by Josh Berry in fourth and Denny Hamlin fifth. Kyle Larson, a Chase mainstay, slipped outside the top five for the first time in the season, de‑ranking to sixth while still retaining a points advantage. Former Roval champion Shane van Gisbergen, victor of last year’s oval‑style race, finished seventh.
Race statistics
The sprint saw six caution stands covering 33 laps, with eleven lead exchanges among just five drivers.
Larson led the most laps at 97, with Bell close behind at 93. Briscoe followed with 62, Wallace added 11 and Blaney drove pivotal four.
Four drivers retired due to crashes, yet 27 of the 39 starters completed all 400 miles on the lead lap.
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