As one of the more consistent winless drivers in the Cup Series this season, Christopher Bell had entered Sunday’s race at New Hampshire with the final spot on the playoff grid via points and fighting to keep it. And thanks to the fight he showed, Bell doesn’t need to worry about points anymore.
After taking the lead from Chase Elliott with 42 laps to go, Bell drove away over the final green flag run to win the Ambetter 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, scoring his first win of 2022 and the second win of his career. Bell had yet to win since the second race of the 2021 season at the Daytona International Speedway Road Course.
Bell now becomes the 14th different driver to win a race in the first 20 races of the season, leaving now just two spots available in the NASCAR playoffs on points.
Ambetter 301 unofficial results
- #20 – Christopher Bell
- #9 – Chase Elliott
- #23 – Bubba Wallace
- #19 – Martin Truex Jr.
- #4 – Kevin Harvick
- #11 – Denny Hamlin
- #6 – Brad Keselowski
- #1 – Ross Chastain
- #99 – Daniel Suarez
- #45 – Kurt Busch