Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, and Kyle Busch collect their thoughts after the NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, where Christopher Bell captured a third straight win in thrilling fashion.

NASCAR’s Cup Series race at Phoenix, the Shriners Children’s 500, came down to the wire. In fact, it was the second-closest finish in the track’s history at the Cup Series level, with Christopher Bell narrowly edging out Denny Hamlin for the win.

The closest NASCAR Cup Series race in the history of the Phoenix Raceway pitted the red-hot Christopher Bell against Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson.

Kyle Larson shares his thoughts after a finish of third in a last-lap battle with Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin at Phoenix.

After winning the previous two races of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series campaign at Atlanta and Circuit of the Americas, a main storyline heading into Phoenix Raceway was Christopher Bell going for three in a row at a track where’s had success in the past, including a win in the 2024 spring race.

Christopher Bell won again Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series. He and the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team made it three straight Cup Series victories by beating out teammate Denny Hamlin in a

Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, led a race-high 105 of 312-scheduled laps and edged teammate Denny Hamlin by 0.049 seconds to notch his third consecutive Cup victory in recent weeks in the desert state.

After starting 11th in the 312-mile race following victories at Atlanta and Circuit of America the previous two weeks, the JGR driver moved toward the front early and remained there most of the