Christopher Bell took home the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix on Sunday; it's the first time in two years someone has won two consecutive races.
Reddick won his 10th career pole (and second at COTA) with a lap of 88.095 mph. He led a 23XI Racing sweep of the front row. Bubba Wallace qualified second, his best starting spot in 33 career road course events. Wallace qualified at 87.894 mph.
Christopher Bell passed Kyle Busch with five laps to go, then held off Daytona 500 winner William Byron to win NASCAR’s first road course race of the season at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday. Bell raced to his second consecutive victory after an overtime win in Atlanta a week ago.
Alongside Reddick on the front row will be his 23XI teammate, Bubba Wallace, who ended qualifying with a career-best effort of 2nd. Wallace ran directly behind Reddick on his run in what amounted to a tag team effort to lock out the front row.
A week after being awarded a caution-timed victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Christopher Bell earned a hard-fought raw victory in the fifth annual running of the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin,
Once Bell cleared Busch, the Oklahoma drover had to make a desperate bid to keep his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in front of hard-charging Byron in his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and 2023 race winner Tyler Reddick of 23X1 Racing's Toyota. Bell is a ...