Bell makes late charge for lead and holds off Byron at COTA for 2nd straight NASCAR victory

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. 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.

Kyle Busch’s victory bid fades with fifth-place finish at COTA

Kyle Busch\\\"s strong bid to end a nearly two-year dry spell in the NASCAR Cup Series ended with a fifth-place finish in Sunday\\\"s race at Circuit of The Americas. Busch led a race-best 42 of the 95 laps in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, but his No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet faded down the […]

Connor Zilisch bounces back, wins Xfinity Series race at COTA

After recovering from a penalty early in the race and surviving a right-front tire rub from contact with Corey Heim on a late-race restart, Connor Zilisch was victorious in Saturday\\\"s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Circuit of The Americas. Zilisch led 26 laps in the Focused Health 250, earning his second career win in the […]