Race recap
Chase Briscoe holds off Christopher Bell at Chicagoland
How Chase Briscoe won the NASCAR Cup Series at Chicagoland
Chase Briscoe used final-stage strategy to take the lead and beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell by 0.276 seconds in Cup's return to Chicagoland.
The decisive moment
Bell closed during the final laps but his Toyota tightened in Briscoe's dirty air on the last circuit, allowing the No. 19 to keep the winning lane.
What the result means
The victory was Briscoe's first of 2026, his first at Chicagoland and the sixth of his Cup career.
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