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Christopher Bell's stunning journey to the Cup title race

The third-year Cup driver at Joe Gibbs Racing had started the season getting caught up in a wreck in the Daytona 500 and a week later retired after 94 of 200 laps at Auto Club Speedway in California with engine failure.

After a 10th-place finish at Las Vegas – on a weekend where he did win the pole – he spun out at Phoenix and finished a disappointing 26th. That left him 30th in the series standings and seemingly a long way from a win or the playoffs.

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