Briscoe Beats Bell by 0.029 Seconds at Charlotte

Chase Briscoe won the Bank of America 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 11, 2026, beating teammate Christopher Bell after contact exiting Turn 4 on the final lap. NASCAR.com and Motorsport.com put the margin at 0.029 seconds; Frontstretch reported 0.02 seconds. It was Briscoe's second straight win and third of 2026, the closest Cup finish of the year and second-closest at Charlotte after Jimmie Johnson over Bobby Labonte in the 2005 Coca-Cola 600. Bell led 93 laps and won Stage 2. Ryan Blaney finished third, Josh Berry fourth, Denny Hamlin fifth and Kyle Larson sixth. Briscoe is 65 points behind Larson with four races left; Bell is 51 back. Larson extended his lead over Hamlin to 49 points. A lap 77 crash involved Alex Bowman, Bubba Wallace and William Byron; Bowman and Wallace were checked and released. Ty Gibbs spun after contact, collecting Keselowski. Hamlin put the bumper to Larson on a Stage 2 restart. Briscoe said Bell got into him off Turn 4, he got sideways and thought he would wreck, and his right front was coming apart. He called the day very special with family present, including grandparents absent since 2019, and said his pit crew has been unbelievable.