Shane van Gisbergen in the #97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Camaro at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Chase Briscoe beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell for his second straight win in a thrilling finish to the 267-lapper.
Coming to the white flag, half a second split Briscoe and Bell. The race leader had to contend with traffic.
Briscoe went high while Bell went low entering the final turn. Despite getting sideways, Bell got alongside Briscoe and they banged doors coming to the chequered flag.
It’s the closest finish of any NASCAR Cup Series race so far this season.
The win was even more remarkable for Briscoe who reported his right front tyre was deflating in the closing laps.
“When I got that final pack of lapped cars with five or six to go, I just felt like I was going to knock the wall down at any point. It just quit turning,” said Briscoe.
“I don’t know what it is about these finishes. I’ve got to quit making it so excited at the end.”
Third went to Ryan Blaney (#12 Team Penske Ford Mustang while Josh Berr (#21 Wood Brothers Racing Mustang) and Denny Hamlin (#11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry) completed the top five.
“Great job guys,” van Gisbergen radioed after taking the chequered flag in seventh behind Kyle Larson (#5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro).
“That was an awesome good job making the car better.”
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The starting order was set by the metric after qualifying was rained out, which put Kyle Larson on pole position and van Gisbergen in 10th.
Larson led until Lap 36 when the competition caution came out, prompting the field to pit. In that time, van Gisbergen slipped to 14th.
Sixth-placed Denny Hamlin (#11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry) was stung for a safety violation when the team lost control of a tyre, which wandered into Trackhouse Racing’s pit stall.
Eighth-placed Ryan Blaney in the #12 Team Penske Ford Mustang was pinged for speeding.
Racing resumed on Lap 41. Ty Gibbs (#54 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry) slid up into the wall on the restart and then spun a lap later to bring out the caution on Lap 42.
An unfortunate casualty in the incident was Brad Keselowski (#6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang) who spun in avoidance.
After a short yellow, the race went green on Lap 47. Bubba Wallace (#23 23XI Racing Camry) who restarted third vaulted to the lead, though that only lasted until Lap 59 when Larson retook top spot.
On Lap 77, Alex Bowman’s #48 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro snapped loose and shot up the track into the path of Wallace. That brought a premature end to Stage 1, which was won by Larson.
The top 10 was completed by Chase Briscoe, Christopher Bell, Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick, Daniel Suarez, Corey Heim, Carson Hocevar, Chris Buescher and Ryan Blaney. SVG was 27th.
Larson retained his lead after the stage break pit stops and took the green flag on Lap 87 but by Lap 108 lost the lead to Bell (#20 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry).
John Hunter Nemechek (#42 Legacy Motor Club Camry) spun on Lap 117 to bring out the caution, prompting another round of pit stops.
Having recovered from his earlier pit stop misdemeanour, Hamlin found himself in strife with Larson on Lap 124 when the pair made nose-to-tail contact, which sent the #5 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro up the road and down to seventh.
Stage 2 ended on Lap 166 led by Bell, followed by Blaney, Hamlin Larson, Tyler Reddick, Cindric, Briscoe, Josh Berry, Chase Elliott and Carson Hocevar. SVG finished the stage 13th.
Stage 3 started on Lap 173 with Bell in charge. He continued to control proceedings while Briscoe made headway to second.
On Lap 206, Reddick got loose coming out of Turn 2 and cut across the nose of Gray Gaulding (#66 Garage 66 Mustang), sending the NASCAR wildcard into a spin.
The race went back to green on Lap 211. Second-placed Briscoe got the jump on Bell and took the lead. Van Gisbergen, meanwhile, restarted ninth.
Briscoe controlled the contest until the last lap when he came upon traffic and Bell’s late surge, only to come up 0.029s short.
Results: NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Pos
Num
Driver
Team
Car
Laps/Diff
Gap
1
19
Chase Briscoe (C)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
267
2
20
Christopher Bell (C)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
0.029
0.029
3
12
Ryan Blaney (C)
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
4.9
4.871
4
21
Josh Berry
Wood Brothers Racing
Ford Mustang
5.76
0.86
5
11
Denny Hamlin (C)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
5.884
0.124
6
5
Kyle Larson (C)
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
10.133
4.249
7
97
Shane Van Gisbergen
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
13.024
2.891
8
45
Tyler Reddick (C)
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
16.8
3.776
9
22
Joey Logano (C)
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
20.269
3.469
10
17
Chris Buescher (C)
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
20.519
0.25
11
67
Corey Heim
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
21.548
1.029
12
9
Chase Elliott (C)
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
21.561
0.013
13
7
Daniel Suarez (C)
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
22.65
1.089
14
77
Carson Hocevar (C)
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
22.675
0.025
15
60
Ryan Preece (C)
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
23.912
1.237
16
1
Ross Chastain
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
25.492
1.58
17
2
Austin Cindric (C)
Team Penske
Ford Mustang
25.707
0.215
18
35
Riley Herbst
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
27.996
2.289
19
71
Michael McDowell
Spire Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
28.453
0.457
20
38
Zane Smith
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
28.489
0.036
21
88
Connor Zilisch
Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
28.55
0.061
22
34
Todd Gilliland
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
28.688
0.138
23
47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Hyak Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
30.05
1.362
24
43
Erik Jones
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
30.312
0.262
25
4
Noah Gragson
Front Row Motorsports
Ford Mustang
31.122
0.81
26
3
Austin Dillon
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
31.756
0.634
27
41
Cole Custer
Haas Factory Team
Ford Mustang
31.865
0.109
28
16
AJ Allmendinger
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
1 lap
29
6
Brad Keselowski
RFK Racing
Ford Mustang
1 lap
30
10
Ty Dillon
Kaulig Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
1 lap
31
51
Cody Ware
Rick Ware Racing
Ford Mustang
1 lap
32
33
Austin Hill
Richard Childress Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
2 laps
1 lap
33
44
BJ McLeod
NY Racing Team
Ford Mustang
3 laps
1 lap
34
54
Ty Gibbs (C)
Joe Gibbs Racing
Toyota Camry
8 laps
5 laps
35
42
John Hunter Nemechek
Legacy Motor Club
Toyota Camry
8 laps
36
66
Gray Gaulding
Garage 66
Ford Mustang
66 laps
58 laps
37
23
Bubba Wallace (C)
23XI Racing
Toyota Camry
191 laps
125 laps
38
48
Alex Bowman
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
191 laps
39
24
William Byron (C)
Hendrick Motorsports
Chevrolet Camaro
191 laps