Briscoe edges teammate Bell in photo-finishing win at Charlotte

CONCORD, N.C. — Chase Briscoe edges out teammate Christopher Bell in photo-finishing win in the Bank of America 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

This is his third win this season and his eighth career NASCAR Cup Series victory overall.

What a win for the 2026 intermediate-king Briscoe. All three of his victories have come on the track type as he nets his second consecutive win in as many weeks.

His .029 margin of victory is the closest this season and the second-closest result in Charlotte’s history.

After practice and qualifying were rained out for the fourth time already in the Chase, the metric set the grid. Because of his win at Las Vegas Briscoe sat on the outside pole.

From their he ran second throughout the first stage for nine stage points. In the second stage, he was shuffled further back in the top ten for seventh in the stage.

His race seemed destined for only a top ten run. But a great pit stop during the final stage caution allowed Briscoe to return to the top five.

Gray Gaulding brought out the final caution of the day with over 65 laps remaining. There, Briscoe capitalized on the final restart of the day to retake the lead.

He led the final 61 laps, which became the longest green-flag run of the day, to heighten his title aspirations with four races remaining.

From the victory, Briscoe jumped a further two positions in the Chase. The driver of the No. 19 now sits fourth, only 65 points behind championship leader Kyle Larson.

“My hero is Tony Stewart and hopefully we can do the same thing” Briscoe said in relation to his current surge to Stewart’s similar surge which led to his third Cup Series title in 2011.

Now, Briscoe and the NASCAR Cup Series turns their attention to where Briscoe captured his first victory in the series, Phoenix Raceway for the seventh race of the Chase.

The Top Ten

Christopher Bell led the second-most laps on the day (93) and won the second stage. While lap traffic and a potential right-front issue for Chase Briscoe in the closing laps of the race led to the photo finish, it was not enough to pull out the win.

Even with the bad taste the loss left for Bell, He closed the gap to two points behind his teammate Denny Hamlin in the Chase in his runners-up finish.

Ryan Blaney finished third and had the fastest car in the final stage. Fellow Ford Josh Berry closed the Bank of America 400 in a similar fashion for fourth place and his third top five result of 2026.

Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five as he lost more points to Larson in the Chase. Then, Kyle Larson won the opening stage and led the most laps (95) in his sixth place finish.

Shane van Gisbergen finished seventh for his best oval finish at Charlotte. Tyler Reddick slid out of the top five in the final run to the finish but stabilized to finish eighth.

Joey Logano completed his 500th career Team Penske start with a top ten from ninth.

Finally, Chris Buescher returned to the top ten for this first time since Naval Base Coronado in San Diego in tenth.

Notable Results

It was feast or famine today for the 16 Chase drivers. While half of the competitors finished inside the top ten, the other half did not.

Chase Elliott led the remaining contingency from 12th. He had multiple pit road penalties which hindered his potential top ten day.

Then the Spire Motorsports duo in the Chase finished behind him from 13th and 14th. Daniel Suarez out-dueled Carson Hocevar, who collected stage points in each stage, in the end.

Ryan Preece finished 15th and Austin Cindric’s top ten streak at intermediates ends at two with his 17th-placed finish.

Finally, Bubba Wallace and William Byron were innocent casualties of Alex Bowman’s early wreck. They both crashed out of the race to DNF in 37th and 39th.

Below is the full results and updated Chase standings after the Bank of America 400 from Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Full Results & Chase Standings