Denny Hamlin was left seething after being beaten out narrowly by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell at Phoenix Raceway

Denny Hamlin came into Sunday’s race at Phoenix hoping to improve on his start to the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, which included a pair of finishes outside of the top 20 at Daytona (24th) and Circuit of the Americas (21st) sandwiched around a sixth-place result at Atlanta.

Hamlin pulled alongside Christopher Bell over the final two laps after the last restart and the two bumped a couple of times before rounding into the final two turns.

With the two leaders side-by-side coming off Turn 4, Bell prevailed in the drag race back to the finish line to win by .049 seconds, the second-closest margin of victory in Phoenix history and the closest since the frontstretch was moved from what is now the back straightaway to the dogleg in 2018.

Christopher Bell se convirtió el domingo en el primer piloto de la NASCAR Cup Series en ganar tres carreras consecutivas a bordo de un

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver held off teammate Denny Hamlin to become the first driver to win three straight races since Kyle Larson in 2021.

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Kyle Larson shares his thoughts after a finish of third in a last-lap battle with Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin at Phoenix.

Christopher Bell edges Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson to win third straight race. Denny Hamlin was able to stay on Christopher Bell's outside through the final two laps, but as we saw