Who won NASCAR COTA race? Winner is Christopher Bell, plus full results

The checkered flag is out at Circuit of the Americas for the NASCAR Cup Series.

Norman native Christopher Bell made a pass on Kyle Busch late in the race then held off William Byron to score the win in Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix NASCAR COTA race.

Bell won last week’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and has two wins on the season. He’s the first driver since Kevin Harvick in 2018 to win two of the first three races.

Bubba Wallace won the first stage of the race after taking the lead late from Shane van Gisbergen. Ryan Preece won the second stage after taking the lead late during a pit cycle.

The race had four cautions for 15 laps and a total of 20 lead changes.

Here are the results from Sunday’s NASCAR COTA race.

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Who won the NASCAR COTA race? Winner, race results for EchoPark Automotive Cup Series race

The unofficial full running order, results from NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas:

1. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

2. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

3. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

4. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

5. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

6. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

7. Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

8. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford

9. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

10. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

11. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

12. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

13. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

14. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

15. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford

16. Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

17. Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota

18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet

19. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

20. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

21. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

22. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

23. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford

24. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

25. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

26. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

27. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

28. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

29. Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

30. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

31. Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

32. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

33. Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford

34. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

35. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

36. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

37. Connor Zilisch, No. 87 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

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