Round and round, they raced—Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson—a dance of speed on the asphalt at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As the Sunday sun blazed down, the South Point 400 saw the NASCAR season’s gripping saga unfold with another surprising chapter.

Vegas rolled out its glitzy magic carpet, and Christopher Bell planted his foot firmly on it—grabbing his fourth pole of the postseason, a majestic sixth for 2023. If anyone was feeling lucky in Sin City, the driver of the No. 20 car seemed poised for champagne showers.

The checkered flag, however, isn’t one for easy predictions. Pedal to the metal, Bell spent the better part of his stint in a neck-to-neck brawl with Brad Keselowski. Meanwhile, Kyle Larson nudged his way into the lead, leading 133 laps.

Despite the tooth-and-nail battle, Bell could not clear Keselowski for considerable time, which allowed Larson to grab a two-second lead. A middle-of-the-pack sprint to the finish between Bell and Larson followed, sprinting like hares with only 15 laps between them and glory.

As the laps ticked down, Bell closed the gap between him and the race leader, Larson. Bell set out to dash it using the momentum gained from the top groove.

But Lady Luck had other plans. With a lead of just three-tenths of a second going into the white flag lap, Larson deftly held his ground, thwarting Bell’s final attempt to sway destiny. Inches separated glory from disappointment as the race ended with Larson as the victory laureate, leaving Bell in second place. The margin? A bare .082 seconds.

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