Christopher Bell made it back-to-back wins Sunday at Circuit of the Americas.
After the last round of green flag pit stops, Bell had the quickest car and caught up to leader Kyle Busch, who led 42 of the 95 laps, the most in the race.
As the laps ticked away, Bell closed in on Busch and the two drivers became locked in an intense battle for the race lead.
After Bell overtook Busch, he had to make a determined effort to maintain his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota ahead of the pursuing Byron and Tyler Reddick, the 2023 race winner,
Bush struggled to maintain speed and grip as he radioed to his crew that the rear tires were gone and he started slipping and sliding and was unable to maintain his second position and eventually fell back to 5th place.
But the battle for the win was far from over.
Byron was quickly on him, then battled for the top spot was on.
Right behind them was Tyler Reddick, waiting for his opportunity to pounce. Byron was all over the rear bumper of the Bell but he wasn't willing to shove him out of the way.
On the final lap, he was close enough to push Bell wide but still chose to keep it clean in the run to the finish.
Bell claimed victory, with both Byron and Reddick within three tenths of the race winner.
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