Kyle Larson’s journey to NASCAR stardom began under Toyota Racing Development, where he honed his craft in open-wheel racing with elite teams like Keith Kunz Motorsports. The post “Opposite” Christopher Bell Publicly Concedes Inferiority to Kyle Larson in 7 Words appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Entering first road race of season, BetOnline Sportsbook tabs Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson as favorites to claim 2025 NASCAR Cup Series’ Championship.

Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell have been rivals since an early age when they had both been coming through as promising stock car racers

Ryan Blaney, the recent Cup champion who came within 0.003 seconds of Daniel Suárez, won the pole position to lead the field to green. Ford drivers own nine of the first 10 starting positions in Sunday’s race — including all four members of the Team Penske/Wood Brothers Racing alliance on the front two rows.

Christopher Bell won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta with a last-lap pass before a crash on the backstretch. Bell passed Kyle Larson on the last lap and finished ahead of Larson and Carson Hocevar as Josh Berry got crashed on the final lap when he was squeezed in the middle of a three-wide scenario.

Christopher Bell pulls off a stunning last-lap victory at the Ambetter Health 400 in Atlanta Motor Speedway, leading only when it mattered most! Kyle Larson, Carson Hocevar, and Ryan Blaney battled it out in a dramatic overtime finish,